Patents by Inventor Charles E. Horne

Charles E. Horne has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4036403
    Abstract: A fuel dispensing arrangement having a dispenser with an electrically driven pump for delivering fuel, a control located remotely from the dispenser and operable by a supervisor for selectively enabling fuel delivery, relays switchable among a plurality of states and connected with the control for responding thereto by switching to a first state enabling energization of the pump in preparation for fuel delivery and connected with the dispenser for responding thereto by switching to a second state energizing the pump on initiation of fuel delivery from the dispenser and to a third state disabling energization of the pump on termination of fuel delivery. In accordance with this invention, a warning device is located at the control and is operatively connected with the relays for signaling to the supervisor that the relays are in the third state so that the attention of the supervisor is directed to the termination of fuel delivery from the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Inventors: Gerald O. Barnes, Charles E. Horne