Automated control system for the sale of petroleum products at gas stations (1979)

A motor vehicle enters a filling station.

A taxi driver fills up a car with gasoline.

A cashier sorts receipts.

A gasoline dispensing meter.

A fuel tanker enters a filling station.

Unloading gasoline into an underground storage facility at a filling station.

Accounting equipment at a filling station.

Gasoline coupons.

Manual accounting of gasoline dispensing.

A tanker leaves an oil depot.

Used gasoline coupons are marked.

An automated system for credit dispensing of petroleum products.

An electronic circuit used in a hardware cabinet-registrar.

A device for inputting and displaying information connected to a recorder and a tape punch.

A set of system equipment.

Data on the filling station number, shift, and date of fuel dispensing are entered into the system.

Refueling a minibus at a filling station included in the system.

An individual credit card of each consumer, on the basis of which the petroleum product is dispensed.

The driver inserts the card into the receiving device.

A cartoon explaining the flow of information in the system.

Simultaneously with the card, the driver enters his individual code and the number of the selected fuel dispenser.

Cartoon explaining the flow of information after the driver enters data.

System actions if information is entered incorrectly.

Using a card to dispense fuel.

A cartoon explaining the flow of information in the system after processing a credit card.

Accounting for dispensed fuel in the system.

The emergency alarm has gone off.

Fuel meter malfunction.

The car moves to another pump after the signal.

Automatic protection and locks eliminate errors in the fuel dispensing system.

Centralized verification of the accuracy of fuel dispensing by each pump.

Punched tape with data on fuel dispensing per shift is processed by a computer.

Based on the processed data, the consumer is issued an invoice for the fuel received.

Efficiency of the credit fuel dispensing system.