AUTOMATIC REFUELLING STATION

摘要

Station (10) for refuelling motor vehicles (20) comprising a set of telecameras (112, 113) for reading the spatial positions of the door (22) and plug on the fuel tank of the motor vehicle (20), a robot (30) with three short arms (50, 60, 90) respectively for opening and closing the door (22), taking out and putting back the plug and for filling up with fuel, and a computer which, after the driver has inserted a magnetic card into the slit (124) made in a set of automatic controlling equipment (120) and has tapped on a keyboard (123) the quantity of fuel required, operates the robot (30) and then, when all phases have been concluded, raises an automatic barrier (18) placed across the exit from the filling station (10).