Industry information Bowser A bowser is named after American inventor Sylvanus Bowser who is credited with – inventing the automobile fuel pump. It has been adopted as an Australian term used to describe the structure that contains the fuel. Bowser started to market his patented kerosene pump in 1885. The introduction of automobiles, mainly powered by gasoline, led him to develop it into the ‘Self-Measuring Gasoline Storage Pump’ was launched in 1905. Bowser's invention operated with a manual suction pump, which dispensed the gasoline into the car through a flexible hose. The 50-gallon metal storage tank, housed in a wooden cabinet, could be set up at the curbside in front of a store. Under the banner of his company, S. F. Bowser & Company, this activity expanded to the measurement and handling of many commercial liquids. He opened branches around the world, and bowser became a generic term for fuel dispensers, then fuel tankers (especially on airfields), then finally for any kind of self-propelled liquid tanker with the ability to dispense direct to consumers. In New Zealand and Australia it is still a generic term for consumer fuel pumps. Dispenser is a bowser where the pump is a submersible pump within the tank, pushing out – the fuel as opposed to a pump within a bowser which sucks the fuel out of the tank. Hose the device that dispenses fuel from the bowser to the vehicle. – Nozzle is the handle at the end of the hose with a that acts as an on/off button for – ‘trigger’ the flow through of fuel. Triple Interceptor Disposal of fluids into the There is a requirement to have an – agreement with the water authority in accordance with the EPA Guidelines to dispose of fluids into the sewerage system. Starter Gate Canopy The configuration of the canopy design so that stationary cars face – the petrol station shop (as opposed to parallel) to enable multiple cars to queue for petrol at the same time. This configuration is preferable because it increases the flow through of cars and is less likely that bowsers will be unoccupied because other cars can’t access the pump. Pump has four or more hoses, with the suction pump inside the bowser. – Multi-product Dispenser is a bowser with four or more hoses, with a submersible pump. –
Industry information Bowser – A bowser is named after American inventor Sylvanus Bowser who is credited with inventing the automobile fuel pump. It has been adopted as an Australian term used to describe the structure that contains the fuel. Bowser started to market his patented kerosene pump in 1885. The introduction of automobiles, mainly powered by gasoline, led him to develop it into the ‘Self-Measuring Gasoline Storage Pump’ was launched in 1905. Bowser's invention operated with a manual suction pump, which dispensed the gasoline into the car through a flexible hose. The 50-gallon metal storage tank, housed in a wooden cabinet, could be set up at the curbside in front of a store. Under the banner of his company, S. F. Bowser & Company, this activity expanded to the measurement and handling of many commercial liquids. He opened branches around the world, and bowser became a generic term for fuel dispensers, then fuel tankers (especially on airfields), then finally for any kind of self-propelled liquid tanker with the ability to dispense direct to consumers. In New Zealand and Australia it is still a generic term for consumer fuel pumps. Dispenser – is a bowser where the pump is a submersible pump within the tank, pushing out the fuel as opposed to a pump within a bowser which sucks the fuel out of the tank. Hose – the device that dispenses fuel from the bowser to the vehicle. Nozzle – is the handle at the end of the hose with a ‘trigger’ that acts as an on/off button for the flow through of fuel. Triple Interceptor – Disposal of fluids into the There is a requirement to have an agreement with the water authority in accordance with the EPA Guidelines to dispose of fluids into the sewerage system. Starter Gate Canopy – The configuration of the canopy design so that stationary cars face the petrol station shop (as opposed to parallel) to enable multiple cars to queue for petrol at the same time. This configuration is preferable because it increases the flow through of cars and is less likely that bowsers will be unoccupied because other cars can’t access the pump. Pump – has four or more hoses, with the suction pump inside the bowser. Multi-product Dispenser – is a bowser with four or more hoses, with a submersible pump.
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