US 11,964,864 B2
Devices and methods for heating fuel hoses and nozzles
Artemus A. Shelton, Hutto, TX (US); Randal S. Kretzler, Austin, TX (US); Jeffrey Reiter, Austin, TX (US); Daniel Holmes, Austin, TX (US); and Bengt I. Larsson, Skivarp (SE)
Assigned to Wayne Fueling Systems LLC, Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Wayne Fueling Systems LLC, Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/896,591.
Application 17/896,591 is a continuation of application No. 16/822,918, filed on Mar. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,440,790.
Application 16/822,918 is a continuation of application No. 14/286,405, filed on May 23, 2014, granted, now 10,597,285, issued on Mar. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/981,577, filed on Apr. 18, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0067880 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B67D 7/82 (2010.01); B67D 7/42 (2010.01); B67D 7/84 (2010.01); F16L 53/38 (2018.01)
CPC B67D 7/82 (2013.01) [B67D 7/42 (2013.01); B67D 7/84 (2013.01); F16L 53/38 (2018.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
forcing unheated air into a flexible hose in a proximal to distal direction, the flexible hose having a nozzle at a distal end thereof;
heating, using a heating element, the unheated air within the flexible hose; and
forcing a fuel into the flexible hose in a proximal to distal direction, the fuel and the heated air not mixing within the flexible hose or within the nozzle.