Loading terminal metering system

Claim 1

IN A BULK LIQUID LOADING TERMINAL, APPARATUS FOR LOADING AND REGISTERING THE VOLUME OF LIQUID PUMPED THEREFROM, AND SEPARATELY REGISTERING THE VOLUME DRAWN BY A PARTICULAR RECIPIENT, COMPRISING: AN INLET CONDUIT FOR SAID BULK LIQUID; A POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT METER CONNECTED TO SAID INLET CONDUIT; A SET-STOP VALVE CONNECTED TO THE OUTLET END OF SAID METER; AN OUTLET CONDUIT COMMUNICATING BETWEEN SAID VALVE AND A TANK LOADING ASSEMBLY; A SOLENOID CLUTCH OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SET-STOP VALVE A TRUCK GROUNDING CIRCUIT INCORPORATING SAID CLUTCH ADAPTED TO ENERGIZE THE LATTER WHEN SAID CIRCUIT IS IN THE CLOSED POSITION; AN ELECTRIC PULSE TRANSMITTER OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE SHAFT OF SAID METER TO TRANSMIT A PULSE REPRESENTATIAVE OF SOME PORTION OF A REVOLUTION OF SAID METER SHAFT; A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL PULSE COUNTERS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID PULSES; AN AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE COMPENSATOR CONNECTED TO SAID INLET CONDUIT FOR ADJUSTING THE FREQUENCY OF PULSES FROM SAID PULSE TRANSMITTER TO COMPENSATE FOR UNIT VOLUME CHANGES OF SAID LIQUID DUE TO AMBIENT TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; A GROSS LIQUID VOLUME REGISTER AND DELIVERY TICKET PRINTER OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID METER; A SET-STOP COUNTER OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SET-STOP VALVE; LEVER MEANS TO CONTROL THE OPERATION OF SAID SET-STOP VALVE; A REGISTER OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SET-STOP COUNTER FOR INDICATING THE UNIT LIQUID VOLUME DELIVERED; CONTROL PANEL AND ACCOMPANYING CIRCUITRY HAVING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL KEY SWITCHES ELECTRICALLY PAIRED WITH SAID PULSE COUNTERS FOR ACTUATING