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US 11,982,558 B2Granted
Apparatus, system, and method of providing a content level monitor
AssigneeNypro Inc.
InventorsAmanda Williams, Julio Daniel Oropeza, Yu-Chang Lee, Ying Hao Lee, Martin Johnson, Marc Theeuwes, Stefan Vaes, Toon Diels
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Abstract
An apparatus, system and method for providing a consumable level monitor for association with a content-filled consumable. The embodiments may include a sensing module suitable to sense the consumable level; and a communications module suitable for receiving the consumable level from the sensing module, and for communicating the consumable level to a user.
Claims20
A level monitoring system for association with a content-filled container, comprising:
- a durable base capable of receiving the content-filled container, configured to dispense content via a dispenser due to gravitational pull on the content;
- a partial circuit on the content-filled container that becomes a complete circuit upon insertion of the content-filled container into the durable base, thereby forming a sensing module suitable to sense a content level;
- a spring-loaded connector in the durable base that snugs around a perimeter of the content-filled container to physically hold the content-filled container to the durable base, and to provide connectivity that completes the complete circuit of the sensing module;
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- a communications module suitable for receiving the content level from the sensing module, processing data and system state, and for communicating the content level to a user.
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