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US 6,550,881 B1Granted
Facilitating servicing of a depleted container
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorQuintin T. Phillips
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AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorQuintin T. Phillips
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Service of a container depleted of a consumable resource is facilitated in a device holding a plurality of containers for consumable resources. One of the plurality of containers for consumable resources is depleting of consumable resources. The container depleted of the consumable resource is discovered. The depleted container is discovered by either realizing the container has a low level of the consumable resource or is empty of the consumable resource. The amount of consumable resource in each container is discovered either by measuring the remaining consumable resource or by tracking indicia of the remaining consumable resource. In response to discovering the depleted container, the depleted container is moved into a service position. Optionally, an access to the depleted container is opened and the depleted container is ejected.
A method for facilitating service of a container depleted of a consumable resource, in a device holding a plurality of containers for consumable resources, the method comprising:
A system for facilitating service of a container depleted of a consumable resource, in a device holding a plurality of containers for consumable resources, the system comprising:
A program storage system readable by a computer, tangibly embodying a program, applet, or instructions executable by the computer to perform method steps for facilitating service of a container depleted of a consumable resource, in a device holding a plurality of containers for consumable resources, the method steps comprising:
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