Apparatus, system, and method of providing a liquid level monitor

US11280042B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NYPRO INC.

Inventors

• Amanda Williams · St. Petersburg, US
• Julio Danel Oropeza · St. Petersburg, US
• Yu-Chang Lee · St. Petersburg, US
• Ying Hao Lee · St. Petersburg, US
• Martin Johnson · St. Petersburg, US
• Marc Theeuwes · St. Petersburg, US
• Stefan Vaes · St. Petersburg, US
• Toon Diels · St. Petersburg, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 2018
• Grant date: Mar 22, 2022
• Expiry date: May 3, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01F23/00
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The embodiments are and include an apparatus, system and method for a liquid level monitoring dispenser for association with a liquid filled consumable. The apparatus, system and method may include: a receiver for receiving the consumable upon inversion thereof; at least one electrical contact within the receiver for communicative association with conductive strips on the consumable; a sensing module communicative with the at least one electrical contact and having associated therewith firmware for converting signals associated with the conductive strips and received at the electrical contact to an indication of the liquid level; a communications module for communicating the liquid level to at least a user display and over at least one network; a power module for powering at least the sensing module and the communications module; and at least one dispensing output in fluid communication with the consumable and capable of dispensing the liquid from the consumable to modify the liquid level.