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Device for determining a quantity of consumable product present in a reservoir and corresponding device for printing documents

US6310635A · kind A · utility

6Cited by
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29Claims
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Filing dateMay 22, 1998
Grant dateOct 30, 2001
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Expiry dateMay 22, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F23/268
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Determination of the quantity of consumable product, notably of ink, remaining in a reservoir. A capacitor (36) is formed on each side of the reservoir (24) and a resonant circuit including this capacitor is formed with a circuit forming a notional inductor (74), such as a gyrator, and another capacitor (68), the capacitor (36) being integrated into the circuit forming a notional inductor.

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