Patent · US Expired

Device for determining a quantity of consumable product contained in at least one reservoir and a document printing device equipped with such an improvement

US6352325B1 · kind B1 · utility

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39Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 20, 1999
Grant dateMar 5, 2002
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Expiry dateMay 20, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F23/263
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

According to the invention, electrical connection members are provided, arranged between the chassis and the carriage carrying capacitor plates corresponding respectively to the reservoirs, in order to put into service each plate corresponding to a reservoir, at a predetermined position of the carriage, a common contact element of these connection members being connected to an oscillator.

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