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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2022
Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa, Duesseldorf, DE;
Elif Affan, Stamford, CT (US);
Dirck Seynaeve, Kruibeke, BE;
Nadezda Chakrova, Kruibeke, BE;
Karel Pauwels, Kruibeke, BE;
Edward Gilchrest, Oxford, CT (US);
Andrew Bell Krystinik, Middlefield, CT (US);
Elana Rae Abrams, Oxford, CT (US);
Alexander Borgestedt, Oxford, CT (US);
Stanley Maurice Katz, Boston, MA (US);
Michael Cong Tao, Roxbury Crossing, MA (US);
Mark Craig Brannan, Cambridge, GB;
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Duesseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A dispensing system includes a container, a holder, and a signal processing module. The container includes a body configured to store a liquid and a conductive strip coupled to an outer surface of the body. The holder is configured to receive the container. The holder includes an electrical contact configured to contact the conductive strip when the container is received in the holder. The signal processing module is in electrical communication with the electrical contact. The signal processing module is configured to receive signals from the electrical contact to determine a level of liquid within the container body based on the signals when the container is received in the holder.