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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2001
Scott Thomas Slattery, Brockport, NY (US);
Jerry Eugene Livadas, Webster, NY (US);
NexPress Solutions LLC, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A mechanism for replenishing particulate material from receptacles to a reservoir, which provides a highly accurate and continuous indication of the amount of particulate material remaining in the housing of the replenisher mechanism. The replenisher mechanism includes a housing having a plurality of discrete sensors for sensing the level of particulate material within the housing, a delivery assembly which provides flow communication of particulate material between the housing and a remote reservoir, and has a delivery assembly sensor that senses the amount of particulate material delivered by the delivery assembly. A logic and control unit operatively connected to the housing level sensors and the delivery assembly sensor continuously determines the amount of particulate material remaining in the housing so as to indicate when, and how much, particulate material to add to the housing.