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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2002
Raymond Jay Barry, Lexington, KY (US);
Michael Wesley Baskette, Lexington, KY (US);
Gary Scott Overall, Lexington, KY (US);
Steven Andrew Rice, Shelbyville, KY (US);
Johnny Ray Sears, Midway, KY (US);
Curtis Ray Droege, Richmond, KY (US);
Randall Steven Gall, Lexington, KY (US);
Andrew Charles Hogan, Lexington, KY (US);
Raymond Jay Barry, Lexington, KY (US);
Michael Wesley Baskette, Lexington, KY (US);
Gary Scott Overall, Lexington, KY (US);
Steven Andrew Rice, Shelbyville, KY (US);
Johnny Ray Sears, Midway, KY (US);
Curtis Ray Droege, Richmond, KY (US);
Randall Steven Gall, Lexington, KY (US);
Andrew Charles Hogan, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for the management of the fluid level in a media coating system. In one embodiment, the apparatus has a supply item for the storage of a media coating fluid and an applicator having a trough for receiving the media coating fluid from the supply item. The apparatus utilizes a fluid level detection sensor that is located within the applicator to measure whether the media coating fluid level within the trough of the applicator is either above or below a threshold position and to generates an output signal. The apparatus has a controller for receiving the output signal and controlling delivery of the media coating fluid from the supply item to the applicator.