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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Daito-shi, Osaka, JP;
Robert H. Muyskens, Lexington, KY (US);
Michael A. Marra, Lexington, KY (US);
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
An inkjet printing system is disclosed and comprises at least one fluid reservoir containing a fluid, a fluid line that fluidly couples the at least one fluid reservoir with an imaging device, and a fluid level sensing apparatus fluidly coupled with the at least one fluid reservoir. The fluid level sensing apparatus comprises: a bottom portion having a fluid volume V; an intermediate portion vertically adjacent the bottom portion and having a fluid volume V, the intermediate portion including a first fluid sensor spaced vertically from a second fluid sensor; and an upper portion vertically adjacent the intermediate portion and having a fluid volume V, wherein V>V>V. The inkjet printing system also comprises a pump fluidly coupled with the at least one fluid level sensing apparatus and configured to exert fluid pressure along the at least one fluid level sensing apparatus.