US Patent Issued to OP-HYGIENE IP on Aug. 4 for "System for monitoring product level in a dispenser using a load cell" (Canadian, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,000, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to OP-HYGIENE IP GMBH (Niederbipp, Switzerland).

"System for monitoring product level in a dispenser using a load cell" was invented by Heiner Ophardt (Arisdorf, Switzerland), Edward Daniel House (Grimsby, Canada), Jawed Alam (Thorold, Canada) and John Gerard Garry (St. Catharines, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprising a storage member and a load cell. The storage member is for storing a product. The load cell measures a force applied to the load cell. At least part of the force applied to the load cell is provided, directly or indirectly, by a weight of the product. The system i...