Patent ID: 11866314
Assignee: CIRKUL, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A  G | IPC A  B  G

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
a container assembly that stores a liquid;
a tag;
a vessel that contains an additive to be dispensed into the liquid in the container assembly, and the vessel including a valve, and the vessel being associated with the tag;
an aperture, the aperture structured to removably retain the vessel; and
a dispensing assembly that includes:
a mechanism, associated with the vessel, to transfer additive from the respective vessel to the liquid in the container assembly;
a processor that is configured to process communications with the tag;
a memory that includes a non-transitory processor-readable storage media that includes instructions, and the instructions readable by the processor in operation; and
a communication element, and the process communications including (a) the processor reading first data from the tag through the communication element and (b) the processor writing second data to the tag through the communication element.