Patent ID: 8943858
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A cartridge system for dispensing a substance into a washing machine comprising: a cartridge and a delivery tube, where the cartridge comprises: six sides that define an inner space, a handle, a barcode, a vent, and a delivery tube adapter, where the delivery tube adapter mates with the delivery tube, where the substance is contained within the inner space of the cartridge, where the substance may flow through the delivery tube, where the substance that flows through the delivery tube is inserted into the washing machine, where the barcode includes three or more pieces of data, where the three or more pieces of data comprise an identity of the substance, a delivery time which is the time during a washing machine cycle that the substance is to be delivered, and a delivery amount which is the amount of substance to be delivered, further comprising a barcode reader, where the barcode reader reads data from the barcode of the cartridge, where the barcode reader, comprising an elongated protrusion, destroys the barcode on the cartridge after reading the barcode.