Patent ID: 8297308

Claim:
A cartridge for insertion into a receptacle comprising: peripheral sidewalls and an interior chamber floor forming an interior chamber that receives a liquid or pasty medium, an outlet passing through the chamber floor and a cartridge floor that can be opened so that the cartridge can be used, and a data carrier provided in a data chamber sealed with respect to the interior chamber, the data carrier affixed to the cartridge within the data chamber to thereby be inserted and removed from the receptacle together with the cartridge, the data carrier configured for touch-free electromagnetic signal transmission with one or more electronic communication units associated with the receptacle and positioned at a distance to the interior chamber of the cartridge that is greater than a wall-thickness of the cartridge, wherein the interior chamber floor runs parallel and at a distance to the cartridge floor to which the data carrier is affixed, or that the interior chamber floor runs partially inclined to the cartridge floor to which the data carrier is affixed, wherein the receptacle is associated with a motor vehicle washing facility.