Patent ID: 8468858

Claim:
A household cleaning appliance configured to execute a cleaning cycle on an article, comprising: a cabinet defining an interior; a treating chamber located within the interior for receiving an article for cleaning; a non-bulk dispensing system having a dispensing chamber fluidly coupled to the treating chamber, wherein the dispensing chamber stores a single dose of treating chemistry that the dispensing system dispenses to the treating chamber as part of the execution of the cleaning cycle; a bulk dispensing cartridge configured to be received within the dispensing chamber and to store multiple doses of a treating chemistry; a treating chemistry meter coupled with the bulk dispensing cartridge and the dispensing system, the treating chemistry meter operable to control the dosing of the treating chemistry from the bulk dispensing cartridge to the dispensing system; a sensor that determines when a bulk dispensing cartridge is received within the dispensing chamber; and a water diverter configured to divert a flow of water to the dispensing chamber in the absence of the bulk dispensing cartridge and to bypass the dispensing chamber in the presence of the bulk dispensing cartridge.