Patent ID: 8196441

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 drawer defining a dispensing chamber that is fluidly coupled to the treating chamber, where the drawer is configured to be slideably moveable between an opened position, where the dispensing chamber is accessible exteriorly of the cabinet, and a closed position, where the dispensing chamber is within the cabinet and wherein the dispensing chamber stores a single dose of treating chemistry that the non-bulk 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 operable to couple the bulk dispensing cartridge to the non-bulk dispensing system when the drawer is in the closed position to control the dosing of the treating chemistry from the bulk dispensing cartridge to the non-bulk dispensing system; and wherein when the bulk dispensing cartridge is received within the dispensing chamber, the non-bulk dispensing system is provided with the functionality of a bulk dispensing system.