Patent ID: 8431020

Claim:
A liquid dispensing system for automated dispensing of liquid reagents into a recreational body of water, each liquid reagent of which is contained in a respective liquid reagent container of a plurality of liquid reagent containers each having container connectors, said liquid dispensing system comprising: a docking assembly having a dock manifold device configured to distribute liquids through a plurality of fluid passages thereof; a removable cartridge apparatus hingeably mounted to the docking assembly, and configured to contain the one or more liquid reagent containers therein, each said respective liquid reagent container being fluidly coupled to a respective one of the plurality of fluid passages of the dock manifold device when mounted to the docking assembly; and a dosing device configured for remote placement relative the docking assembly, said dosing device being fluidly coupled to the manifold device for selective dispensing of the respective liquid reagents through said respective one of the plurality of fluid passages and into the recreational body of water.