Cartridge having individual isolated cells

Claim 1

A cartridge adapted for containing a dispensible liquid comprising a one-piece body of material defining a plurality of cells secured to one another and constituting an integral assembly, the cells being arranged in a circular array around a common center and adapted for containing a liquid, each said cell having a bottom wall, side walls and an open face, and a sheet sealably closing said open face of the cell after introduction of the liquid thereto, a support for said body including index means thereon forming a program for controlling operation of an automatic control mechanism of a machine which can carry out various operations as a function of said program whereby the operation of said machine will be subordinated to said program, said array of cells being arranged around a central region, said support being in said central region, said sheet closing all of the cells, said material of said body and said sheet being made of pierceable material and being arranged with said sheet juxtaposed on said body and located in spaced relation above said bottom wall of said cell, a sealed chamber enclosed by a perforable sheath disposed in at least one of said cells, said sealed chamber occupying less than the full volume of said one cell to leave a compartment in said cell containing said liquid, a second liquid being contained in said sealed chamber, means for positioning said sealed chamber within the cell in a stable supported position therein such that a perforator can penetrate in sequence through the sheet, said sealed chamber and the bottom of the cell to cause the liquids from the sealed chamber and the cell to flow from the bottom of the cell.