Automated cleansing sprayer

An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of an enclosure with a cleanser, comprising:

• a container suitable for storing the cleanser;
• a tray suitable to receive the container in an inverted fashion;
• a metering system for controlling flow of the cleanser;
• a spray head for spraying cleanser during a spray cycle;
• and
• a control for initiating the spray cycle and automatically terminating it;
• wherein the metering system and spray head are provided by a rotatable dispensing cup disposed about a longitudinal axis and covered by an annular lid with an axial opening through which a tube extends for passage of the cleanser into the cup, the lid being attached to the cup at points spaced about the rim of the cup.

An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of an enclosure with a cleanser, comprising:

• a container suitable for storing the cleanser;
• a tray suitable to receive the container in an inverted fashion;
• a metering system for controlling flow of the cleanser;
• a spray head for spraying cleanser during a spray cycle;
• and
• a control for initiating the spray cycle and automatically terminating it;
• wherein the metering system further includes an inertial valve rotatable along a longitudinal spin axis to unseat a ball valve.

An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of an enclosure with a cleanser, comprising:

• a container suitable for storing the cleanser;
• a tray suitable to receive the container in an inverted fashion;
• a metering system for controlling flow of the cleanser;
• a spray head for spraying cleanser during a spray cycle;
• and
• a control for initiating the spray cycle and automatically terminating it;
• wherein the spray head includes a disk rotatable about a longitudinal spin axis and having an axial recess at its center in fluid communication with passages leading radially from the recess to ports at the periphery of the disk.

An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of an enclosure with a cleanser, comprising:

• a container suitable for storing the cleanser;
• a tray suitable to receive the container in an inverted fashion;
• a metering system for controlling flow of the cleanser;
• a motorized spray head for spraying cleanser during a spray cycle;
• and
• a control for initiating the spray cycle and automatically terminating it;
• wherein the sprayer is configured so as to be mountable within the enclosure, and when so mounted can spray the cleanser even when the sprayer does not receive water from a water supply of a building in which the enclosure is located;
• wherein the container houses the cleanser;
• and
• wherein the metering system includes a solenoid valve.

An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of an enclosure with a cleanser, comprising:

• a container suitable for storing the cleanser;
• a tray suitable to receive the container in an inverted fashion;
• a metering system for controlling flow of the cleanser;
• a spray head for spraying cleanser during a spray cycle;
• and
• a control for initiating the spray cycle and automatically terminating it;
• wherein the spray head is an impeller rotatable about a longitudinal axis and having an axial opening at its center and oppositely facing nozzles at its ends.

An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of an enclosure with a cleanser, comprising:

• a container suitable for storing the cleanser;
• a tray suitable to receive the container in an inverted fashion;
• a metering system for controlling flow of the cleanser;
• a spray head for spraying cleanser during a spray cycle;
• and
• a control for initiating the spray cycle and automatically terminating it;
• wherein the spray head is a deflector plate having a radial surface tapering toward its periphery.

An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of an enclosure with a cleanser, comprising:

• a container suitable for storing the cleanser;
• a tray suitable to receive the container in an inverted fashion;
• a metering system for controlling flow of the cleanser;
• a spray head for spraying cleanser during a spray cycle;
• and
• a control for initiating the spray cycle and automatically terminating it;
• wherein the metering valve is solenoid selectively operable to obstruct the passage and allow the cleanser to the spray head having a plurality of radial nozzles.

An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of an enclosure with a cleanser, comprising:

• a container containing a cleanser;
• a metering system for controlling flow of the cleanser out of the container;
• a spray dish for spraying cleanser during a spray cycle, the dish having a cover over it that is connected to a drive shaft, the dish also having at least one side opening;
• the dish being operatively linked to the cover to rotate therewith;
• and
• a control for initiating the spray cycle.

An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of an enclosure with a cleanser, comprising:

• a container containing a cleanser;
• a nest for receiving the container, the nest having an upwardly facing piercing post for piercing a closure of the container;
• a metering system for controlling flow of the cleanser out of the container;
• a spray dish for spraying cleanser during a spray cycle;
• and
• a control for initiating the spray cycle.

An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of an enclosure with a cleanser, comprising:

• a container containing a cleanser;
• a metering system for controlling flow of the cleanser out of the container;
• a spray dish for spraying cleanser during a spray cycle;
• the dish having a cover over it through which extends a drive shaft, the dish also having at least one side opening;
• and
• a control for initiating the spray cycle;
• wherein the container has an outlet with two parallel passages, one of which has a restriction at an upstream end of that passage.

An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of an enclosure with a cleanser, comprising:

• a container suitable for storing the cleanser;
• tray suitable to receive the container in an inverted fashion;
• a metering system for controlling flow of the cleanser;
• a spray head for spraying cleanser during a spray cycle;
• and
• a control for initiating the spray cycle and automatically terminating it;
• wherein the container comprises:
• a bottom wall;
• a side wall extending from the bottom wall and surrounding an internal cavity that contains the cleanser;
• a mouth adjacent an end of the container opposite the bottom wall;
• and
• a dish integrally formed in an outer surface of the bottom wall, the dish having a support platform suitable for supporting soap thereon when the container is inverted, and a sloped drain channel.

An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of an enclosure with a cleanser, comprising:

• a container containing a cleanser;
• a metering system for controlling flow of the cleanser;
• a motorized spray head for spraying cleanser during a spray cycle;
• a control for automatically controlling spraying of the cleanser out the sprayer;
• and
• a timer coupled to the metering system for delaying activation thereof for a predetermined time after the spray cycle is initiated;
• wherein the sprayer is configured so as to be mountable wholly within the enclosure, and when so mounted can spray the cleanser even when the sprayer does not receive water from a water supply of a building in which the enclosure is located;
• wherein the sprayer is configured to operate using battery power.