Automated cleansing sprayer having separate cleanser and air vent paths from bottle

An automated sprayer for spraying an enclosure with a liquid cleanser, the sprayer being of the type that receives a refill bottle containing the liquid cleanser, the sprayer comprising:

• a reservoir tray having an upwardly extending well suitable for supporting a bottle in an inverted orientation when the bottle is inserted in the tray;
• a spray head having an outlet orifice through which cleanser from the bottle can be expelled if there is such liquid cleanser in the bottle, the spray head being in fluid communication with the well;
• and
• a piercing post extending from the reservoir tray into the bottle when the bottle is inserted in the tray, the piercing post including a cleanser conduit in fluid communication with the well for delivering cleanser to the well and an air vent path separate from the cleanser conduit,
• wherein the well includes a chamber for holding cleanser delivered to the well and a valve for controlling outflow of cleanser from an outlet of the chamber, the valve being located downstream of the piercing post.

An automated sprayer for spraying an enclosure with a liquid cleanser, comprising:

• a bottle suitable to contain a liquid cleanser;
• a reservoir tray having an upwardly extending well for supporting the bottle in an inverted orientation;
• a spray head having an outlet orifice through which cleanser from the bottle can be expelled if there is such liquid cleanser in the bottle, the spray head being in fluid communication with the well;
• and
• a piercing post extending from the reservoir tray into the bottle, the piercing post including a cleanser conduit in fluid communication with the well for delivering cleanser to the well and an air vent path separate from the cleanser conduit,
• wherein the bottle has a cap having axially projecting segmented ridges, and
• wherein the well has a spring-loaded outlet valve that permits outflow of cleanser from the well when a portion of at least one of the segmented ridges of the cap of the bottle abuts against the outlet valve.

An automated sprayer for spraying an enclosure with a liquid cleanser, comprising:

• a bottle suitable to contain a liquid cleanser;
• a reservoir tray having an upwardly extending well for supporting the bottle in an inverted orientation;
• a spray head having an outlet orifice through which cleanser from the bottle can be expelled if there is such liquid cleanser in the bottle, the spray head being in fluid communication with the well;
• and
• a piercing post extending from the reservoir tray into the bottle, the piercing post including a cleanser conduit in fluid communication with the well for delivering cleanser to the well and an air vent path separate from the cleanser conduit,
• wherein the well includes a chamber for holding cleanser delivered to the well and a valve for controlling outflow of cleanser from an outlet of the chamber, the valve including a valve stem that is spring-biased in a normally closed seated position that seals the outlet of the chamber and the valve including an actuator that unseats the valve stem from the outlet of the chamber when a portion of a cap of the bottle abuts against the actuator of the valve, and
• wherein the actuator comprises a plunger in contact with a rocker that unseats the valve stem.

An automated sprayer for spraying an enclosure with a liquid cleanser, comprising:

• a bottle suitable to contain a liquid cleanser;
• a reservoir tray having an upwardly extending well for supporting the bottle in an inverted orientation;
• a spray head having an outlet orifice through which cleanser from the bottle can be expelled if there is such liquid cleanser in the bottle, the spray head being in fluid communication with the well;
• and
• a piercing post extending from the reservoir tray into the bottle, the piercing post including a cleanser conduit in fluid communication with the well for delivering cleanser to the well and an air vent path separate from the cleanser conduit,
• wherein the cleanser conduit terminates in an opening at an end of the piercing post,
• wherein the air vent path terminates in another opening at the end of the piercing post, and
• wherein a wall extends outward from the piercing post between the opening of the air vent path and the opening of the cleanser conduit.

An automated sprayer for spraying an enclosure with a liquid cleanser, the sprayer being of the type that receives a refill bottle containing the liquid cleanser, the sprayer comprising:

• a reservoir tray having an upwardly extending well suitable for supporting a bottle in an inverted orientation when the bottle is inserted in the tray;
• a spray head having an outlet orifice through which cleanser from the bottle can be expelled if there is such liquid cleanser in the bottle, the spray head being in fluid communication with the well;
• and
• a piercing post extending from the reservoir tray into the bottle when the bottle is inserted in the tray, the piercing post including a cleanser conduit in fluid communication with the well for delivering cleanser to the well and an air vent path separate from the cleanser conduit,
• wherein the cleanser conduit terminates at an opening at an end of the piercing post,
• wherein the air vent path terminates at another opening at the end of the piercing post, and
• wherein a wall extends outward from the piercing post between the opening of the air vent path and the opening of the cleanser conduit.