Automated cleansing sprayer
First Claim
1. An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of an enclosure with a cleanser, comprising:
- 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.
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Abstract
The invention is an automated sprayer for spraying the walls of a bath and shower enclosure with a cleanser. The sprayer has a housing that can be mounted inside the shower enclosure and that defines a tray in which an inverted bottle of cleanser is stored. The bottom of the tray has a tube extending downwardly along a longitudinal axis through which the cleanser can pass. A motorized head disposed beneath the tube can be rotated about the axis for metering cleanser from the bottle and spraying cleanser outward. The sprayer includes timer circuitry that delays commencement of a spray for a set time and automatically stops spraying after a predetermined period. The sprayer also includes a system for signaling the beginning of a spray cycle including audio and visual alarms. An automated method of cleaning the shower enclosure is also disclosed.
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47 Claims
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1. An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of an enclosure with a cleanser, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of automatically spraying a shower enclosure with a liquid cleanser, comprising:
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activating a timer on a sprayer to initiate a first countdown;
at the expiration of the first countdown, automatically spraying cleanser at side walls of the enclosure; and
automatically terminating the spray cycle at the expiration of a second countdown following the first countdown. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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34. An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of an enclosure with a cleanser, comprising:
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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.
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41. An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of an enclosure with a cleanser, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43)
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44. An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of an enclosure with a cleanser, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (47)
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45. A container for use with an automated sprayer for spraying the walls of an enclosure with a cleanser, the container comprising:
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a bottom wall;
a side wall extending from the bottom wall and surrounding an internal cavity that contains a 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.
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46. An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of an enclosure with a cleanser, comprising:
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a container containing a cleanser;
a metering system for controlling flow of the cleanser;
a spray head for spraying cleanser during a spray cycle; and
a control for automatically controlling spraying of the cleanser out the sprayer;
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.
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Specification