Patent ID: 6929155

Claim:
An adaptor assembly used in conjunction with a dispenser having a base mountable on a supporting surface and a cover removably attached to the base so that it can be opened for replacement of a cartridge received within a cavity defined within the dispenser, and a handle assembly for causing fluid to be dispensed from the cartridge at a dispensing point, wherein the cavity of the dispenser is sized to receive a cartridge and a pump of a first type and the adapter is used in conjunction with the dispenser to allow use of a cartridge and pump of a second type within the dispenser, the adapter assembly comprising: a support received in the cavity of the dispenser having a seat located at a selected height corresponding to the cartridge of the second type, wherein said seat supportingly engages the cartridge of the second type; a guide assembly located within the dispenser and including a recess defined in said support and located relative to the cartridge of the second type, said recess being defined by a wall, with a connecting portion of said wall being located rearward of the pump of the second type and extending forwardly at an incline such that said recess receives a portion of the pump to position the pump relative to the handle assembly, such that the handle assembly selectively contacts the pump to cause dispensing of fluid therefrom; and a nozzle locating assembly supported on the dispenser near the dispensing point having a receiver adapted to position the nozzle of the pump of the second type at the dispensing point.