Patent ID: 8418936

Claim:
A sprayer comprising: a main housing, which comprises: a pump and a nozzle that are coupled in a material flow path; a first actuator, which activates the pump; a bottle receptacle comprising an opening; a bottle adapter, which is fluidically coupled to the material flow path and comprises a lower, sealing surface and a lower fitting; and an adapter spring that applies a downward displacement force to the bottle adapter; a bottle insertable into the bottle receptacle through the opening and comprising a top, which engages the lower sealing surface when inserted fully into the receptacle and has a tube adapter that mates with the lower fitting and is coupled to a tube carried within the bottle, wherein the bottle comprises: a main compartment portion; a neck, wherein the tube adapter is located within the neck and comprises a central coupling that is supported along a central axis of the neck, wherein the tube has a first end attached to the coupling and a second end within the main compartment portion, wherein the tube adapter comprises an outer annular ring press-fit into the neck and at least one spoke, which extends from the outer annular ring and supports the central coupling, and wherein the central coupling comprises a passageway with an upper fitting adapted to engage a complementary fitting of the bottle adapter and a lower fitting adapted to engage the tube; and a latch which retains the bottle in the receptacle in a latched state and releases the bottle from the receptacle in a released state.