A fluid sprayer includes a pump motor, a piston, a pump housing, and an outer housing. The piston is reciprocatable by the pump motor. The pump housing comprises a pump chamber housing disposed to receive the piston, and a plurality of alignment pins extending laterally away from the pump chamber ho
A fluid sprayer includes a pump motor, a piston, a pump housing, and an outer housing. The piston is reciprocatable by the pump motor. The pump housing comprises a pump chamber housing disposed to receive the piston, and a plurality of alignment pins extending laterally away from the pump chamber housing. The outer housing surround and anchors the pump motor, and has a plurality of internal lateral bores disposed to slideably receive and retain the alignment pins, such that the pump housing is free to self-align with the piston.
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1. A fluid sprayer comprising: a pump motor;a piston reciprocatable by the pump motor along a pump axis;a pump housing comprising: a pumping chamber housing disposed to receive the piston along the pump axis; anda plurality of alignment pins extending laterally away from the pumping chamber housing;
1. A fluid sprayer comprising: a pump motor;a piston reciprocatable by the pump motor along a pump axis;a pump housing comprising: a pumping chamber housing disposed to receive the piston along the pump axis; anda plurality of alignment pins extending laterally away from the pumping chamber housing; andan outer housing surrounding and anchoring the pump motor, and having a plurality of internal lateral bores disposed to slideably receive the alignment pins, such that the pump housing is locked against axial movement along the pump axis and is free to self-align with the piston by movement within the outer housing along a dimension perpendicular to the pump axis. 2. The fluid sprayer of claim 1, further comprising a spray fluid source, and wherein the pump cylinder includes a fluid inlet from the spray fluid source. 3. The fluid sprayer of claim 1, further comprising a drive mechanism disposed between the pump motor and the piston to convert rotational motion of the pump motor into axial movement of the piston. 4. The fluid sprayer of claim 3, wherein the drive mechanism comprises a wobble plate. 5. The fluid sprayer of claim 4, wherein the wobble plate attaches to the piston via a ball joint. 6. The fluid sprayer of claim 1, further comprising a spray nozzle situated downstream of the pump cylinder. 7. The fluid sprayer of claim 1, wherein the outer housing comprises mating first and second clamshell housing sections. 8. The fluid sprayer of claim 7, wherein the plurality of alignment pins includes a first set of alignment pins slideably received in a first subset of the internal lateral bores in the first clamshell housing section, and a second set of alignment pins slideably received in a second subset of the internal lateral bores in the second clamshell housing section. 9. The fluid sprayer of claim 8, wherein the first and second subsets of internal lateral bore are mirror images. 10. The fluid sprayer of claim 9, wherein the first and second sets of alignment pins each comprise four alignment pins. 11. The fluid sprayer of claim 10, wherein the four alignment pins of each of the first and second sets of alignment pins are arranged in a rectangular pattern. 12. The fluid sprayer of claim 9, wherein all of the plurality of alignment pins are parallel. 13. The fluid sprayer of claim 1, wherein the pump housing is formed of acetal. 14. The fluid sprayer of claim 1, wherein the outer housing is formed of plastic. 15. The fluid sprayer of claim 1, wherein the pump housing is rated for pressures of up to 2000 psi. 16. The fluid sprayer of claim 1, wherein the pump housing is free to move laterally at least 0.02 inch relative to the outer housing. 17. The fluid sprayer of claim 1, wherein the internal lateral bores include counterbores, and wherein the plurality of alignment pins enter only the counterbores of each of the plurality of internal lateral bores. 18. The fluid sprayer of claim 1, wherein the lateral bores and the alignment pins define a gap therebetween. 19. The fluid sprayer of claim 1, wherein the self-aligning of the pump housing with the piston comprises passive centering of the pump housing on the piston.
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