I need the 10.9.4 installer

This should be a pretty simple task, right? So easy and simple and obvious that even the biggest dolt on the Internet should be able to manage, right?
Wrong.
I cannot get it from the App Store, as there's already an email address in the Apple ID field, greyed out, because we had the temerity to download an older installer and use it on multiple Macs. Apple decided that each download should, for some bizarre reason, be forever permanently locked to the Apple ID used to download it, because... anything else would be too convenient?
Then I hit on the idea of using Recovery. I created a second partition, pointed the install at it, and let it go. When my Mac rebooted, I zapped the PRAM, booted into my original OS, and prepared to revel in the glory of a nice new installer. WRONG! Apple decided I should get Lion this way. LION!
So... how, precisely, does one obtain the most recent Mavericks installer?

The 'OS install & Apple ID rules' are opaque to me too, sorry.
This is the most logical explanation I have seen.
http://www.valiant-ny.com/2014/06/grayed-out-apple-id-explained/
It explains what is going on in step 1 of Niel's answer too (assuming the OS installer is the only app with that ID).

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