Patent ID: 6953048
Filing Date: 2005-10-11
Classification: F15B,F16K,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fluid-flow system comprising a first stick having a first plurality of substantially identical first-stick blocks, each first-stick block being a plate having a front face, a back face, an edge face, and at least two fluid-flow through-passages extending between the front face and the back face, the first-stick blocks being attached to each other by a first-stick-block attachment including a fastener that extends through an attachment bore, the attachment bore extending through a first step and a second step when the first step and the second step are conformably positioned; at least one fluid component affixed to the front face of each of the plurality of first-stick blocks, each fluid component having ports thereon, the ports of each fluid component being in fluid communication with the respective fluid-flow through-passages of the first-stick block to which it is affixed; and a second plurality of first-stick fluid-flow block-interconnection tubes external to the first-stick blocks, each first-stick fluid-flow block-interconnection tube being affixed to the back face of a first first-stick block with a first end of the fluid-flow block-interconnection tube in fluid communication with one of the fluid-flow through-passages on the first first-stick block, and also affixed to the back face of a second first-stick block with a second end of the fluid-flow block-interconnection tube in fluid communication with one of the fluid-flow through-passages on the second first-stick block.