Patent ID: 6182701
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: G01L,Y10T

Abstract:
An adapter having a construction suitable for interposition between a manifold and a first test instrument and detachably supporting a second test instrument having a single inlet port, said adapter comprising:a stationary bar having at least two primary flow passageways arranged to provide fluid communication between respective predefined multiple ports of the manifold and the first test instrument when the adapter is interposed the manifold and the first test instrument, an end portion having an outlet port defined therein, and an elongated internal passageway providing fluid communication between a preselected one of said primary flow passageways and the outlet port defined at the end portion of said stationary bar;a rotatable body detachably connected to the end portion of said stationary bar and having an outlet port disposed in a selectively angularly orientable mounting surface, an internal passageway providing fluid communication between the outlet port defined in the end portion of the stationary bar and said outlet port disposed in the angularly orientable mounting surface of the body, and a valve operatively disposed in said body at a position at which the valve is capable of selectively blocking flow through the internal passageway in said body; andmeans for securing said rotatable body in a selected angular relationship with respect to said stationary bar and simultaneously providing a stabilized sealed connection between the rotatable body and said stationary bar.