Patent ID: 6644353
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: F15B,F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
A bridge fitting for use in a fluid manifold system for being in fluid communication with three or more surface mounted fluid components having aligned ports, wherein one or more of said fluid components has a single port, and at least one fluid component has an inlet port and an adjacent outlet port, the bridge fitting comprising:a first and second elbow fitting having a respective end connected to a tee fitting; said tee fitting being located between said elbow fittings; each of said elbow fittings and said tee fittings having an internal fluid passageway in fluid communication with each other; said internal passageway of said fittings having an inlet end and a first and second outlet end, with said inlet end in fluid communication with an outlet port of the first fluid component having an inlet port and an outlet port, and one of said outlet ends of said fluid passageway being in fluid communication with a single port of a second fluid component adjacent to said first fluid component, and the other outlet end of said fluid passageway being in fluid communication with an inlet of a third fluid component adjacent to said second fluid component.