Patent ID: 7056436

Claim:
A fluid separation unit and manifold assembly, said separation unit comprising a housing having an inlet, an outlet spaced from said inlet, and separation means within said housing between said inlet and said outlet; said manifold comprising a first portion having a fluid path for fluid communication with said separation unit through said inlet, a second portion having a fluid path for fluid communication with said separation unit through said outlet; said separation unit housing having a valve having an open position and a closed position, said valve being in said closed position and preventing the escape of fluid from said housing when said housing is disengaged from said manifold, and being in said open position and allowing fluid communication between said housing and one of said first or second portion of said manifold when said housing is engaged with said manifold; wherein either said inlet or said outlet of said separation unit is engageable with a respective one of said first portion or said second portion of said manifold by a single pivot motion of said separation unit housing after the other of said inlet or said outlet is engaged with a respective one of said first portion or said second portion of said manifold.