Patent ID: 7793681

Claim:
A system for performing a fluid process within a machine having a fluid system including at least two reservoirs of different types of fluids, said system comprising: a valve system operatively coupled to said fluid system, said valve system configured to permit selective access to a first reservoir and at least one additional reservoir operatively associated with said fluid system for performing at least one fluid evacuation process to an outlet port for a selected one of said first reservoir and said additional reservoir, wherein a fluid included within said first reservoir is of a type different from a type of a fluid included within said additional reservoir; means for adjusting said configuration of said valve system to permit selective fluid communication between said selected one of said first reservoir and said additional reservoir and at least one of a waste-receiving receptacle and a fluid replacement source, wherein said selective fluid communication enables at least one fluid refill process between said fluid replacement source and said selected one of said first reservoir and said additional reservoir, or wherein said selective fluid communication enables at least one fluid evacuation process between said waste-receiving receptacle and said selected one of said first reservoir and said additional reservoir; and further comprising at least one multi-position valve included within said valve system of said fluid system.