Patent ID: 7296582

Claim:
A process for purging a fluid dispensing system of a fluid within said system, said system including means for pumping said fluid, the process comprising: positioning a connector apparatus in a module receptor of said system, the module receptor being adapted for having a separation module positioned in the module receptor when the fluid dispensing system is dispensing fluid, the separation module for which the module receptor is adapted comprising a filter and an outer surface comprising a configuration of at least three connectors on a top end of the separation module, the at least three connectors including at least one inlet and at least one outlet for allowing the separation module to connect to a fluid connector member of said system; connecting a first set of at least three connectors on an outer surface of the connector apparatus to a second set of at least three connectors on a quick-connect manifold that includes the fluid connector member and is in fluid communication with the means for pumping, the second set of at least three connectors of the quick-connect manifold extending through the fluid connector member and being spaced apart and parallel to one another and arranged to provide simultaneous connection and sealing of the at least three connectors on the top end of the separation module; the connector apparatus comprising the same configuration of at least three connectors on its outer surface as the configuration of at least three connectors on the outer surface of said separation module; said connector apparatus including a filter free fluid pathway connecting the at least three connectors of the first set of at least three connectors, the first set of at least three connectors including at least one inlet and at least one outlet; and activating said means for pumping to pass a fluid throughout said system to purge said system.