Mechanically driven sequencing manifold

A sequencing manifold for conducting a flow of supply services to a fluid processing assembly, the sequencing manifold comprising:

• a first plate having a top face, a bottom face, a thickness, a lateral extent, and one or more supply ports penetrating the thickness of the first plate;
• a second plate having a top face, a bottom face, a thickness, a lateral extent, and one or more control ports penetrating the thickness of the second plate, the second plate being in a fixed position relative to the first plate;
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• a third plate having a top face, a bottom face, a thickness, a lateral extent, and a plurality of sequence ports or a plurality of sets of sequence ports penetrating the thickness of the third plate, the plurality of sequence ports or sets of sequence ports being arranged in a sequence in the third plate and being positioned in fluid communication with both the top face of the first plate and the bottom face of the second plate, and translatable therebetween from a first position to a second position, and from a second position to a third and subsequent positions, relative to the first plate and the second plate,
• wherein, when the third plate translates to the first position, at least a first sequence port or set of sequence ports of the plurality of sequence ports on the third plate comes into fluid communication with one or more of the supply ports on the first plate and one or more of the control ports on the second plate to form a one or more sequencing gates to conduct a flow of supply services to a fluid processing assembly, and
• wherein, when the third plate translates to the second position, the first sequence port or set of sequence ports on the third plate is no longer in fluid communication with the one or more supply ports on the first plate or the one or more control ports on the second plate, such that the fluid communication between the one or more supply ports on the first plate and the one or more control ports on the second plate is engaged or interrupted based on the position of the first sequence port or set of sequence ports in the third plate relative to the first and second plates;
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• wherein, when the third plate further translates to the third and subsequent positions, the position of the third plate after translation becomes a new first position, and the sequence port or set of sequence ports on the third plate engages or interrupts fluid communication between the one or more supply ports on the first plate and the one or more control ports on the second plate, based on the position of the sequence ports, relative to the first and second plates, to conduct a flow of supply services to a fluid processing assembly through the sequentially arranged sequence ports or sets of sequence ports.