Manifold Cabinet
OwnerJeffrey Paradisinventor
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Abstract
A manifold cabinet includes an enclosure having a back wall, a top wall, a pair of side walls, at least two partition walls, a center opening and at least two outside edge openings. The partition walls have a plurality of openings and are attached within the enclosure forming a larger central chamber sized to receive a manifold and two side chambers. The center opening provides access to the larger central chamber and each of the two outside edge openings provide access to one of the two side chambers.
Claims18
A manifold cabinet for a manifold comprising:
- an enclosure having a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls;
- at least two partition walls, each having a plurality of openings, said partition walls attached within said enclosure forming a larger central chamber sized to receive a manifold and two side chambers;
- and
- a center opening and at least two outside edge openings wherein said center opening provides access to said larger central chamber and wherein one of said at least two outside edge openings provides access to one of said two side chambers and another of said at least two outside edge openings provides access to the other of said two side chambers.
A method of forming a manifold cabinet comprising:
- obtaining a rectangularly-shaped sheet sized for forming a predetermined size for said manifold cabinet;
- removing a portion of each corner of said sheet;
- bending each side of said sheet forming an enclosure having a top wall, a bottom wall, and two side walls;
- securing said top wall, said bottom wall and said two side walls to each other along mating edges;
- inserting two partition walls having a plurality of openings inside said enclosure forming a larger central chamber and two side chambers;
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- forming at least a center opening in said top wall providing access to said larger central chamber.
The method of claim 111 further comprising forming an outside edge opening in said enclosure wherein said outside edge opening provides access to one of said two side chambers.
The method of claim 111 further comprising forming a lip along each side of said sheet before said bending step.
The method of claim 111 further comprising forming a cover sized to fit over one of said two side chambers.
A method of using a manifold cabinet comprising:
- obtaining a manifold cabinet, said manifold cabinet comprising:
- an enclosure having a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls;
- at least two partition walls, each having a plurality of openings, said partition walls attached within said enclosure forming a larger central chamber sized to receive a manifold and two side chambers;
- and
- a center opening and at least two outside edge openings wherein said center opening provides access to said larger central chamber and wherein one of said at least two outside edge openings provides access to one of said two side chambers and another of said at least two outside edge openings provides access to the other of said two side chambers;
- installing a manifold within said larger central chamber;
- inserting a fluid supply line through said center opening and attaching to an inlet port of said manifold;
- and
- inserting an outlet fluid supply line into one of said two side chambers, through one of said plurality of openings in one of said at least two partitions and attaching said outlet fluid supply line to an outlet port of said manifold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.