Manifold apparatus
AssigneeSMC Corporation
InventorsHideo SASAKI, Ken GUNJI
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Abstract
A manifold apparatus includes a plurality of manifold blocks which are coupled together in a line. In each of the manifold blocks, an axial line of a branch port is deviated from an axial line of a main port in a direction perpendicular to a coupling direction in which the manifold blocks are coupled together. The plurality of manifold blocks are configured to be coupled together in a state where one of the adjacent manifold blocks is inverted 180° from the other of the adjacent manifold blocks in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the branch port and the coupling direction.
Claims16
A manifold apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of manifold blocks coupled together in a line;
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- a plurality of connector members each provided on an outer surface of each of the manifold blocks, branch tubes being attachable to and detachable from the connector members,
- the manifold blocks each comprising:
- a main port as a passage of fluid, the main port extending through the manifold block in a coupling direction in which the plurality of manifold blocks are coupled together;
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- a branch port opened on the outer surface of the manifold block, the branch port being configured to allow an inner hole of each of the branch tubes attached to the connector members and the main port to communicate with each other;
- an axial line of the branch port of each of the manifold blocks is deviated from an axial line of the main port in a direction perpendicular to the coupling direction;
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- the plurality of manifold blocks are configured to be coupled together in a state where one of the adjacent manifold blocks is inverted 180° from another of the adjacent manifold blocks in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the branch port and the coupling direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.