Modular distributor box for fluids

A modular distributor box for distributing a fluid, comprising a linear assembly of a plurality of juxtaposed modules, each said module having:

• a. a prismatic module body having a pair of oppositely facing faces and further faces extending transversely to and between said opposite faces;
• b. said body having a central bore, the wall of said bore defining a central conduit extending through said module body from the center of one of said oppositely facing faces to the center of the other of said oppositely facing faces and being open at its ends at said oppositely facing faces;
• c. said body having at least two relatively long and narrow intersecting grooves of identical cross-section formed in one of said oppositely facing faces, each of said grooves increasing in width in the direction inwardly of said body from the oppositely facing face in which it is formed and the intersection of said grooves being at the open end of said conduit at said last-mentioned face;
• d. said body having a projection extending from the other of said oppositely facing faces and having a cross-section conforming to that of each groove whereby said projection may be inserted in and interlock with either of said grooves thereby permitting one module to be secured to another module in at least two different relative positions;
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• said modules being interconnected by engagement of a projection on one of the modules with one of the grooves of a contiguous module with the central conduit of one module in register with the central conduit of said contiguous module to form a longitudinal conduit extending along said distributor box, and the body of at least one of said modules also having at least one passageway therein extending from one of said further faces of said last-mentioned body to said central conduit thereof to form a transverse conduit.