Swivel-type static pressure bar adapter

An adapter having a selectively angularly orientable mounting surface for detachably supporting a fluid pressure sensor, comprising:

• a stationary bar having a first surface adapted to mate with an instrument mounting surface of a manifold having a pair of spaced apart outlet ports disposed therein, said first surface of the bar having a pair of spaced inlet ports disposed therein and adapted to be aligned with said pair of spaced outlet ports of said manifold when mounted on said manifold, a second surface adapted to mate with a manifold mounting surface of a test instrument having a pair of spaced apart inlet ports disposed therein, said second surface of the bar having a pair of spaced outlet ports disposed therein and adapted to be aligned with said pair of inlet ports of the test instrument when attached to said test instrument, a pair of primary flow passageways internally disposed within said bar with one passageway of said pair providing fluid communication between said first inlet port and said first outlet port of the stationary bar and the other passageway of said pair providing fluid communication between said second inlet port and said second outlet port of the bar, a threaded portion disposed at one end of said rectangular bar and having an outlet port formed therein, and an internally disposed elongated passageway providing fluid communication between a preselected one of said primary flow passageways and the outlet port at the threaded end portion of the bar;
• a rotatable body having said selectively angularly orientable mounting surface for detachably supporting a fluid pressure sensor disposed thereon, an outlet port defined in said angularly orientable mounting surface, a threaded pocket for receiving the threaded end portion of said stationary bar, an internally disposed fluid passageway providing fluid communication between the threaded pocket and the outlet port of said angularly orientable mounting surface, and a valve operatively disposed in said body and adapted to selectively block fluid communication through said fluid passageway in the rotatable body;
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• a threaded nut adapted to threadably engage the threaded end portion of the stationary bar and forcibly abut the manifold body when said angularly orientable surface of the rotatable body is selectively positioned in a desired angular relationship with respect to said stationary bar.

An adapter having a selectively angularly orientable mounting surface arranged for detachably supporting a fluid pressure sensor, comprising:

• a stationary bar having a first surface adapted to mate with an instrument mounting surface of a manifold having a pair of outlet ports spaced apart by a first predetermined distance, said first surface of the bar having first and second inlet ports disposed therein in spaced apart relationship at said first predetermined distance, a second surface adapted to mate with a test instrument having a pair of inlet ports spaced apart at a second predetermined distance different from said first distance, said second surface of the bar having first and second outlet ports disposed therein in spaced apart relationship at said second predetermined distance, a first primary flow passageway internally disposed within said bar and providing fluid communication between said first inlet port and said first outlet port of the bar, a second primary flow passageway internally disposed within said bar and providing fluid communication between said second inlet port and said second outlet port of the bar, a threaded portion disposed at one end of said rectangular bar and having an outlet port formed therein, and an internally disposed elongated passageway providing fluid communication between a preselected one of said primary flow passageways and the outlet port at the threaded end portion of the bar;
• a rotatable body having said selectively angularly orientable mounting surface arranged for detachably supporting a fluid pressure sensor disposed thereon, an outlet port disposed in said angularly orientable mounting surface, a threaded pocket having internal threads arranged to threadably receive the threaded end portion of said stationary bar, an internally disposed fluid passageway providing fluid communication between the threaded pocket and the outlet port of said angularly orientable mounting surface, and a valve operatively disposed in said body to selectively block fluid communication between said preselected one of the primary flow passages in said stationary bar and the outlet port defined on the angularly orientable surface of the rotatable body when the threaded end portion of said stationary bar is threadably engaged in the threaded pocket of the rotatable body;
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• a threaded nut adapted to threadably engage the threaded end portion of the stationary bar and forcibly abut the manifold body when said angularly orientable surface of the rotatable body is selectively positioned in a desired angular relationship with respect to said stationary bar.