FLOW BYPASS MANIFOLD

摘要

A flow bypass manifold including a drain comprising a fixed portion and an attachment portion for removable connection with the fixed portion. The fixed portion, fixedly installed into a fluidic system, defines a flow path and comprises inlet and outlet ports, a drain port, a bypass valve disposed in the flow path, a bypass outlet tube proximate the inlet port, and a bypass inlet tube proximate the outlet port. Two attachment tubes can be coupled to at least one flow- through series component and attached to the bypass outlet and inlet tubes to form an alternate flow path through the at least one flow-through, series component upon manipulation of the bypass valve to close the flow path through the fixed portion and divert the fluid to flow through the flow-through series component. This addition of a series component is accomplished without disassembling and/or reassembling the fluidic system or interrupting fluid flow.