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A supply manifold (10) and a transmitter supporting block (11, 11a, 11b) are combined into a pressure transmitter supporting modular unit such that when maintenance or cleaning of the system is to be carried out, the pressure transmitter or transmitters can be removed together with the supporting bl

A supply manifold (10) and a transmitter supporting block (11, 11a, 11b) are combined into a pressure transmitter supporting modular unit such that when maintenance or cleaning of the system is to be carried out, the pressure transmitter or transmitters can be removed together with the supporting block (11, 11a, 11b) to keep inlet section of the transmitter(s) protected from mechanical impacts or the like. The supporting block with the transmitter(s) can then be placed back after the servicing, rodding or the like of the system, without the need for time consuming realignment of the elements and without the danger of damaging the pressure transmitter as mentioned above. Three different embodiments of the supporting block (11, 11a, 11b) are described for use in the modular unit of the invention.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A valve manifold system comprising, in combination:(a) a support block for supporting a process fluid pressure processing instrument on a face of said support block and protecting an inlet means of said instrument when said support block is separated from a process fluid supply mani

[ I claim:] [1.] A valve manifold system comprising, in combination:(a) a support block for supporting a process fluid pressure processing instrument on a face of said support block and protecting an inlet means of said instrument when said support block is separated from a process fluid supply manifold, said block including at least one process fluid conduit means terminating, at one end portion thereof, at a process fluid inlet means and, at the other end portion thereof, at process fluid outlet means at said face, said support block being compatible with an associated process fluid pressure processing instrument for fixedly securing the block to the instrument, said process fluid outlet means sealingly engaging process fluid inlet means of the instrument to conduct process fluid to such instrument inlet means;(b) a process fluid supply manifold disposed upstream of said block and including at least one process fluid inlet port means, at least one process fluid outlet port means and at least one process fluid passageway means connecting said inlet port means with said outlet port means;(c) at least one coupling conduit means having an upstream end portion and a downstream end portion, said at least one coupling conduit means connecting the support block to the manifold and defining a process fluid conduit means between said manifold and said block;(d) the inlet port means of each said passageway means, an associated one of the process fluid outlet port means and an associated one of said coupling conduit means being all generally straight and co-axial with one another and generally parallel to said face of said support block; whereby, when said support block is coupled to said process fluid supply manifold and said co-axis is coaxial with a central axis of a horizontal tap of a pressurized fluid supply line, the inlet means of said instrument is vertically spaced from said axis of the horizontal tap by less than the thickness of said support block.