Multiple block fluid distribution panel for mounting fluid control devices and method of directing fluid flow through the blocks

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF DIRECTING FLUID FLOW THROUGH AT LEAST ONE VALVE MOUNTING PANEL BLOCK TO A DEVICE TO BE OPERATED, WHEREIN THE INDIVIDUAL PANEL BLOCKS INCLUDE A PLURALITY OF PASSAGES THEREIN, EACH PASSAGE TERMINATING AT EACH SIDE OF THE BLOCK AT AN OPENING SPACED FROM THE OTHER OPENINGS A PREDETERMINED FIXED AMOUNT, COMPRISING: PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PASSAGE MEANS IN EACH VALVE MOUNTING BLOCK, SAID PASSAGE MEANS EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER AND COMMUNICATING WITH ONE SURFACE OF THE BLOCK TO FORM AS A GROUP A VALVE SUBPLATE, THE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL PASSAGES BEING DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF PORTS ON THE VALVE TO BE MOUNTED ON THE INDIVIDUAL BLOCK; SAID ADDITIONAL PASSAGES OPENING AT BOTH ENDS AT THE RESPECTIVE SIDE, EACH OPENING CORRESPONDING WITH ANY ONE OF A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF SPECIFICALLY LOCATED POSITIONS SPACED ALONG ONE SIDE; PROVIDING A CIRCUIT BLOCK HAVING PARALLEL SIDES AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF MAIN PASSAGES THEREIN EXTENDING FROM SIDE TO SIDE TERMINATING IN OPENINGS HAVING THE SAME SPACING AS THE OPENINGS IN THE SIDES OF THE VALVE MOUNTING PANEL BLOCKS, EACH CIRCUIT BLOCK HAVING A PLURALITY OF DRILLED RECESSES SPACED ALONG SAID SIDES AT PRESCRIBED POINTS CORRESPONDING IN SPACING TO THE LOCATION OF THE SAID ADDITIONAL PASSAGES, PROVIDING A PASSAGE MEANS IN SAID CIRCUIT BLOCK EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF ALL OF SAID DRILLED RECESSES AND CONNECTING WITH SAID MAIN PASSAGES, DRILLING INTO SAID PASSAGE MEANS AT SELECTED ONES OF SAID DRILLED RECESSES TO INTERCONNECT THE ADDITIONAL

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF DIRECTING FLUID FLOW THROUGH AT LEAST ONE VALVE MOUNTING PANEL BLOCK TO A DEVICE TO BE OPERATED, WHEREIN THE INDIVIDUAL PANEL BLOCKS INCLUDE A PLURALITY OF PASSAGES THEREIN, EACH PASSAGE TERMINATING AT EACH SIDE OF THE BLOCK AT AN OPENING SPACED FROM THE OTHER OPENINGS A PREDETERMINED FIXED AMOUNT, COMPRISING: PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PASSAGE MEANS IN EACH VALVE MOUNTING BLOCK, SAID PASSAGE MEANS EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER AND COMMUNICATING WITH ONE SURFACE OF THE BLOCK TO FORM AS A GROUP A VALVE SUBPLATE, THE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL PASSAGES BEING DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF PORTS ON THE VALVE TO BE MOUNTED ON THE INDIVIDUAL BLOCK; SAID ADDITIONAL PASSAGES OPENING AT BOTH ENDS AT THE RESPECTIVE SIDE, EACH OPENING CORRESPONDING WITH ANY ONE OF A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF SPECIFICALLY LOCATED POSITIONS SPACED ALONG ONE SIDE; PROVIDING A CIRCUIT BLOCK HAVING PARALLEL SIDES AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF MAIN PASSAGES THEREIN EXTENDING FROM SIDE TO SIDE TERMINATING IN OPENINGS HAVING THE SAME SPACING AS THE OPENINGS IN THE SIDES OF THE VALVE MOUNTING PANEL BLOCKS, EACH CIRCUIT BLOCK HAVING A PLURALITY OF DRILLED RECESSES SPACED ALONG SAID SIDES AT PRESCRIBED POINTS CORRESPONDING IN SPACING TO THE LOCATION OF THE SAID ADDITIONAL PASSAGES, PROVIDING A PASSAGE MEANS IN SAID CIRCUIT BLOCK EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF ALL OF SAID DRILLED RECESSES AND CONNECTING WITH SAID MAIN PASSAGES, DRILLING INTO SAID PASSAGE MEANS AT SELECTED ONES OF SAID DRILLED RECESSES TO INTERCONNECT THE ADDITIONAL