Patent ID: 8931980
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: B23G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tap and body combination device, comprising: an elongated tap including a shaft having external cutting threads on one end, wherein the end of the shaft includes an axial opening configured to match a size of a standard tubing size to maintain the tubing coaxially aligned with the shaft; an elongated body being a unitary piece of material, the body comprising a first end portion having an axial bore within which the tap rotates and a second end portion having a hexagonal interior socket, wherein the center of the socket is coaxially aligned with the longitudinal center axis of the tap, wherein the body includes a hexagonal-shaped exterior around the periphery of the first end portion and the second end portion, wherein the first end portion with the socket and the second end portion with the bore are connected via a third and a fourth body portion, each of the third and fourth body portions connects opposite sides of the first end portion to the second end portion, and the third and fourth body portions are configured to leave a first and second elongated opening on each of two opposite sides of the body, and wherein a diameter of the bore is sized slightly larger than a diameter of the tap to engage with the shaft of the tap to minimize lateral play of the tap.