Patent ID: 8528186

Claim:
Apparatus for transfer of fluids to or from a structure, the apparatus comprising: a conduit having an outer surface and an internal passage with a deformable neck having an inner surface; a perforating mechanism comprising a drill stem cutting bit mounted on the end of the drill stem to form a hole in the structure configured to receive the deformable neck of the conduit; an expander device adapted to be received within the internal passage of the conduit, the expander device being axially moveable within the internal passage of the conduit, and having: an aperture configured to allow passage of the drill stem through the aperture of the expander device, an external surface with at least one portion that has a larger dimension than the inner surface of the neck of the internal passage; and a driving mechanism adapted to drive the expander device axially through the internal passage of the conduit, to axially drive the said at least one portion of the external surface of the expander device against the inner surface of the neck when the neck is located in the hole, and to expand the neck of the conduit, thereby deforming the neck radially outwardly and swaging the neck in the hole.