Patent ID: 8201573

Claim:
A moulded tapping tee assembly for a plastics pipeline comprising: a saddle, provided with a saddle-shaped saddle electrofusion element having a first terminal at an external end thereof; a hollow body, integral with the saddle and provided with an axial bore; a tubular socket, which: i) is integral with the hollow body; ii) has a socket bore in fluid connection with the axial bore of the body; iii) has an internal surface formed by a mould core that is withdrawn along a socket axis of the socket; and iv) has a tubular socket electrofusion element having a second terminal at a distal end thereof; and an electrically conductive element, which element connects an internal end of the saddle electrofusion element to a proximal end of the socket electrofusion element, wherein an internal part of said electrically conductive element is incorporated into the hollow body during moulding and an exposed part extends from said internal surface, in which said exposed part is shaped so as to fit inside a slot of said mould core, wherein said exposed part is held by said slot transverse to the socket axis but remains axially free so that it can be released from said slot subsequent to moulding.