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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ulrich Frick, Singen, DE;
Assignee:
Georg Fischer Wavin AG, Subinggen, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 4/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 4/108 ;
Abstract
A tapping apparatus having a drilling device for producing an outlet on a medium-carrying pipeline, on which a tapping fitting is arranged, and having a drive and advance device for driving and advancing a drilling tool is proposed, a coupling and uncoupling mechanism being arranged for coupling and uncoupling the drive device to and from the advance device for the drilling tool. The tapping apparatus is of modular construction, can be dismantled into individual parts and is easy to operate.