Removable tap chasers and tap systems including the same
OwnerEdward Wolff, Donald Barnes +1inventors
InventorsEdward Wolff, Donald Barnes, V. Shook
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a removable tap chaser for tapping an internal thread in a hole in a workpiece. The tap chaser consists of at least one carbide material and is adapted to be removably mounted on a tap system such as, for example, one of a collapsible tap system and a non-collapsible tap system.
Claims16
A removable tap chaser for tapping an internal thread in a hole in a workpiece, wherein the tap chaser consists of at least one carbide material.
A tap system adapted to tap an internal thread in a hole in a workpiece in a single pass, the tap system comprising a tap head and at least one removable tap chaser consisting of a carbide material, and wherein the tap chaser is removably attached to the tap head and, when worn or damaged, may be removed from the tap head and replaced or restored to useful condition and re-installed on the tap head.
A method for tapping an internal thread in a hole in a workpiece, the method comprising machining the workpiece with a tap system comprising a tap head and at least one removable tap chaser consisting of a carbide material, wherein the tap chaser is removably attached to the tap head and, when worn or damaged, may be removed from the tap head and replaced or restored to useful condition and re-installed on the tap head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.