Method and apparatus for connecting a right angle service line to a main

A fitting for use in connecting a service line at right angle to a main, comprising:

• a rigid body,
• concave arcuate surface means formed on one end of said body for attaching said body to the wall of a main,
• a pair of parallel spaced through bores in said body extending radially from said surface means, one of said bores being of a size for connecting said service line therein,
• means in said body interconnecting said bores, and internal threads formed in one of said bores.

An apparatus connecting a service line at right angle to a plastic main comprising in combination:

• a. a fitting of plastic material, a flange on one end of said fitting defining a concave mounting surface fused onto the exterior surface on said main, said fitting having first and second parallel spaced through bores extending from said mounting surface through the length of said fitting to the opposite end thereof, said first and second through bores extending in a direction having their center lines intersecting the center line of said main at a right angle, a passageway in said fitting interconnecting said first and second through bores, said service line being fused into said first through bore to extend axially therefrom, internal threads formed in said second through bore;
• b. a port forming means in said second through bore for forming a port in said main to interconnect said main and said service line, said port forming means comprises an externally threaded member engaging the internal threads in said second through bore, a cutting edge on one end of said member for contacting and cutting a circular coupon from the wall of said main, and socket means on the other end of said member for rotating said member by means of a tool;
• and
• c. an externally threaded sealing plug removably attached to said second bore and engaging the threads in said second bore to seal the open end of said second bore.