Saddle tee for irrigation lines

A saddle tee with a coupling tap for use in tapping a fluid line, said saddle tee comprising a base with first and second ends, top and bottom faces, a passageway with female threads communicating between the top and bottom faces for accessing the line, and a clamp, said clamp comprising a pair of opposing clamp segments having upper, lower and intermediate portions, at least one of said segments hinged along its intermediate portion to one end of the base and the other of said segments attached to the other end of the base, each of said segments having a locking part at its lower end portion cooperating with a locking part on the other of said segments, said locking parts being interengaging serrations for releasably interconnecting said clamp segments when the clamp is pressed onto the line,

• said coupling tap comprising a stem tapered at a first end and attached to a fitting at a second end, an orifice located along tapered first end, said orifice connected with a channel in the stem thereby flowably connecting the orifice with the fitting, said fitting being larger in diameter than the stem and having female threads for threaded engagement with male threads in the passageway, said fitting having a handle,
• whereby the coupling tap can be used to punch a hole in a fluid line held in the saddle tee by advancing the coupling tap toward the line by turning the handle, as the stem punches a hole in the line, the line forms a seal about the stem that increases with water pressure and the abutment shoulder forms a secondary seal as the shoulder is crushed into the line.