US 12,214,435 B2
Bottoming tap and chaser and method of use
Devin Corbit, Richmond, TX (US); and Damon Kuhn, Needville, TX (US)
Filed by Devin Corbit, Richmond, TX (US); and Damon Kuhn, Needville, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/295,102.
Application 18/295,102 is a continuation of application No. 15/929,848, filed on May 26, 2020, granted, now 11,618,092.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/966,357, filed on Jan. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0234151 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B23G 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC B23G 5/06 (2013.01) [B23G 2200/48 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tap comprising:
a receiver, with a first diameter, having a drive socket, a longitudinal axis and a radial axis;
a shaft section, with a second diameter, connected to the receiver, coaxial with the longitudinal axis;
a threading section, connected to the shaft section, coaxial with the longitudinal axis;
the threading section further comprising a set of longitudinal flutes with each longitudinal flute of the set of longitudinal flutes, forming a helix angle with the radial axis;
the threading section further comprising a set of threads having a crest diameter and a root diameter;
wherein the root diameter is greater than the first diameter and the second diameter; and
wherein the receiver has a first length, the shaft section has a second length and the threading section has a third length;
wherein a ratio of the first length to the second length to the third length is between 1:2:1±10% and 1:0.5:1±10%.