US 11,920,330 B2
Method of manufacturing a tap body
Gregory Norman Rowe, Norwich (GB)
Assigned to Gregory Rowe Limited, Norwich (GB)
Appl. No. 16/976,562
Filed by Greg Rowe Limited, Norwich (GB)
PCT Filed Mar. 1, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/050584
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 28, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/166827, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1803403 (GB), filed on Mar. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0047813 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. E03C 1/04 (2006.01); F16K 11/00 (2006.01); F16K 11/20 (2006.01); F16K 27/04 (2006.01)
CPC E03C 1/0411 (2013.01) [E03C 1/0404 (2013.01); F16K 11/207 (2013.01); F16K 19/006 (2013.01); F16K 27/045 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing a tap outer body comprising
making first and second hollow body parts, wherein the first body part is of unitary construction and comprises a first pair of apertures and the second body part is of unitary construction and comprises opposed open ends and at least one aperture between the opposed open ends;
inserting the first body part into the at least one aperture of the second body part to make a tap outer body; and
aligning the first pair of apertures of the first body part with the opposed open ends of the second body part to define a channel through the tap outer body.