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US 2023/0415436 A1Published application
Tire repair tool
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsBrendan SANGSTER, Carey Christopher COSTLE, Heriberto ENRIQUEZ, Chad Daniel ELLMAN
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Abstract
A tire repair tool includes a reamer and/or a plugger having a hex end for connection with a power tool.
Claims17
A tire repair tool comprising:
- a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end;
- a hex end formed in the proximal end of the shaft;
- at least one of a reamer element having a surface texture along at least a portion of the shaft and a plugger element having a looped end at the distal end of the shaft.
A tire repair tool comprising a shaft having a hex end at a proximal end, a reamer element along the shaft, and a plugger element at a distal end of the shaft, wherein the reamer element includes a surface texture and the plugger element includes a narrowed looped end.
A method of patching a tire comprising the steps of:
- locating a hole in a tire;
- connecting a bit having a reamer element to a power tool, the reamer element having a hex end at a proximal end for connection to the power tool, a surface texture along a shaft of the bit, and a pointed distal end;
- activating the power tool and inserting the distal end of the bit having the reamer element into the hole and reciprocating the reamer element within the hole;
- removing the bit having the reamer element from the power tool;
- connecting a bit having a plugger element to the power tool, the plugger element having a hex end at a proximal end, and a looped end at a distal end of the bit;
- inserting a plug into the plugger element within a looped end at a distal end of the bit;
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- inserting the distal end of the bit having the plugger element into the hole and releasing the plug into the hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.