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US 4,827,998 AGranted
Tire repair plug
OwnerJoseph Stanfainventor
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Abstract
A plug for repairing steel belted tires includes an insert member having a shank containing threads and joined to an uppermost wedge element provided with a tool engaging recess. A resilient shroud encases the majority of the insert member and includes external threads on its lower portion whereupon the shank threads interlock the insert and shroud such that as the insert is screwed into a tire puncture, the shroud is simultaneously screwed into the tire and insures an enhanced securing and sealing action.
Claims7
A plug for repairing a puncture hole in a tire comprising;
- an insert having an upper wedge element with a periphery and a lower shank, said wedge element being provided with an upper surface having tool engaging means thereon, and a conical surface, said conical surface being inclined downward and inward at an angle of between 20 to 60 degrees from the vertical,
- a shroud of resilient material encasing said lower shank and at least a portion of said wedge element,
- external threads on a portion of said shroud encasing said lower shank, and
- locking means on said lower shank radially securing said shroud to said insert.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.