Patent ID: 6170361
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: B29C,B29L

Abstract:
An all-in-one tire repair plug installation tool for insertion of a plug into an injury in a tubeless tire, the tool comprising:a. a handle defining a compartment therein for storage of more than one plug, the handle including a removable cap to retain the plugs therein and having a housing on a lower surface thereof, the housing containing a ratchet means for allowing a user to rotatingly drive a reamer using a ratchet-type action;b. more than one removable shaft, each shaft having a different diameter, each shaft adapted to removably engage the ratchet means at an upper terminal end and to removably engage a reamer at a lower terminal end, and each shaft further having a plug hook means for inserting a cylindrical plug into the injury, the plug hook means disposed between the upper and lower terminal ends; andc. at least one reamer adapted to be removably attached to the lower terminal end;whereby, a user can prepare the injury by rotating the reamer within the injury to smooth it for receipt of the plug, then retrieve a plug from the handle for insertion using the plug hook means, all using the same tool.