Patent ID: 7475585

Claim:
A security slug punch tool, comprising: (a) an elongated body of a certain length housing a large bore beginning at a first end of said body and ending at a point along the length of said body, and a smaller bore in reference to said large bore co-axially positioned with, and extending from said large bore to a second end of said body along a first axis; (b) spring means being positioned within said body at said ending of said large bore; (c) a slug made from deformable material; (d) means for releasably retaining said deformable slug at said second end of said body, said means for releasably retaining including means for coaxially aligning said slug along said first axis, said second end of said body having an interior surface contoured so as to engage a head portion of a bolt having a second axis and a head opening coaxially disposed about said second axis; and (e) a force transmitter including a drive pin assembly, said force transmitter being shaped and configured for placement within said large bore in said body, and said drive pin shaped and configured for placement within said smaller bore in said body such that said drive pin is coaxially aligned with said first axis, said force transmitter and said drive pin being positioned within said body so that one end of said force transmitter extends a spaced distance from said first end of said body with the other end of said force transmitter being positioned adjacent said spring means, said drive pin extending within said smaller bore of said body from said end of said force transmitter adjacent said spring means ending at a position adjacent said means for releasably retaining said deformable slug, so that when said deformable slug is retained within said deformable slug releasably retaining means, and when an operator engages said contoured end of said second end of said body with the head portion of the bolt, said first axis is substantially aligned with said second axis, such that when said operator strikes said end of said force transmitter extending from said first end of said body, said force transmitter and said drive pin are caused to be moved forward in said body, and said end of said drive pin adjacent said means for releasably retaining said deformable slug is caused to force said deformable slug to be released from said means for releasably retaining into said opening in said bolt head, thereby causing said deformable slug to be wedged within said opening in said head of said bolt.