Patent ID: 7021348

Claim:
A device for inflating a tire having gone flat to a desired pressure or for sealing and inflating a punctured tire, which device comprises a compressed-air source; a tubular container that contains a sealing agent and has an inlet opening for passage of compressed air from the compressed-air source and an outlet opening for passage of sealing agent and compressed air; a first conduit connected to a first area on the device at a first end and having an adapter for detachably connecting the first conduit to a valve on the tire at the second end; and a second conduit connected to a second area on the device at the first end and to the compressed-air source at the second end, wherein the container is enclosed by a tubular cylinder connected to the first end of the second conduit and having a fixed bottom in one end and an aperture in the other end, with the aperture being closed by a cover connected to the first end of the first conduit and mounted on the cylinder displaceable between a first operative position in which the first conduit is communicating with the interior of the cylinder and a second operative position in which the first conduit is communicating with the outlet opening of the container.