Plug Or Patch Inserters Patents (Class 81/15.7)
  • Patent number: 11046038
    Abstract: Several aspects of this disclosure relate to a reusable kit and it method of use for repairing a leak in a gas-filled inflatable object. In one form, the kit may include: a hollow housing with a leading end region and a trailing end region; a plunger with a front end region and a back end region, the front end region having a tubular nose, the front end region being adapted to be received in the leading end region of the hollow housing; a plug having a head portion and a shaft portion extending therefrom, the shaft portion of the plug being adapted to be mounted at least partially in a tubular nose of the front end region of the plunger; a sealing ring that surrounds the plunger proximate the front end region thereof, the sealing ring serving to interface with an inner wall of the hollow housing; and an adhesive provided below an underside of the head portion of the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Inventors: James Albert Harris, James Edwin Harris
  • Patent number: 10800017
    Abstract: A tool for attaching a treatment head to a wash media element of a vehicle wash component includes a nose portion and a handle portion. The nose portion is sized to pass through an opening in the wash media element. The nose portion includes a slot for receiving and retaining a base portion of the treatment head to secure it to the wash media element such that the nose portion and treatment portion are disposed on opposite sides of the wash media element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: WASHME PROPERTIES
    Inventors: Michael J. Belanger, Adam Kelsey, Mark Morin
  • Patent number: 10611103
    Abstract: A tire repair tool assembly includes a tool body, at least one tire plug, a plug storage cap, and a hollow tube. The tool body may have a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the tool body having a storage compartment within the tool body, the storage compartment having an opening at the first end. The plug storage cap may be operably coupled to the first end of the tool body. The hollow tube may be sized to receive a first end of the at least one tire plug within the hollow tube, the hollow tube extending from the second end of the tool body and having a tip distal from the second end of the tool body. The tire repair assembly may further include a tool body case having a closed end and an open compartment within the tool body case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Bell Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen C. Park, Mark J. Matson
  • Patent number: 10105917
    Abstract: A patch kit and method for repairing a tear in a sidewall of an off-road vehicle tire includes an inside patch component, an outside patch component, and a compressing component for assembling, joining and compressing the inner and outer patch components together with the tire sidewall sandwiched therebetween. The compressing component is a threaded rod and a nut or bolt head to dispose on both ends. The inside and outside patch components are rigid or semi-rigid cupped shells with a hole for the threaded rod, so that the rod may pass through the patches and the tear for compression by tightening a nut. To facilitate tire repair without removing the tire from its rim, a recovery cable is temporarily connected to pull together repair components after they are separately pushed through the tear into the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Inventor: Marcus W. Schlegelmilch
  • Patent number: 9272588
    Abstract: A method for replacing a leaking valve stem includes the steps of cutting a part of the valve stem external to a hollow interior of a tire at the external surface of a wheel/rim so that a base of the valve stem falls into the hollow interior of the tire and so that a wheel aperture is exposed. A replacement valve stem has a radially expandable base, a main body of frusto-conical shape, and an annular step is formed where the base meets the main body. Wrench-engageable flats are formed in a narrow end of the main body and an internally threaded boss is secured to the wrench-engageable flats. The radially expandable base is inserted into the wheel aperture and the annular step abuts an exterior surface of the wheel/rim. The expandable base is then expanded until the wheel/rim is tightly sandwiched between the expanded base and the annular step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Inventors: John R. Groom, John McGahee
  • Patent number: 9126373
    Abstract: A tire puncture repair apparatus may include a handle, a puncture repair screw, and an integral neck between the handle and the puncture repair screw. The puncture repair screw may include a screw head, a cylindrical shaft extending from the screw head opposite the neck, a partially threaded and solid cone that uniformly narrows from the shaft to a tip opposite the shaft, and a conic-helical thread coiled about the cone between the tip and the shaft. The diameter of the shaft may be approximately equal to the diameter of the cone at the widest point of the cone. The thread on the cone may include an angled ridge and may be coiled around the cone from the intersection of the shaft and the cone to before tip of the cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: C. Kwai Kong, Patrick L. Ohm, Silas Veloz, Randy Lee
  • Patent number: 9067368
    Abstract: A tire repair kit is disclosed which includes a plurality of tubes containing repair plugs, a clearance tool for clearing debris in a tire, and stopper to prevent air loss during the repair. The kit also includes a handle for storing the tools and for attaching the tools to make the appropriate repairs to the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: UNITED STATES THERMOELECTRIC CONSORTIUM (USTC)
    Inventor: James M. Kerner
  • Patent number: 9003927
    Abstract: A tire repair tool including a combined reamer and plugger wherein a single combined bit is fitted into a handle, the bit including a reamer element and a plugger element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Ethan T. Stansbury, Brandt A. Haener
  • Patent number: 8882420
    Abstract: A tire puncture repair apparatus may include a handle, a puncture repair screw, and an integral neck between the handle and the puncture repair screw. The puncture repair screw may include a screw head, a cylindrical shaft extending from the screw head opposite the neck, a partially threaded and solid cone that uniformly narrows from the shaft to a tip opposite the shaft, and a conic-helical thread coiled about the cone between the tip and the shaft. The diameter of the shaft may be approximately equal to the diameter of the cone at the widest point of the cone. The thread on the cone may include an angled ridge and may be coiled around the cone from the intersection of the shaft and the cone to before tip of the cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: C. Kwai Kong, Patrick L. Ohm, Silas Veloz, Randy Lee
  • Publication number: 20140298956
    Abstract: A tire repair kit is disclosed which includes a plurality of tubes containing repair plugs, a clearance tool for clearing debris in a tire, and stopper to prevent air loss during the repair. The kit also includes a handle for storing the tools and for attaching the tools to make the appropriate repairs to the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: U.S. Thermoelectric Consortium
    Inventor: James M. Kerner
  • Publication number: 20140260811
    Abstract: A tire repair tool including a combined reamer and plugger wherein a single combined bit is fitted into a handle, the bit including a reamer element and a plugger element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Ethan T. Stansbury, Brandt A. Haener
  • Patent number: 8707829
    Abstract: A tire repair kit is disclosed which includes a plurality of tubes containing repair plugs, a clearance tool for clearing debris in a tire, and stopper to prevent air loss during the repair. The kit also includes a handle for storing the tools and for attaching the tools to make the appropriate repairs to the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: United States Thermoelectric Consortium
    Inventor: James M. Kerner
  • Publication number: 20130327185
    Abstract: A tire repair kit is disclosed which includes a plurality of tubes containing repair plugs, a clearance tool for clearing debris in a tire, and stopper to prevent air loss during the repair. The kit also includes a handle for storing the tools and for attaching the tools to make the appropriate repairs to the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: US THERMOELECTRONICS CONSORTIUM
    Inventor: James M. Kerner
  • Patent number: 8459150
    Abstract: Provide a sealing device with which simple and reliable operation can be performed. When stored, a liquid agent container, in which a sealing agent is contained, is temporarily held above a injection unit. When the liquid agent container is forcibly pressed downward in use, the upper end of a pressing jig penetrates through an aluminum seal into the container, and the sealing agent flows out to a compressor unit is activated and compressed air is supplied into the liquid agent container to place the pressurized sealing agent into a pneumatic tire through a joint hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Yoshida, Yuji Takeda
  • Patent number: 8109312
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for applying a patch to an interior surface of a tire, the apparatus comprising a patch holder having the top surface shaped to a contour of the interior surface of the tire, the patch holder comprising a patch receptacle and a plurality of orifices extending there through in fluid communication with a vacuum source, and, an adhesive barrier surrounding the patch receptacle. The steps of a method include placing a patch into a patch receptacle in a tire patch holder, the patch holder having the top surface shaped to a contour of the interior tire surface, directing the patch holder to obliquely contact the interior surface of the tire, and, pressing the patch into substantial adhesive contact with the interior tire surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Bradley D. Schober
  • Patent number: 8028606
    Abstract: Provided is a tire puncture repair device capable of injecting a puncture sealing agent into a tire stably and speedily. A container is compressed between plate members by placing one of the plate members on the ground and pressing down the other one of the plate members with a foot. Thereby, the puncture sealing agent is discharged from the container and is injected into the tire through an injection tube. Discharge amount control means is attached to the injection tube to level an amount of the puncture sealing agent to be discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuru Naito
  • Publication number: 20110154577
    Abstract: An improved tire repair tool having a pair of pliers, with integrated cutters, a rasp for cleaning a tire puncture, a tool for inserting a cylindrical tire plug, and a means to store tire plugs within the assembly. The nominally channel shaped handles of the pliers have first and second ends. The first end of the handles are pivotally mounted to a pair of plier jaws which can be used to remove debris from a tire. The rasp and the means for inserting tire plugs are pivotally mounted to to the second end of one of the handles and can be moved between a stowed position and open position. The rasp and tool for inserting tire plugs are lockable in the stowed and open position in such a way to allow the rasp and insertion tool to rotate into a deployed position where they can be used. The second handle contains a means to store tire plugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: Cormac Eubanks
  • Patent number: 7832308
    Abstract: A tire-patching tool and its patching method includes a pneumatic tool for producing a rotation force with a preset rotating speed, and a tire-patching needle with a tire seal strip assembled on the pneumatic tool to be driven into a broken hole of a tire. In using, the pneumatic tool is started to transmit a rotation force to the tire-patching needle so that the tire-patching needle can be vertically driven into the tire in the direction of the broken hole to let the tire seal strip stuck in the broken hole of the tire, and then remove out the tire-patching needle to finish tire patching work. By the pneumatic tool driving the tire-patching needle to produce a rotation force, the tire seal strip can quickly and accurately be stuck in the broken hole of the tire, saving time and labor in carrying out tire patching work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Master Air Tool Corp.
    Inventor: Nan-Shin Wang
  • Patent number: 7757585
    Abstract: The tire repair tools preferably includes a rasp tool, an insertion tool and a power tool. The rasp tool preferably includes a modified drill bit and a quick release end. However, the rasp tool may be replaced with a knurled reamer. The quick release end is preferably inserted into a quick chuck. The insertion tool preferably includes a plug retention end, a shank and the quick release end. A plug slot is disposed in the plug retention end. A sealing plug is inserted into the plug slot, similar to a prior art tire repair tool. In a second embodiment, the quick release ends are replaced with a socket end. In a third embodiment, the quick release ends are replaced with a T-handle. The rasp or reamer clean out a tire hole and the insertion tool is used with a power tool, ratchet or T-handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Inventor: Russell J. Brazeau
  • Patent number: 7677136
    Abstract: A tire repairing assembly for inserting a resilient tire puncture plug into a punctured pneumatic tire. The assembly being adapted to be rolled over by the tire while still mounted to the wheel and the wheel mounted to the automobile. The tire repairing assembly having an arcuate base member and an insertion pin mounted to the base member. In an alternative embodiment, the insertion pin is moveably or pivotally mounted to the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Inventor: Nathan Waugh
  • Publication number: 20090260487
    Abstract: A tire-patching tool and its patching method includes a pneumatic tool for producing a rotation force with a preset rotating speed, and a tire-patching needle with a tire seal strip assembled on the pneumatic tool to be driven into a broken hole of a tire. In using, the pneumatic tool is started to transmit a rotation force to the tire-patching needle so that the tire-patching needle can be vertically driven into the tire in the direction of the broken hole to let the tire seal strip stuck in the broken hole of the tire, and then remove out the tire-patching needle to finish tire patching work. By the pneumatic tool driving the tire-patching needle to produce a rotation force, the tire seal strip can quickly and accurately be stuck in the broken hole of the tire, saving time and labor in carrying out tire patching work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: MASTER AIR TOOL CORP.
    Inventor: Nan-Shin Wang
  • Publication number: 20080264210
    Abstract: The tire repair tools preferably includes a rasp tool, an insertion tool and a power tool. The rasp tool preferably includes a modified drill bit and a quick release end. However, the rasp tool may be replaced with a knurled reamer. The quick release end is preferably inserted into a quick chuck. The insertion tool preferably includes a plug retention end, a shank and the quick release end. A plug slot is disposed in the plug retention end. A sealing plug is inserted into the plug slot, similar to a prior art tire repair tool. In a second embodiment, the quick release ends are replaced with a socket end. In a third embodiment, the quick release ends are replaced with a T-handle. The rasp or reamer clean out a tire hole and the insertion tool is used with a power tool, ratchet or T-handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventor: Russell J. Brazeau
  • Patent number: 7377197
    Abstract: A high-speed tire repair tool includes a locating unit having an outer tube and a locating bar; a buffer element having a head and an inner tube connected to the head and received in the outer tube with the locating bar fixed to the inner tube at a predetermined position; a hollow pipe mounted in the outer tube, the inner tube, and the head; and a hole plugging assembly mounted to the head and connected to the hollow pipe, and having an abrasive element and a plugging strip. When the hollow pipe is driven to rotate and the outer tube is moved forward by a driving unit, the hole plugging assembly connected to a front end of the hollow pipe is quickly driven into a hole on a high-speed tire for the abrasive element to trim the hole and the plugging strip to air-tightly plug the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Inventor: Kun-Shan Lin
  • Publication number: 20080105090
    Abstract: A high-speed tire repair tool includes a locating unit having an outer tube and a locating bar; a buffer element having a head and an inner tube connected to the head and received in the outer tube with the locating bar fixed to the inner tube at a predetermined position; a hollow pipe mounted in the outer tube, the inner tube, and the head; and a hole plugging assembly mounted to the head and connected to the hollow pipe, and having an abrasive element and a plugging strip. When the hollow pipe is driven to rotate and the outer tube is moved forward by a driving unit, the hole plugging assembly connected to a front end of the hollow pipe is quickly driven into a hole on a high-speed tire for the abrasive element to trim the hole and the plugging strip to air-tightly plug the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventor: Kun-Shan Lin
  • Publication number: 20080053277
    Abstract: A tire repairing assembly for inserting a resilient tire puncture plug into a punctured pneumatic tire. The assembly being adapted to be rolled over by the tire while still mounted to the wheel and the wheel mounted to the automobile. The tire repairing assembly having an arcuate base member and an insertion pin mounted to the base member. In an alternative embodiment, the insertion pin is moveably or pivotally mounted to the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventor: Nathan Waugh
  • Patent number: 7051622
    Abstract: A tire-patching tool for patching a tire includes a shell, a barrel, a patch feeder, an elastic element, a hammer and an automatic valve. The barrel is connected with the shell. The patch feeder includes a first end inserted in the barrel and a second end for feeding a patch into a cut in the tire. The elastic element connects the patch feeder with the barrel. The hammer strikes the first end of the patch feeder in the barrel. The automatic valve is installed in the shell for controlling pressurized air for driving the hammer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Inventor: Ting-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 7017452
    Abstract: A ratchet-based adaptor assembly is comprised of a main body, a shell, a ratchet-like driven member, a switch member, and a spring. The shell is covered on the main body, having a neck formed at a side for connection with a wheel replacement wrench. A receiving space is defined between the main body and the shell. The ratchet-like driven member is rotatably mounted in the receiving space, having a plurality of teeth and an adaptor for connection with a rotatable joint of a jack. The switch member includes at least two teeth for engaging the teeth of the ratchet-based driven member, being pivotally mounted in the receiving space but having a part exposed outside the main body for poking by the user's hand. The spring is mounted in the receiving space so as to keep enabling the switch member to engage the driven member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Infinite Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Wen-Hsu Lin
  • Publication number: 20020020254
    Abstract: A tire plugging device allows a mechanic to pressurize and plug a tire in one operation. This device could also be used in inflating and repairing tires that have multiple chambers that are factory inflated and sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventor: Douglas Pittman
  • Patent number: 6202510
    Abstract: A tire plug insertion tool for sealing a repair plug in a punctured pneumatic tire on an automobile or vehicle wheel. In a preferred embodiment the tile plug insertion tool is characterized by an elongated handle having a flanged wheel-engaging shaft adjustably and pivotally mounted in a slot in one end of the handle. A carriage sleeve is slidably and adjustably mounted on the handle and a plug insertion shaft having a bifurcated bottom end, extends downwardly from pivotal attachment to the carriage sleeve. After the wheel having the punctured tire is optionally removed from the automobile or vehicle, the flanged bottom end of the vertical wheel-engaging shaft is caused to removably engage the cupped wheel rim or hub, and the handle is extended horizontally over the tire tread. The plug insertion shaft is then located above the puncture opening in the tire tread, by manually sliding the carriage sleeve and suspended plug insertion shaft along the handle and securing the carriage sleeve in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Inventor: Jacob Kupelian
  • Patent number: 6170361
    Abstract: A tire repair plug installation tool that can be used from the outside without requiring the tire to be removed from the rim upon which it is mounted. An all-in-one tool which contains all of the various parts required to effect a repair in a tubeless tire. The objectives are accomplished by providing a handle including a compartment defined therein for storing extra plugs, a shaft drivingly engaging the handle with a plug hook means incorporated therein and a reamer at an end of the shaft opposite from the point where the shaft attaches to the ratchet means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Inventor: Robert Yates