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OT-2026-000001806

Plug tool and related method of use

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Tools & Tooling › Clamping Tools
Inventors
VANDENBERG ROGER A
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NAT NAIL CORP
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US-12576489-B2, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 17 March 2026
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Abstract

A plug tool is provided that can retrieve, hold and/or install plugs in holes defined by a substrate such as a board. The tool can include a handle including an upper portion and a lower portion, a tube extending from the lower portion, the tube sized to receive a plug therein, and an ejector configured to eject a plug from the tube. A method of using the tool can include placing the tube over a plug having a plug face, a plug sidewall and a plug bottom such that the plug sidewall engages and is retained in the tube; moving the tool so that the tube is aligned with a hole defined by a recipient board, the hole bounded by a hole sidewall; and ejecting the plug from the tube so the plug sidewall engages the hole sidewall and is deposited in the plug hole.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000001806, “Plug tool and related method of use,” published September 15, 2026 at 19:08:47 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001806.

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