---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000001806"
title: "Plug tool and related method of use"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:08:47.134422Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001806"
categories:
  - "tools-tooling/clamping-tools"
keywords:
  - "b25b27/28"
  - "b25b27/28"
  - "b25b27/28"
  - "b23p19/02"
  - "b23p19/025"
  - "b23p19/025"
---

# Plug tool and related method of use

## 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.