Tire repair means

Claim 1

A TIRE REPAIR DEVICE, COMPRISING: (A) AN ELONGATED METALLIC TUBE TAPERING SLIGHTLY FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER AND HAVING A PASSAGE THERETHROUGH WITH A CORRESPONDING TAPER; (B) A RADIAL, FLANGE-LIKE HEAD AT THE LARGER END OF SAID PLUG, SAID HEAD HAVING A PLURALITY OF SIDES FOR RELEASABLE CONNECTION WITH AN APPLICATOR TOOL; (C) AN END PORTION AT THE SMALLER END OF SAID TUBE, SAID END PORTION HAVING CURVED TAPER SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE REST OF THE TUBE AND HAVING ONE SIDE BEVELED TO PROVIDE A PENETRATING POINT AT THE FREE TIP OF SAID END PORTION; (D) ELASTIC, RESILIENT MATERIAL DISPOSED WITHIN THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE TUBE AND CONSTITUTING A SEALING PLUG, SAID SEALING PLUG BEING IN A STRETCHED CONDITION WITHIN SAID PASSAGE AND EXTRUDABLE FROM THE SMALL END OF THE PASSAGE INTO A PUNCTURE OPENING OR THE LIKE THROUGH THE WALL OF A TIRE AND EXPANDABLE WHERE NOT CONFINED WITHIN SAID PUNCTURE OPENING; AND (E) A PRESSURE PLUG OF PLIABLE MATERIAL DISPOSED IN SAID PASSAGE AND ENGAGEABLE WITH THE END OF THE SEALING PLUG ADJACENT THE LARGER END OF THE TUBE, SAID PRESSURE PLUG BEING OF HARDER MATERIAL THAN SAID SEALING PLUG.