MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541134613 A) filed by Aditya University; Aditya College Of Engineering And Technology; Aditya College Of Pharmacy; and Aditya Degree College, Surampalem, Andhra Pradesh, on Dec. 31, 2025, for 'an automated nail extractor device and method of operation.'
Inventor(s) include Shaik Rafi; Dasari Nagasen; Anjaiah Talamala; Singineddi Sruthi; and V. S. N Kumar.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure proposes an automated nail extractor device (100) that is adapted for detecting, centering, gripping, and extracting metallic nails (10) or similar embedded fasteners from various substrates such as wood, drywall, concrete, and composite construction materials, thereby enabling high-precision extraction with minimal substrate disruption. The automated nail extractor device (100) comprises a casing (102), plurality of inductive sensors (134A, 134B, 134C, and 134D), a sensing unit (136), a pair of extraction units (140A, 140B), a controller (124), and a user interface (106). The automated nail extractor device (100) minimizes substrate damage by eliminating the need for manual leverage or force-based prying methods, thereby enabling crack-free, dent-free, and splinter-free nail removal from wood, drywall, concrete, and composite materials. The automated nail extractor device (100) withdraws the nail (10) along its longitudinal axis via synchronized actuator retraction, thereby preventing substrate tearing, chipping, and deformation typically associated with lateral pulling or leverage-based tools."
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