Patent ID: 6308745
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: B65B,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
A manually-operable tool for applying a seal member to overlapped end portions of plastic strapping material, comprising:a pair of handles pivotally connected together about an axis defining an axial direction so as to be movable between relatively opened and relatively closed positions;an anvil having a predetermined axial extent and a transverse extent;a pair of jaws pivotally mounted upon opposite transverse end portions of said anvil between relatively opened and relatively closed positions and operatively connected to said pair of handles such that when said pair of handles are moved to their relatively opened positions, said pair of jaws are correspondingly moved to their relatively opened positions, and when said pair of handles are moved to their relatively closed positions, said pair of jaws are correspondingly moved to their relatively closed positions; andundulating structure formed upon each one of said anvil and said pair of jaws so as to extend in said axial direction and for cooperating together so as to form an undulated crimped joint upon overlapped end portions of plastic strapping when a seal member and overlapped end portions of plastic strapping are disposed between said anvil and said pair of jaws, and when said pair of jaws are moved to their relatively closed positions.