Patent ID: 6345648
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A gripper member for cooperative engagement with a second gripper member within a hand strapping tool used for tensioning and sealing a pair of overlapped end portions of strapping material disposed about an article to be strapped, comprising:a body member; a plurality of teeth provided upon said body member for engaging one of the pair of overlapped end portions of the strapping material disposed about the article to be strapped; and a lip member mounted upon said body member of said gripper member wherein an upper surface portion of said lip member is disposed slightly above uppermost portions of said plurality of teeth provided upon said body member for defining a space between the one of the pair of overlapped end portions of the strapping material and the uppermost portions of said plurality of teeth, when the second gripper member is disposed at an inoperative position with respect to said gripper member, so as to facilitate the disengagement and removal of the hand strapping tool from engagement with the tensioned pair of overlapped end portions of strapping material and the article being strapped.