Patents Assigned to American Casting & Mfg. Corporation
  • Strap tightening hand tool
    Patent number: 4321952
    Abstract: An improved hand tool is disclosed for tightening strap fasteners such as money bag seals or cable ties or the like. The tool is a plier-like device having a pair of jaws including a pawl mechanism which engages teeth on the strap. After the fastener is drawn tightly around the bag neck or cable with a predetermined fastening force, the tool automatically severs the fastener. A knife on the tool then is used to cut the free end from the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1982
    Assignee: American Casting & Mfg. Corporation
    Inventor: Ephraim Natkins
  • Tamper proof seal
    Patent number: 4082336
    Abstract: A tamper proof seal comprising a tie member makes a seal with a coupling seal on a plug which is movable laterally into the seal body portion while said tie member is movable into said body portion perpendicularly to the movement of said plug, said tie member, said seal body portion and said plug capable of being molded out of a plastic material as a unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1978
    Assignee: American Casting & Mfg. Corporation
    Inventor: Ephraim Natkins