Abstract: In a device for securing or sealing a twisted neck portion of a bag or sack of flexible material, a slit is provided in a housing and the latter carries a roll of adhesive tape. The twisted neck is pushed into the slit. A tape guide member, a tape cutter, an actuating arm and a spring loaded arm cooperate to effect the sealing or securing. The housing has a handle near the closed end of the slit.
Abstract: A hub for a disk storage medium which is a unitary article of two dissimilar metals having a single plated coating. An example is an aluminum support member and a joined steel armature plate wherein the two metals have been joined, cleaned and plated on exposed surfaces, but without plating on joining surfaces.