Symmetrical overlapping jaw front action sealing tool

A crimping tool for applying a deformable crimp seal onto overlapping layers of strap material, comprising:

• a tool head;
• pairs of jaws disposed in the tool head and operably mounted thereto, each pair including opposingly oriented, aligned jaw elements, each jaw element of each pair being spaced from one another, and each pair being spaced from its adjacent pair, each jaw element having an inwardly oriented crimping portion with an asymmetric tip, the asymmetric tip having a tapered portion, the tapered portion terminating at a free end;
• a shear extending between and operably connected to each element of each pair and between adjacent pairs of jaw elements;
• a pair of handles, the handles having a terminal end operably connected to the jaw elements and operably connected to one another;
• and
• at least one side plate operably connected to the jaw elements and the shear, the at least one side plate including a centrally disposed slotted opening,
• wherein when the tool is in a closed position the jaw elements of each pair align with one another and the free ends of the opposingly oriented jaw element tips overlap in a direction transverse to the jaw elements, and
• wherein each jaw element has first and second surfaces defining a thickness and wherein the inwardly angled tapered region is formed in the first surface only, such that the second surface is flat, and wherein the inwardly angled tapered regions of opposing aw elements face one another.