Patent ID: 6215110
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
A heater tape assembly for heating an object to be heated, said heater tape assembly comprising:an elongate first tape having a pair of opposing side edges and a first surface extending between said side edges, said first tape having a plurality of first notches which extend into said first surface from a respective said side edge, said first tape including an outside flat surface opposite said first surface, said outside flat surface having a flat display area and visual indicia disposed within said flat display area;an elongate second tape having a pair of opposing side edges and a pair of opposing second and third flat surfaces extending between said side edges, said second tape having a plurality of second notches which extend into said second and third flat surfaces from a respective said side edge, said second notches in said second tape being substantially aligned with respective said first notches in said first tape, said second flat surface being bonded with said first surface of said first tape, said third flat surface having an adhesive thereon for bonding to the object to be heated;at least one heater wire interposed between said first surface of said first tape and said second surface of said second tape; anda backing having a pair of opposing side edges and a fourth flat surface extending between said side edges, said side edges of said backing being adjacent to said side edges of said first and second tapes, said fourth flat surface being detachably bonded with said third flat surface of said second tape, said backing including an absence of notches in said side edges;wherein said heater tape assembly is formed by the process of kiss cutting said notches in said first and second tapes while said backing is bonded to said second tape, said kiss cutting being performed without cutting said notches in said backing.