Patent ID: 6140610
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: A47G,B29C,B29L,Y10T

Abstract:
A seaming iron for use in carpet repairs requiring a replacement patching plug to be fitted into a relatively small cut-out opening in a carpet, wherein the length of at least one peripheral edge of the cut-out area is less than eight inches, the patching plug being attached to carpet surrounding the cut-out opening by hot-melt adhesive seaming tape positioned under the carpet and around a periphery of the cut-out opening, the seaming iron comprising:a heated base member sized and shaped for insertion into the cut-out opening to enable sufficient maneuverability of the seaming iron within the cut-out opening to permit direct contact between the heated base member and all of the seaming tape to activate hot-melt adhesive thereon and for preventing the seaming iron from becoming caught in the cut-out opening as the patching plug is attached to the surrounding carpet, wherein the base member has a swept-back, arrow head-like shape and a front portion which is thicker than a rear portion thereof, and wherein a front edge of the base member extending from the sole plate to the heat shield slopes downward from rear to front;a heat shield at an upper surface of the base member;a sole plate at a bottom surface of the base member for contacting and heating the hot-melt adhesive tape used to attach the patching plug to the carpet surrounding the cut-out opening in the carpet;a heater core located adjacent to the sole plate for heating the sole plate; anda handle having an elongated shaft and a pistol grip at a distal end of the shaft.