Patents Assigned to Seam Team
  • Carpet seaming tape with separate heating circuits
    Patent number: 4483896
    Abstract: A carpet seaming apparatus includes an elongated bonding tape having an electrical resistance circuit with contacts at the edge of the tape mounted on the face thereof with a hot melt adhesive in the form of elongated beads running the length of the tape that melts in response to electrical current in the resistive conductors. A tool having spaced apart electrical contacts for engaging the contacts adjacent the edges of the tape inducing an electrical current therein for heating and melting the hot melt adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1984
    Assignee: Seam Team
    Inventors: James B. Gray, Peter L. Jorgenson, Robert A. Joyce