US 12,295,511 B2
Carpet seaming iron
Kane Archie Scott, Maroubra (AU)
Assigned to Cordless Carpet Tools Pty Ltd, Maroubra (AU); and Michael Adam Fletcher, Cronulla (AU)
Appl. No. 17/786,901
Filed by Cordless Carpet Tools Pty Ltd, Maroubra NSW (AU); and Michael Adam Fletcher, Cronulla (AU)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/AU2020/051388
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/119748, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019904784 (AU), filed on Dec. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0031166 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 65/00 (2006.01); A47G 27/04 (2006.01); B29C 65/02 (2006.01); B29C 65/24 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 27/0443 (2013.01) [B29C 65/02 (2013.01); B29C 65/242 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A carpet seaming iron, comprising:
a heater plate arranged for contact with at least one of carpet seaming tape and carpet; and
at least one electrical heating element in thermal communication with the heater plate arranged for contact with carpet, wherein the heater plate has a thermal mass of less than 500 J/K:
a battery;
a temperature sensor in thermal communication with the heater plate configured to generate a temperature signal indicative of the temperature of the heater plate; and
a power controller in temperature signal communication with the temperature sensor, the power controller being configured to control power flow from the battery to the at least one electrical heating element using the temperature signal,
wherein the at least one electrical heating element is intermediate a heat shielding system and the heater plate, and the heat shielding system comprises a phenol formaldehyde resin heat shield slab.