| CPC A47G 27/0443 (2013.01) [B29C 65/02 (2013.01); B29C 65/242 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |

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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.
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