A47G 27/0443
Using hot-melt adhesives
Official title: {using hot-melt adhesives; Irons therefor}
A47G27/0443 (Using hot-melt adhesives) appears on 53 US grants and 25 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47G- Granted patents
- 53
- Published applications
- 25
- Assignees
- 19
- Inventors
- 66
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Spacer for joining and seam sealing floor coverings16 Jun 2026US 12,655,643 B2
- Flooring edge tools9 Sep 2025US 12,408,784 B2Columbia Insurance Company
- Carpet seaming iron13 May 2025US 12,295,511 B2Cordless Carpet Tools Pty Ltd.
- Flooring edge tools7 Jun 2022US 11,350,781 B2Columbia Insurance Company
- Method of seaming carpet11 Feb 2020US 10,556,387 B2
- Spacer for joining and seam sealing floor coverings22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022573 A1
- Carpet seaming iron8 May 2025US 2025/0143496 A1
- Device, method and movable joining apparatus for thermal joining respectively two adjacent material sheets over a connecting piece18 Jul 2024US 2024/0239051 A1
- A carpet seaming iron2 Feb 2023US 2023/0031166 A1Cordless Carpet Tools Pty Ltd.
- Flooring edge tools11 Aug 2022US 2022/0248885 A1Columbia Insurance Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for locking the facing edges of carpet backings directly together at the seam during a face seaming operation with a hot melt adhesive tape50US 4,536,244 AOrcon Corporation · 1985
- System for holding carpet in place without stretching39US 4,797,170 AJacTac, Inc. · 1989
- Method of heating for connecting a plate element to a support by means of a thermofusible glue38US 4,123,305 ASociete Anonyme dite: Weber et Broutin · 1978
- Carpet seaming tape, electric iron therefor34US 3,972,768 ARoberts Consolidated Industries, Inc. · 1976
- Carpet seaming tape activator28US 4,438,323 A1984