Carpet seaming iron
AssigneeCrain Cutter Company, Inc.
InventorsLance Darrell Crain, Gregory Joseph Chambers, Tan Dinh Nguyen
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Abstract
A carpet seaming iron includes a base assembly and a top cover, within which the heating and control components are located. A bimetal thermostat, an over-temperature cutoff, and/or a thermistor and thermistor cover are secured between the base assembly and top cover by an elevated surface of the base assembly. The base assembly may include a base having an outer groove such that the top cover that fits over the base and in the outer groove of the base. To keep the cord away from a user during operation, the handle of the carpet seaming iron may also be attached to the cord by a rotatable cord guard holder that extends the cord away from the handle and a semi-rigid cord guard that reduces bending of the cord.
Claims4
A carpet seaming iron configured for operation in a first axis, the carpet seaming iron comprising:
- a base assembly having a heating element and a bottom base surface defining a substantially longitudinal plane;
- a handle assembly attached to the base assembly, the handle assembly including a left handle portion and a right handle portion, the handle assembly forming a forward hole and a rearward hole that is positioned rearward of the forward hole along the first axis;
- a cord electrically coupled to the heating element of the base assembly through the handle assembly, at least a portion of the cord passing between the left handle portion and the right handle portion;
- a rotatable cord guard holder comprising a rigid swivel member that is rotatably coupled to the handle assembly such that the rigid swivel member is rotatable in a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal plane of the bottom base surface, the rotatable cord guard holder extending the cord in a direction at an angle to the first axis, the rigid swivel member including a forward flange rotatably inserted into the forward hole of the handle assembly and a rearward flange rotatably inserted into the rearward hole of the handle assembly;
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- a cord guard coupled to the cord and insertable in the rotatable cord guard holder, the cord guard less rigid than the rotatable cord guard holder to reduce bending of the cord where the cord guard is coupled to the cord.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.