A machine for on-site folding and securing a tape to an unfinished edge of
a carpet. A housing rolls under the carpet. A heating unit is contained
in the housing and heats the tape to melt an adhesive thereon. A die is
interchangeably mounted to the housing and has the tape feed therethrough
to be folded and attached to the carpet by way of the melted adhesive
thereon. A first embodiment of the die has spaced-apart bottom and a top
walls to receive the tape therebetween. A second embodiment of the die
further has a pair of flanges extending outwardly from free edges of the
bottom and top walls, respectively. The pair of flanges fold inwardly
onto the bottom and top walls, respectively, and are spaced a slight
distance from the bottom and top walls, respectively, so as to form a
pair of guides that receive the tape.