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An application for an arced sealing tape has a bottom, an inner wall and an outer wall. The outer wall has an outward flare extending outwardly from the center. The surfaces of the inner wall and the outer wall that are closest to a center point of the arc have an adhesive and a bottom surface of th

An application for an arced sealing tape has a bottom, an inner wall and an outer wall. The outer wall has an outward flare extending outwardly from the center. The surfaces of the inner wall and the outer wall that are closest to a center point of the arc have an adhesive and a bottom surface of the bottom also has an adhesive.

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1. A U-shaped tape for sealing a joint interface, the tape comprising; a planar wall having a first edge and a distal second edge, the planar wall being formed of a continuous sheet of material conforming to a planar surface and a first side of the planar wall having an adhesive layer; anda first cu

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A U-shaped tape for sealing a joint interface, the tape comprising; a planar wall having a first edge and a distal second edge, the planar wall being formed of a continuous sheet of material conforming to a planar surface and a first side of the planar wall having an adhesive layer; anda first curved wall having an edge, wherein the edge and first curved wall have the shape of a segment of a first cylinder, the first curved wall formed of a continuous sheet of material and having an adhesive layer; anda second curved wall having a first edge and a second edge, wherein the first edge, second edge, and second curved wall have the shape of a segment of a second cylinder, the second curved wall formed of a continuous sheet of material and an adhesive layer, wherein a diameter of the second cylinder is greater than the first cylinder, and the first and second cylinder share the same center point;a flared outer wall having an edge, the flared outer wall formed of a continuous sheet of material, a first side of the flared outer wall having an adhesive layer;wherein the first curved wall and the second curved wall extend outwardly from the planar wall in a direction away from and opposing the first side of the planar wall;wherein the first edge of the planar wall and the edge of the first curved wall are coincident and meet in an arc; the distal second edge of the planar wall and the first edge of the second curved wall are coincident and meet in an arc; andthe second edge of the second curved wall and the edge of the flared outer wall are coincident and meet in an arc;wherein the adhesive layer of the first curved wall is on a side of the first curved wall that faces away from the second curved wall and the adhesive layer of the second curved wall is on a side of the second curved wall that faces towards the first curved wall. 2. The tape for sealing a joint interface of claim 1, wherein-a first end of the planar wall, a first end of the first curved wall, a first end of the second curved wall, and a first end of the flared outer wall, are overlapped by a second end of the planar wall, a second end of the first curved wall, a second end of the second curved wall, and a second end of the flared outer wall when the first curved wall is installed on the first cylinder. 3. The tape for sealing duct work of claim 1, further comprising removable covers removably covering at least one of the adhesive layers. 4. The tape for sealing a joint interface of claim 3, wherein each of the removable covers further comprises a pull tab. 5. The tape for sealing a joint interface of claim 1, wherein at least one of the planar wall, first curved wall, second curved wall, and flared outer wall has embossing. 6. The tape for sealing a joint interface of claim 1, wherein the tape is provided in sections of a specific length. 7. The tape for sealing a joint interface of claim 1, wherein the tape is provided in rolls. 8. The tape for sealing a joint interface of claim 7, wherein the tape is marked in registrations that are related to PI times a unit of diameter of the first cylinder. 9. The tape for sealing a joint interface of claim 1, further comprising at least one band, each of the at least one bands is slidably affixed to a surface of at least one of the first curved wall and the flared outer wall. 10. The tape for sealing a joint interface of claim 9, wherein the bands include waves allowing for expansion. 11. The tape for sealing a joint interface of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and distal second edges of the planar wall interface to at least one of the edge of the first curved wall and the first edge of the second curved wall, with a pleat. 12. A method of sealing a take-off duct to a collar nipple, collar flange, and heating air-conditioning box/run, the collar nipple installed in a surface of the heating/air-conditioning box/run, the method comprising, providing a U-shaped tape, the U-shaped tape comprising: a planar wall having a first side, an opposing second side, a first edge, and a distal second edge, the planar wall being formed of a continuous sheet of material conforming to a planar surface and the first side of the planar wall having an adhesive layer; anda first curved wall having an edge, wherein the edge and first curved wall have the shape of a segment of a first cylinder, the first curved wall formed of a continuous sheet of material and having an adhesive layer; anda second curved wall having a first edge and a second edge, wherein the first edge, second edge, and second curved wall have the shape of a segment of a second cylinder, the second curved wall formed of a continuous sheet of material and an adhesive layer, wherein a diameter of the second cylinder is greater than the first cylinder, and the first and second cylinder share the same center point;a flared outer wall having an edge, the flared outer wall formed of a continuous sheet of material, a first side of the flared outer wall having an adhesive layer;wherein the first curved wall and the second curved wall extend outwardly from the planar wall in a direction away from and opposing the first side of the planar wall;wherein the first edge of the planar wall and the edge of the first curved wall are coincident and meet in an arc; the distal second edge of the planar wall and the first edge of the second curved wall are coincident and meet in an arc; andthe second edge of the second curved wall and the edge of the flared outer wall are coincident and meet in an arc;wherein the adhesive layer of the first curved wall is on an inner surface of the first curved wall that faces away from the second curved wall and the adhesive layer of the second curved wall is on an inner surface of the second curved wall that faces towards the first curved wall;pulling a vapor barrier and insulation layer back from an end of a duct core of the take-off duct;fitting the end of the duct core over the collar nipple;securing the take-off duct with a band over the end of the duct core;tightening the band;affixing the inner surface of the first curved wall to the outer surface of the collar nipple using the adhesive on the inner surface of the first curved wall, the inner surface of the first curved wall covering at least part of the exposed portion of the collar nipple and part of an end of the duct core;affixing the first side of the planar wall to the box/run around the collar using the adhesive layer on the first side of the planar wall;pushing the insulating layer and the vapor barrier into the tape between the first curved wall and the second curved wall;affixing the inner surface of the second curved wall using the adhesive layer on the inner surface of the second curved wall; andaffixing the flared outer wall using the adhesive layer on the flared outer wall to the vapor barrier of the take-off duct. 13. The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of removing a first removable cover from over the adhesive layer of the first curved wall before the step of affixing the adhesive layer of the first curved wall. 14. The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of removing a second removable cover from over the adhesive layer of the second curved wall and flared outer wall before the step of bending the outwardly flared surface. 15. A tape for sealing a joint interface, the tape forming a modified U-shape, the tape comprising; A wall having a first edge, and a second edge, the planar wall being formed of a continuous sheet of material, the wall conforming to a planar surface, and wall having an adhesive layer on the first side; anda first curved wall having a first edge, the first curved wall formed of a continuous sheet of material, the first edge and the first curved wall conforming to a cylindrical surface, the first curved wall having an adhesive layer on a first side; anda second curved wall having a first edge and a second edge, the second curved wall formed of a continuous sheet of material, wherein the first edge, second edge, and the second curved wall conforming to a cylindrical surface, the second curved wall having an adhesive layer on a first side, the second curved wall having a diameter greater than a diameter of an outer surface of a duct vapor barrier, the diameter of the second curved wall is greater than the first curved wall, and the first and second diameters share the same center point; anda flared outer wall having an edge, the flared outer wall formed of a continuous sheet of material, a first side of the flared outer wall having an adhesive layer;wherein the first curved wall and the second curved wall extend outwardly from the wall in a direction away from and opposing the first side of the wall;wherein the first edge of the wall and the edge of the first curved wall are coincident, and the first edge of the wall and the edge of the first curved wall and meet in an arc;wherein the second edge of the wall and the first edge of the second curved wall are coincident, and the second edge of the wall and the first edge of the second curved wall and meet in an arc;the second edge of the second curved wall and the edge of the flared outer wall are coincident, and the second edge of the second curved wall and the edge of the flared wall meet in an arc, the combination of the wall, first curved wall, second curved wall, and flared wall forming a modified U-shaped cross-section in which a flared wall portion of a leg of the U-shape flares outwardly; andwherein the adhesive layer of the first curved wall is on a side of the first curved wall that faces away from the second curved wall and the adhesive layer of the second curved wall is on a side of the second curved wall that faces towards the first curved wall. 16. The tape for sealing a joint interface of claim 15, wherein when installed, a first end of the wall is overlapped by a distal end of the wall, a first end of the first curved wall is overlapped by a distal end of the first curved wall, a first end of the second curved wall is overlapped by a distal end of the second curved wall, and a first end of the flared wall is overlapped by a distal end of the flared wall. 17. The tape for sealing a joint interface of claim 16, further comprising at least one removable cover removably covering at least one of the adhesive layers. 18. The tape for sealing a joint interface of claim 15, wherein the tape is provided in sections of a specific length. 19. The tape for sealing a joint interface of claim 15, further comprising at least one band, each of the at least one band slidably affixed to a surface of one of the first curved wall, and the flared wall. 20. The tape for sealing a joint interface of claim 15, wherein at least one of the edge of the first curved wall is interfaced to the first edge of the wall and the first edge of the second curved wall is interfaced to the second edge of the wall, by a pleat.