Patent ID: 6399918
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,F16D

Abstract:
A thermal bonding method for bonding at least two members to each other with an adhesive by pressing and heating a laminate formed by laminating the members on each other with the adhesive interposed therebetween, comprising:placing at least one member of the laminate close to a heated radiant heater, and pressing the laminate, in a state where radiant heat is applied to portions of the at least two members being bonded, wherein the radiant heater comprises a heater element and a laminate holder which is in contact with the heater element, with heat transferred from the heater element to the laminate holder by heat conduction, the laminate holder emitting radiant heat to the laminate, the laminate holder coming in point-contact or line-contact with the at least one member of the laminate so that the laminate is supported by the laminate holder and is pressed in the radiant heat-applied state, wherein one member of the laminate is a brake shoe body, which comprises a shoe rim of an arcuate band form bent lengthwise and a shoe rib protruding radially inwardly from a radially inner face of the shoe rim, another member of the laminate is a friction lining laminated on a radially outer face of the shoe rim of the brake shoe body with the adhesive interposed therebetween, and wherein the brake shoe body is placed close to the radiant heater.