Patent ID: 8469761

Claim:
A method of assembling a display comprising the steps of: (a) interposing a glass spacer between a top and a bottom glass substrate; (b) applying a frit glass to the top and bottom substrates and the spacer; (c) positioning a heat source over an outer peripheral area of the first glass substrate, said heat source comprising a plurality of infra-red lamps positioned about the outer periphery of said display, wherein a first infra-red lamp is placed over a top peripheral side and a second infra-red lamp is placed over a bottom peripheral side, a third infra-red lamp is placed over a right peripheral side and a fourth infra-red lamp is placed over a left peripheral side; (d) applying a pressure to at least one of the top and bottom substrates; (e) applying heat from the heat source to the outer peripheral area of one of the top and bottom substrates to melt the glass frit, wherein more power is applied to said lamps that are further from said substrates than said lamps positioned closer to said substrate; and (f) cooling the top and bottom glass substrates.