Patent ID: 7803242

Claim:
A method for splicing an elongate workpiece; said workpiece including a plurality of materials substantially abuttingly oriented in a plurality of layers; the method comprising: (a) severing of said workpiece to present a first segment of said workpiece and a second segment of said workpiece; (b) separating at least two selected layers of said plurality of layers in a portion of one segment of said first segment and said second segment to present an interlayer zone in said one segment; said interlayer zone being bounded only on two generally facing sides by two respective layers of said at least two selected layers; (c) inserting an other segment of said first segment and said second segment than said one segment in said interlayer zone; (d) urging said at least two selected layers together to generally capture said other segment within said interlayer zone to establish interlayer adhesion among said other segment and said at least two selected layers in a multi-layer structure to effect said splicing; (e) situating said multi-layer structure adjacent to an adhering unit; and (f) operating said adhering unit to effect strengthening said splicing by applying an adhesive to said multi-layer structure.