Patent ID: 8133339

Claim:
A method of bonding material in a bonder system for producing a bonded product, the method comprising the steps of: providing at least one quantity of material to a bonder system; progressing the at least one quantity of material along the bonder system toward a bonder; wherein the at least one quantity of material is introduced into the bonder system at a first speed and attains a second, faster speed as it progresses along the bonder system; wherein the difference between the first and second speeds creates a speed differential which imparts a stretched state to the at least one quantity of material; using the bonder to bond the at least one quantity of material in the stretched state to at least a second quantity of material also in a stretched state wherein the speed differential has imparted a substantially equal stretched state to the first and second quantities of material simultaneously and prior to the first and second quantity of material entering the bonder; and wherein the bonder does not pull the materials.