Patent ID: 8545660

Claim:
A method of treating a first body having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a thickness and a second body having an upper surface and a lower surface, the method comprising: configuring a lower shelf, having a vertical wall and a horizontal ledge, around a first interior space corresponding in lateral extent to the first body; configuring an upper shelf, having a vertical wall and a horizontal ledge above the lower shelf and around a second interior space, corresponding in lateral extent to the second body, the second body being larger in lateral extent than the first body, so that the respective horizontal ledges of the upper and lower shelves are separated vertically by a distance greater than the thickness of the first body; disposing a lower heat-transfer body, having an upper interface, under and spaced apart from the first interior space; disposing an upper heat-transfer body, having a lower interface above and spaced apart from the second interior space; disposing the lower surface of the first body on the horizontal ledge of the lower shelf; disposing the lower surface of the second body on the horizontal ledge of the upper shelf; and raising the lower heat-transfer body to lift the first body above the horizontal ledge of the lower shelf, the first body in turn lifting the second body from the upper shelf, and press the first and second bodies together against the upper heat-transfer body until the first and second bodies form a bonded pair.