Patent ID: 7754291

Claim:
A method for making miniature emblems, comprising: providing an array of shaped miniature substrates, each shaped miniature substrate having an upper surface and a bottom surface; holding the array of shaped miniature substrates flat and horizontal; providing a plurality of orifices, the plurality of orifices and the array of shaped miniature substrates being capable of moving relative to each another in an X direction, a Y direction, and a Z direction; positioning the plurality of orifices over the array of shaped miniature substrates by relative movement of the plurality of orifices and the array of shaped miniature substrates in the X direction and the Y direction; positioning the plurality of orifices in close proximity with the array of shaped miniature substrates by relative movement of the plurality of orifices and the array of shaped miniature substrates in the Z direction after positioning the plurality of orifices by relative movement in the X and Y direction; depositing a volume of viscous fluent plastic of less than about 0.04 ml from the plurality of orifices onto the upper surface of each of the shaped miniature substrates, the viscous fluent plastic forming a positive meniscus on the upper surface while the plurality of orifices is in close proximity with the array of shaped miniature substrates, each orifice depositing the volume of viscous fluent plastic on a different single one of the shaped miniature substrates; and curing the plastic while maintaining the array of shaped miniature substrates flat and horizontal, whereby the cured plastic forms a dome over each shaped miniature substrate.