Patent ID: 8608893

Claim:
A method for joining fabric layers, said method comprising: clamping fabric together on a support; setting a syringe height to facilitate delivery of an adhesive to said fabric; adjusting a spot formed by each of the microdrops in the array of microdrops by adjusting a volume of an aliquot of adhesive between about approximately 1 pL to 1 nL; priming a syringe and wiping a head of said syringe; disposing said fabric proximate to said head; inserting said head of said syringe through at least one layer of said fabric; injecting an array of microdrops of said adhesive between layers of said fabric with said syringe; exposing a portion of said fabric having said adhesive injected therein to a curing visible light beam; conveying a light source of the curing visible light beam and said syringe to a different position relative to said fabric; and removing said fabric.