Patent ID: 8151852

Claim:
A bonding system adapted to bond a first body having a thickness to a second body, the system comprising: a stationary support comprising a lower shelf, having a vertical wall and an horizontal ledge, disposed around a first interior space corresponding in lateral extent to the first body, and an upper shelf, having a vertical wall and a horizontal ledge, disposed above the lower shelf around a second interior space, corresponding in lateral extent to the second body, wherein the respective horizontal ledges of the upper and lower shelves are separated vertically by a distance greater than the thickness of the first body and the lateral extent of the second interior space is greater than the lateral extent of first interior space; a lower heat-transfer body, having an upper interface, disposed under and spaced apart from the first interior space and capable of rising into the first interior space; an upper heat-transfer body disposed above and spaced apart from the second interior space; and a lift assembly configured to raise the lower heat-transfer body into the first space and to press the lower heat-transfer body in opposition to the upper heat-transfer body.