Patent ID: 7749347

Claim:
A method of adhering sheets together without entrapping bubbles between the sheets, comprising: (a) providing a stationary stack of at least one sheet, said stationary stack including a stack top, a leading stack edge, and a terminal stack edge; (b) positioning at least a first flexible unbonded sheet proximal to said stationary stack, said unbonded sheet including a sheet top side, a sheet underside, a leading sheet edge and a terminal sheet edge; (c) dispensing adhesive on only a portion of one of said underside of said unbonded sheet and said stack top; and (d) deploying said unbonded sheet on said stack top, by use of an application mechanism, by: (i) bringing said underside of said unbonded sheet adjacent to said leading sheet edge into contact with said stack top adjacent to said leading stack edge thereby creating a bonded portion of said unbonded sheet, a remaining unbonded portion of said unbonded sheet is supported above said stack top thereby defining a line of contact between said unbonded sheet and said stack top; (ii) creating an accumulation of said adhesive in a region adjacent to said line of contact using an adhesive dispenser which deposits a larger amount of adhesive at the beginning of movement of said adhesive dispenser than during the remainder of said movement of said adhesive dispenser across said stack top; and (iii) moving said application mechanism and said adhesive dispenser across said stack top in a direction that is substantially parallel to said stack top, and substantially perpendicular to and away from said leading stack edge, said unbonded sheet being deployed between a sheet contact surface of said application mechanism and said stack top, while said adhesive dispenser deposits adhesive proximal to and in front of said line of contact between said unbonded sheet and said stack top, thereby advancing said line of contact in said direction of movement.