Patent ID: 7235151

Claim:
A method for performing an adhesive transfer operation wherein adhesive is applied to a selected substrate, said method comprising: providing a selected substrate to which adhesive is to be applied; providing a hand-held actuatorless adhesive transfer device comprising: a frame having a feeding side and a discharge side, said frame being sized and configured to be received in one hand of a user for manual handling and transport; a first supply roll rotatably mounted to said frame, said first supply roll carrying a wound up supply of an adhesive carrying substrate that has an adhesive carrying surface coated with a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive; a second supply roll rotatably mounted to said frame, said second supply roll carrying a wound up supply of an adhesive mask substrate; said adhesive carrying substrate being unwound from said first supply roll with a lead end portion thereof extending outwardly from the discharge side of said frame; said mask substrate being unwound from said second supply roll with a lead end portion thereof extending outwardly from the discharge side of said frame adjacent the lead end portion of said carrying substrate; said frame being constructed and arranged to enable the adhesive transfer operation to be initiated by manually grasping said frame with one hand and inserting a leading edge portion of the selected substrate between said adhesive carrying and mask substrates; and pressure applying structure constructed and arranged to apply pressure to substrates being advanced through said device; while manually grasping the frame with one hand, inserting the leading edge of selected substrate between said adhesive carrying and mask substrates; while continuing to manually grasp said frame in one hand, manually grasping the lead end portions of said adhesive carrying and mask substrates of the discharge side of said frame with the other hand; and while continuing to manually grasp said frame in one hand, manually pulling said lead end portions with the other hand so as to advance said mask, adhesive carrying, and selected substrates together through said device and outwardly from the discharge side of said frame such that said pressure applying structure applies pressure to said substrates being advanced through said device, thereby causing the pressure-sensitive adhesive on said carrying substrate bonds to the selected substrate.