Method of forming laminated articles

Claim 1

THE CONTINUOUS METHOD OF MAKING A LAMINATED ARTICLE COMPOSED OF A PLURALITY OF SUPERIMPOSED LAYERS OF MATERIAL ADHESIVELY BONDED TOGETER COMPRISING THE SUCCESSIVE STEPS OF APPLYING A FILM OF THERMO-SETTING, RESINOUS ADHESIVE, CARRIED IN A VOLATILE SOLVENT, TO ONE OR MORE OF THE ADJACENTLY DISPOSED SURFACES OF THE LAYERS WHILE THE LAYERS ARE IN A SEPARATED RELATIONSHIP, SUBJECTING THE SEPARATED, ADHESIVE COATED, LAYERS TO A TEMPERATRE, LOWER THAN THAT REQUIRED TO INITIATE CURING OF THE ADHESIVE, TO REMOVE THE VOLATILE ADHESIVE SOLVENT AND TO REDUCE THE RESINOUS ADHESIVE FILM TO A CRUST-LIKE, UNCURED CONDITION, ASSEMBLING THE ADHESIVE COATED LAYERS WITH THE SAID ADJACENTLY DISPOSED SURFACES IN CONNECTED RELATIONSHIP PRIOR TO INITIATING CURING OF THE RESINOS ADHESIVE, APPLYING HEAT TO THE CONNECTED LAYERS IN THE ABSENCE OF COMPRESSIVE FORCES DIRECTED THEREAGAINST TO ADVANCE THE CURE OF THE ADHESIVE TO A POINT APPROACHING INCIPIENT CURE, MOMENTARILY APPLYING PRESSURE TO SAID LAYERS TO COMPRESS SAID LAYERS TOGETHER AND SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLYING HEAT THERETO TO PASS THE ADHESIVE THROUGH THE STATE OF INCIPIENT CURE, RELIEVING THE PRESSURE APPLICATION TO SAID LAYERS AND CONTINUING THE APPLICATION TO SAID LAYERS TO SENCE OF PRESSURE APPLICATION TO SAID LAYERS TO BRING SAID ADHESIVE TO A STATE OF FINAL CURE.