Self-heating composite bonding means and method

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THERMAL FUSION BONDING FIRST AND SECOND THERMALLY BONDABLE PLASTIC BODIES FORMED OF MATERIALS EXHIBITING MUTUAL BONDING INCOMPATIBILITY, SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: PROVIDING A COMPOSITE BONDING AGENT INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND THERMOPLASTIC LAYER MEANS HAVING BONDING COMPATIBILITY WITH THE FIRST AND SECOND BODIES, RESPECTIVELY, AND BONDING INCOMPATIBILITY WITH EACH OTHER, SAID LAYER MEANS BEING AT LEAST PARTIALLY EMBEDDED IN A MEDIAL FIBROUS STRATUM OF STRANDS FOR JONDER THERETO, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID LAYER MEANS HAVING DISPERSED THEREIN A PARTICULATE SUSCEPTOR HEATABLE UPON EXPOSURE TO A SELECTED FROM OF INDIRECTLY APPLIED ENERGY, JUXTAPOSITIONING THE FIRST AND SECOND BODIES SO THAT THE PORTIONS THEREOF TO BE BONDED ARE CONTIGUOUS, APPLYING THE BONDING AGENT TO THE BODIES WITH THE FIRST AND SEOND THERMOPLASTIC LAYER MEANS ADJACENT THE BODIES WITH WHICH THEY HAVE BONDING COMPATIBILITY, EXPOSING THE COMPOSITE BONDING AGENT TO A SELECTED FORM OF INDIRECTLY APPLIED ENERGY TO HEAT SAID FIRST AND SECOND THERMOPLASTIC LAYER MEANS AND THE ADJACENT POTIONS OF THE BODIES TO HEAT SEALING TEMPERATURES, AND BRINGING SAID FIRST AND SECOND BODIES INTO ABUTMENT WITH SAID COMPOSITE BONDING AGENT TO FORM THERMAL FUSION BONDS WITH THE FIRST AND SECOND THERMOPLASTIC LAYER MEANS, RESPECTIVELY.