Method for assembling a backer member to a shell member

Claim 1

Method of bonding the side edges of a rigid backer member to a thin hollow plastic shell member to produce a laminated cabinet door or similar article comprising the steps of: providing a shell member which includes rearwardly extending edge portions which define a recessed chamber which has internal dimensions only slightly greater than the external dimensions of the backer member; providing first frame means for receiving the edge portions of said shell and second frame means having thin sheet metal guide means mounted thereon which extend into said recessed chamber internally of said edge portions when said shell is in said first frame, said sheet metal guide means having a coating of adhesive on its internal surfaces; applying adhesive to the side edges of said backer member; moving said backer member with said adhesive thereon in contact with said adhesive coated guide means toward said shell member until said backer member occupies said recessed chamber, said moving step causing a portion of the adhesive on the side edges of the backer member to be wiped off by the guide means while a portion of the adhesive coating already on the guide means will be wiped onto the leading edge of the backer member; and continuing to move said backer member and shell together relative to at least said second frame means to remove said guide means from the space between said shell edge portions and said side edges of said backer member.