Claims
- 1. An assembly for bonding two flat surfaces together which comprises two flat surfaces wherein the surface intended to be placed on top during bonding comprises a central, single point adhesive contact; and the other of the two surfaces comprises an adhesive extending from a central point deposit in a spoke array diagonally across substantially the entire surface of said other of the two surfaces and wherein said adhesive has a viscosity of less than 30,000 centipoise and is self-leveling.
- 2. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said spoke-like array comprises at least four spoke adhesive deposits.
- 3. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said spoke-like array comprises up to eight spoke adhesive deposits.
- 4. The assembly of claim 1 wherein each of said spoke deposits are about 2 to about 50 mils thick.
- 5. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said central, single point adhesive contact deposit is a dot generally hemispherical shaped adhesive deposit.
- 6. The assembly of claim 5 wherein said deposit has a diameter of about 30 mils to about {fraction (1/4″+L )} and a height of about 15 mils to about {fraction (1/8″+L )}.
- 7. The assembly of claim 6 wherein said dot generally hemispherical shaped adhesive deposit has a diameter of about 60 to about 100 mils and a height of about 30 to about 50 mils.
- 8. The assembly of claim 6 wherein the height of the spoke-like deposits is about 2 to about 50 mils.
- 9. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said adhesive is a thermosetting adhesive.
- 10. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said flat surfaces are glass.
- 11. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said flat surfaces are glass panels for fabricating liquid crystal assemblies.
- 12. The assembly of claim 1 wherein one of the surfaces has a smaller area than the other of the surfaces.
- 13. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the adhesive has a viscosity of about 1,000 centipoise.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/057,630 filed Apr. 9, 1998, U.S. Pat. No. 6,174,406.
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