Patent attributes
In an apparatus including a shooting device, a planting device, a drive source for feeding pressurized air to the shooting device, a pile feeding container in communication with the shooting device, and a charge supply including positive and negative charge supply terminals, a method for three-dimensionally planting pile includes coating adhesive on one or more surfaces of a three-dimensional member; electrically connecting the positive charge supply terminal to the planting device for forming a positive electric field thereon; electrically connecting the negative charge supply terminal to the member to be planted for forming a negative electric field thereon with an electrostatic field from the planting device to the member being established; activating the shooting device to project pile through the planting device toward the one or more surfaces of the member as driven by the electrostatic field; and adhering the pile to the one or more surfaces of the member.