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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2011
David Anthony Belfiore, Landenberg, PA (US);
William Paul Rhodes, Newark, DE (US);
John E. Gantzhorn, Jr., Hockessin, DE (US);
David Anthony Belfiore, Landenberg, PA (US);
William Paul Rhodes, Newark, DE (US);
John E. Gantzhorn, Jr., Hockessin, DE (US);
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
This invention pertains to a method for making a cylindrically-shaped element, and particularly a cylindrically-shaped element for use as a base sleeve for printing or as a support for a print form. The method includes wrapping a sheet of a material having a first end and a second end to bring the second end adjacent the first end to form a base sleeve having an axial seam of the first and second ends. The first end has a non-linear edge having an amplitude. Portions between the first end and the second end overlap and form the axial seam. The method can include applying an imageable material adjacent an exterior surface of the base sleeve that covers at least a portion of the axial seam.