Engraved roll application of sealing compounds

Claim 1

A METHOD OF PRINTING A REPEATING PATTERN OF A LIQUID POLYMERIC COMPOSITION ON A FORM STABLE SHEET COMPRISING (1) PASSING SAID SHEET UNDER AN IMPRESSION ROLL AND UNIFORMLY AND EVENLY PLACING A SURFACE THEREOF IN CONTACT WITH A PORTION OF A ROTATABLE CYLINDRICAL PRINTING SURFACE HAVING AN INTAGLIO DESIGN OF THE DESIRED CONFIGURATION, (A) SAID INTAGLIO DESIGN COMPRISING A MULTIPLICITY OF MINUTE INDEPENDENT CAVITIES RANGING FROM 18 TO 75 PERCENT SQUARE CENTIMETER, (1) SAID CAVITIES HAVING A DEPTH OF AT LEAST 0.120 MILLIMETER AND (2) AN ENCLOSED SURFACE AREA TO VOLUME RATIO IN THE RANGE OF 5:1 TO 500:1 CENTIMETERS-1, (A) SAID ENCLOSED SURFACE COMPOSING 40 TO 80% OF THE SURFACE AREA ENCOMPASSED BY SAID DESIGN, (2) FILLING SAID CAVITIES WITH A LIQUID GASKET-FORMING POLYMERIC COMPOSITION (A) HAVING A PIRV SLOPE IN THE RANGE OF 0.70 TO 1.05, (B) A VISCOELASTIC FLOW VALUE GREATER THAN 12 MILLIMETERS, (C) A SOLIDS CONTENT GREATER THAN 40 WEIGHT PERCENT AND (D) IS CAPABLE OF WETTING THE SURFACE OF SAID SHEET, (3) REMOVING EXCESS COMPOSITION FROM THE BACKGROUND OF SAID DESIGN, AND THEN (4) TRANSFERRING A PORTION OF THE COMPOSITION IN SAID CAVITIES TO THE SURFACE OF SAID SHEET, ALL WHILE ROTATING SAID PRINTING SURFACE TO PRODUCE A REPEATING PATTERN OF SAID DESIGN.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF PRINTING A REPEATING PATTERN OF A LIQUID POLYMERIC COMPOSITION ON A FORM STABLE SHEET COMPRISING (1) PASSING SAID SHEET UNDER AN IMPRESSION ROLL AND UNIFORMLY AND EVENLY PLACING A SURFACE THEREOF IN CONTACT WITH A PORTION OF A ROTATABLE CYLINDRICAL PRINTING SURFACE HAVING AN INTAGLIO DESIGN OF THE DESIRED CONFIGURATION, (A) SAID INTAGLIO DESIGN COMPRISING A MULTIPLICITY OF MINUTE INDEPENDENT CAVITIES RANGING FROM 18 TO 75 PERCENT SQUARE CENTIMETER, (1) SAID CAVITIES HAVING A DEPTH OF AT LEAST 0.120 MILLIMETER AND (2) AN ENCLOSED SURFACE AREA TO VOLUME RATIO IN THE RANGE OF 5:1 TO 500:1 CENTIMETERS-1, (A) SAID ENCLOSED SURFACE COMPOSING 40 TO 80% OF THE SURFACE AREA ENCOMPASSED BY SAID DESIGN, (2) FILLING SAID CAVITIES WITH A LIQUID GASKET-FORMING POLYMERIC COMPOSITION (A) HAVING A PIRV SLOPE IN THE RANGE OF 0.70 TO 1.05, (B) A VISCOELASTIC FLOW VALUE GREATER THAN 12 MILLIMETERS, (C) A SOLIDS CONTENT GREATER THAN 40 WEIGHT PERCENT AND (D) IS CAPABLE OF WETTING THE SURFACE OF SAID SHEET, (3) REMOVING EXCESS COMPOSITION FROM THE BACKGROUND OF SAID DESIGN, AND THEN (4) TRANSFERRING A PORTION OF THE COMPOSITION IN SAID CAVITIES TO THE SURFACE OF SAID SHEET, ALL WHILE ROTATING SAID PRINTING SURFACE TO PRODUCE A REPEATING PATTERN OF SAID DESIGN.