Method of printing an electrical component

Claim 1

IN THE PRINTING OF AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT, HAVING A DESIRED PATTERN AND PREDETERMINED ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES, UPON A CORE MEMBER WHICH IN CORSS SECTION HAS A LEAST A PORTION THAT IS A CONTINOUS CURVE, THE METHOD WHICH COMPRISES THE FOLLOWING STEPS: PRINTING UPON A FIRST SURFACE AN AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY SOLIDIFIED DEVELOPED PATTERN OF SAID COMPONENT FORMED OF A COMPOSITION OF MATERIAL INCLUDING AN INGREDIENT EXHIBITING PROPERTIES CORRESPONDING TO SAID PREDETERMINED ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; APPLYING A COATING OF ADHESIVE MATERIAL, WHICH HAS A GREATER ADHESION FOR SAID COMPOSITION THAN DOES SAID FIRST SURFACE, TO AT LEAST ONE OF THE SURFACES REPRESENTED BY SAID PATTERN AND BY THE EXTERNAL PERIPHERY OF SAID CURVED PORTION OF SAID CORE MEMBER IN CONTACT WITH SAID FIRST AND EFFECTING RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID CORE MEMBER AND SAID FIRST SURFACE WHILE EXERTING PRESSURE THEREON TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN INTIMATE CONTACT THEREBETWEEN TO CAUSE SAID CORE MEMBER TO ROLL OVER SAID PATTERN AND TRANSFER SAID PATTERN THERETO PROGRESSIVELY AS SAID PATTERN CONTACTS SAID CORE MEMBER.