Patent ID: 7905980

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a paint roller cover, comprising: placing a tubular knitted pile fabric sleeve having a first end and a second end onto an outer surface of a hollow cylindrical mounting tube having a first outer diameter and an interior having a first inner diameter; providing an adhesive bonding material on an exterior surface of a tubular core member having a second outer diameter and an interior having a second inner diameter; inserting said tubular core member having said adhesive bonding material on the exterior surface thereof into said interior of said hollow cylindrical mounting tube said such that said tubular core member having said adhesive bonding material on the exterior surface thereof is located substantially inside said hollow cylindrical mounting tube having said tubular knitted pile fabric sleeve thereupon; and longitudinally displacing said hollow cylindrical mounting tube from said tubular knitted pile fabric sleeve and said tubular core member having said adhesive bonding material on the exterior surface thereof while maintaining the respective longitudinal positions of said tubular knitted pile fabric sleeve with respect to said tubular core member having said adhesive bonding material on the exterior surface thereof, whereupon said tubular knitted pile fabric sleeve becomes secured to said exterior surface of said tubular core member by said adhesive bonding material; wherein said tubular knitted pile fabric sleeve has a pile side and a backing side which is opposite said pile side, and wherein said tubular knitted pile fabric sleeve is manufactured and provided with its pile side out and is placed onto said outer surface of said hollow cylindrical mounting tube with its pile side out.