Patent ID: 7963037

Claim:
A method for removing a donor sheet, having a surface, from a substrate, the method comprising: a) providing an elastomeric tube, the elastomeric tube having an inner diameter, an inner wall, an outer wall and an axis of rotation; b) providing a core apparatus disposed within the elastomeric tube and having a diameter less than the inner diameter of the elastomeric tube, the core apparatus having a mounting element; c) attaching the mounting element to a mechanism for translating the core apparatus, and d) mounting at least one idle roller for rotation about an axis on the mounting element such that the at least one idle roller is engageable with the inner wall of the elastomeric tube; e) translating the core apparatus in a direction generally parallel to the surface to engage the at least one idle roller with the inner wall of the elastomeric tube to cause rotation of the elastomeric tube on the surface to separate the donor sheet from the substrate; f) lifting the core apparatus in a direction generally orthogonal to the substrate to remove the donor sheet from the substrate.