dride of an aliphatic divalentcarboxylic acid; and a curing cat­alyst component.

EPOXIDE-BASED COATING MEDIAUS. Patent 6,008,314. Dec. 28, 1999W. Collong et al., assignors toHerberts GmbH, Wuppertal,Germany

Aminourethane hardeners suit­able for aqueous epoxide-basedcoating media obtained by the re­action of one or more aminoure­thanes, one or more water-thin­nable epoxide compounds, andoptionally one or more amines.

CATHODIC ARC DISPOSITIONUS. Patent 6,009,829. Jan. 4, 2000S. Ramaligam, assignor to UnitedTechnologies Corp., Hartford, Conn.

An apparatus for driving the arcin a cathodic arc coater.

PAINT SPRAYING DEVICEU.S. Patent 6,010,084. Jan. 4, 2000O. Yoshida and H. Matsuda,assignors to ABB Industry K.K.,Tokyo

A paint spraying apparatus com­prising a valve casing having aplurality of valve mounting bores,along with a paint applicator unitcoupling portion provided at afront end thereof; a color changingvalve assembly; and a plurality ofpaint applicator units of differenttypes each having an atomizinghead for atomizing and spraying apaint supplied from the colorchanging valve assembly towarda coating object.

SIMULATED CHROME-PLATEDVEHICLE WHEELUs. Patent 6,010,196. Jan. 4, 2000C.S. Wang, Industry, Calif

A simulated chrome-plated vehi­cle wheel comprising a vehiclewheel having an upward extend­ing circumferential edge and anouter surface with a stylistic pat­tern consisting of a combination ofopen areas, indentations, and pro­trusions and a chrome-platedplastic wheel cover having anouter surface with a stylistic pat­tern, which conforms to the stylis­tic pattern on the vehicle wheel.

BLASTING MEDIUMU.S. Patent 6,010,546. Jan. 4, 2000H. Hirano et al., assignors to AsahiGlass Co. Ltd., Tokyo

A blasting medium composed of agranulated product, which com­prises a water-soluble inorganicacid salt as the main component.

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