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HIGH-SPEED DEPOSITION OF ALUMINUM U.S. Patent 6,207,036. Mar. 27, 2001 H. deVries, assignor to Alumina1 Oberflachentechnik GmbH, Germany

An electrolyte for the high-speed deposition of aluminum on contin- uous products, which contain an organometallic aluminum com- plex.

ULTBAVlOLlEc BADlATlON CURING DMCE U.S. Patent 6,207,118. Mar. 27, 2001 T. J. Gaven et al., Summit, N. J.

A mobile ultraviolet radiation curing device.

COATING THERMOPLASTlC SUBSTRATES U.S. Patent 6,207,224. Mar. 27, 2001 J.W. O’Neil, assignor to E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, Del.

A process for coating a colored thermoplastic substrate having a surface with splay marks and sur- face blushing, which comprises applying a solvent-based coating composition to the substrate and curing at ambient temperature to 125°C to form a uniform smooth film of a degree sufficient to hide underlying splay marks and sur- face blushing.

TWO-COMPONENT STRIPPABLE COATING U.S. Patent 6,207,225. Mar. 27, 2001 H. Lemke and D. Hohnholz, assignors to Relius Coatings GmbH & Co., Oldenburg, Germany

A method for the surface coating of metal parts comprising apply- ing a solvent-free, two-compo-

nent, controlled-adhesion strip- pable coating.

METALLIC COATING MElHOD U.S. Patent 6,207,226. Mar. 27, 2001 H. Igarashi, assignor to Kansai Paint Co. Ltd., Hyogo-ken, Japan

A metallic coating method, which comprises applying a dispersion formed by dispersing aluminum flakes surface-treated with an al- kyl ester of phosphoric acid in an organic solvent onto an uncured coated surface of a paint-coated object, then applying onto the dis- persion-applied surface a clear paint, and thereafter simulta- neously curing these coating films under heating.

ONE-PACK COATING COMPOSITION U.S. Patent 6,207,235. Mar. 27, 2001 M. Ohsawa et al., assignors to Mazda Motor Corp., Hiroshima, Japan

A one-pack coating composition comprising an oligomer or poly- mer containing an acid anhydride group, a blocked hydroxyl group, and an epoxy group as indispens- able functional groups in the same or different molecules; a heat curing catalyst comprising a complex of an organ0 metallic compound and an electron-donat- ing compound or an onium salt; an ultraviolet absorber contain- ing a triazine or oxalic anilide; and a compound being either a hindered amine light stabilizer having a piperidine ring or a phe- nolic antioxidant.

COATING COMPOSlTlON U.S. Patent 6,207,236. Mar. 27, 2001 T. Araki et al., assignors to Daikin Industries Ltd., Osaka, Japan

A coating composition comprising a fluorine-containing ethylenic polymer, which contains a fluo- rine-containing ethylenic recur- ring unit having at least one of functional group selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, car- boxyl, a carboxylic salt group and epoxy, a metal oxide sol, and a solvent.

NONWOVEN ABRASIVE MATERIAL ROLL U.S. Patent 6,207,246. Mar. 27, 2001 L.S. Moren et al., assignors to 3M Znnovative Properties Co., St. Paul, Minn.

An abrasive surface treatment material comprising a web of lofty nonwoven material including 1,000 grade and finer abrasive particles bonded thereto by a binder, wherein the abrasive par- ticle add-on weight is lo-33 grains per 24 in2, wherein the density of the surface treatment material is less than 0.6 g/in3, and wherein when tested according to the scratch test defined herein, provides an Ra of less than 10 microinches and a Bearing Ratio of from 15-50%.

CATHODE ELECTROCOATING COMPOSlTlON U.S. Patent 6,207,731. Mar. 27, 2001 A. Gum, assignor to E.Z. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, Del.

A cathodic electrocoating compo- sition having improved appear-

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