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APPARATUS FOR SPRAYINGWATERBORNECOAnNGSU.S. Patent 5,993,913. Nov. 30, 1999M.E. Rosenberger and D.E. Jones,assignors to PPG Industries OhioInc., Cleveland

A method of controlling the finishquality of waterborne coatings be­ing spray applied onto a substrateunder varying humidity condi­tions.

MOAL COATING PROCESSU.S. Patent 5,993,924, Nov. 30, 1999M. Deroch et aZ., assignors to ElfAtochem A.S., France

A process for coating metal tubesand cables.

tic resins, phenolic resins, andfree or capped polyisocyanates.

MOAL COATED SUBSTRATESU.S. Patent 5,993,950. Nov. 30, 1999Y. Navis and J.M. Depauw,assignors to Glaverbel, Brussels,Belgium

A coated substrate comprising astack of coating layers including afirst layer of dielectric material,which is a composite layer includ­ing a sub-layer of a selectively ab­sorbent material; layer of metalselected the group consisting ofsilver, gold, copper, and alloys;and a second layer of dielectricmaterial.

PORCELAIN-ENAMELED STEELSHEDSU.S. Patent 5,993,974. Nov. 30, 1999Y. Fukushima et aZ., assignors toKawasaki Steel Corp. Hyogo, Japan,and Kawasaki Steel Metal Products& Engineering Inc., Hyogo, Japan

A porcelain enameled steel sheetcomprising an interstitial layerformed on a surface of an alumi­num-zinc alloy plated steel sheet;and an enamel coating layerformed on the interstitial layer.

A method of continuously moni­toring and controlling an alloyelectroless plating process in realtime comprising completely im­mersing into a plating solution apreweighted coupon of a knownsurface area, the coupon being at­tached to a load cell; and continu­ously monitoring by the load cellthe weight change of the im­mersed coupon as the alloy elec­troless plating proceeds to controlthe plating rate of the process.

MASKING PROCESSU.S. Patent 5,993,904. Nov. 30, 1999A.N. Boucher, assignor to CoherentInc., Santa Clara, Calif

A three-dimensional maskingmethod for control of coatingthickness in a vacuum coatingsystem.

THERMOSETTING COATINGCOMPOSlnONSU.S. Patent 5,993,909. Nov. 30, 1999H. Mizutani et aZ., assignors to NOFCorp., Tokyo

A thermosetting composition,which comprises an epoxy group­containing modified polyesterpolymer comprising a structuralmoiety of a carboxyl group-con­taining polyester resin and astructural moiety of a polymerprepared by polymerizing an ep­oxy group-containing vinyl mono­mer.

AaUEOUS COAnNG COMPOSlnONu.s. Patent 5,993,911. Nov. 30, 1999S. Brenke et al., assignors toHerberts GmbH, Wuppertal,Germany

An aqueous coating composition,which contains binders based onwater-dilutable polyol compoundsor cross-linking agents compris­ing at least one member selectedfrom the group consisting of hy­droxy-functional poly(meth)acry­lates, polyurethanes, polyethers,polyesters, polyester-modifiedpoly(meth)acrtylates, aminoplas-

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