inside the opening; and forming a layer of conductive material in contact with the seed layer inside the opening by electroless plating, the conductive material deposited to a thickness sufficient to fill the opening.
polyether polymer and mixtures thereof; at least one amphiphilic adjuvant having an acid value of less than 30 and being present in an amount ranging from about 0.01 to 25% by weight, and a crosslinker, wherein the coating composition is characterized in that the f%n-forming resin and adjuvant are present in an aqueous medium.
AQUEOUS COATING COMPOSITION
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Sept. 18,200l
D.L. Faler et al., assignors Industries
to PPG AQUEOUS POWDER
Ohio Inc., Cleveland
An aqueous coating composition comprising at least one crosslinkable film-forming resin selected from the group consisting of an aqueous dispersion of polymeric microparticles comprising one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers polymerized in the presence of a polyurethane polymer, acrylic polymers, polyurethane polymers, polyamide polymers, and
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sisting of catalysts, auxiliaries, devolatilizing gents, leveling agents, W absorbers, free-radical scavengers, antioxidants, and mixtures thereof; emulsifying the liquid melt in water and stabilizers; and cooling and filtering the resultant emulsion, wherein the mixing of the melt takes place within a period of less than 5 seconds. POWDER
6,291,579.
Sept. 18,200l
U Kalck et al., assignors
to BASF
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US. Patent 6,291,581. Sept. 18,200l R.A. Bayards et al., assignors to
Coatings AG, Muenster-H&up, Germany
DSM N.V, Heerlen,
A process for preparing an aqueous powder coating dispersion comprising mixing a liquid melt of binders, crosslinking agents, and optionally one or more additives selected from the group con-
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A powder paint binder composition comprising a polymer with an amount of unsaturation such that the ratio (polymer weight) (number of saturated groups) is between 300 and 1,800 g per mole
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D.C. Corbin assignors
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Corp., Tokyo
A method for bonding a vulcanized rubber surface to a metal substrate comprising electrostatically spraying epoxy-containing powder on to a surface of the curing the metal substrate;
epoxy-containing powder on the metal substrate to form an epoxy coating on the metal surface; providing an amount of previously vulcanized rubber having a surface; applying a two-part epoxy adhesive at an interface between the previously vulcanized rubber surface and the epoxy coating on the metal surface; and curing under pressure the two-part epoxy adhesive at the interface to form a bond among the previously vulcanized rubber surface, the two-part epoxy adhesive, and the epoxy coating on the metal surface.
A spray gun air cap comprising an axial passage having a cap opening on an outer side of the air cap; first and second air horns protruding from the outer side of the air cap on opposite sides of the cap opening; and first and second diverging air passages disposed in the air cap having corresponding orifices on the outer side thereof CONVEYORIZED
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6,294,060.
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N.T Pettit,
6,293,476. assignor
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