ante, improved edge coverage and reduced craters comprising an aqueous carrier; a film forming binder dispersed in the carrier comprising an epoxy-amine ad- duct and a blocked polyisocyanate crosslinking agent; and an addi- tive comprising the reaction prod- uct of a polyoxy alkylene amine; a glycidoxy alkyl alkoxy silane; and a glycidyl compound selected from the group consisting of a glycidyl ester of a carboxylic acid and an alkyl glycidyl ether; which reac- tion product is hydrolyzed in the presence of acid and water to con- vert alkoxysilane moieties to sila- no1 moieties.

COMBINING POWDER COATINGS U.S. Patent 6,207,768. Mar. 27, 2001 Y. Sato et al., assignors to Kao Corp., Tokyo

A combination of powder coatings usable in a coating method com- prising mixing two or more pow- der coatings of which each color is different, wherein each of the powder coatings does not have thermosetting properties alone at a temperature of 250°C or less, each of the powder coatings com- prises a resin having two or more functional groups per molecule; each of the two or more powder coatings heat-cure when mixed with each other at a temperature of 250°C or less, wherein heat- curing is a result of two or more powder coatings reacting with each other, thereby providing a coating film having a homoge- neous hue.

ELECTROLESS NICKEL BATH U.S. Patent 6,048,585. Apr. 11, 2000 N.M. Martyak and J.E. McCaskie, assignors to Atotech Deutschland GmbH, Berlin

A method of removal of or- thophosphite ions from electroless nickel plating baths.

MECHOD FOR APPLYING CONVERSION COATINGS U.S. Patent 6,048,921. Apr. 11, 2000 R.A. White and L. Steinbrecher, assignors to Henkel Corp., Plymouth Meeting, Pa.

A method for dispensing an acidic conversion coating comprising in- troducing through a port in a res- ervoir chamber of a hand-held ap- plicator an aqueous conversion coating composition that exhibits a pH within the range of 1.5-4.5 and includes O.OOOl-3% by vol- ume of an acid stable fluorinated surfactant; and closing the port with an applicator wick, wherein the conversion coating composi- tion can be dispensed from the reservoir through the wick.

MULTIPLE-COLOR PAlNTlNG APPARATUS U.S. Patent 6,050,498. Apr. 18, 2000 S. Minoura and D. Nakazono, assignors to Honda Giken Kogyo KK, Tokyo

A multiple-color painting appara- tus comprising a plurality of paint tanks each to be filled with paint of a different color; a pump having an inlet side and an outlet side; a plurality of supply passages sev- erally connected for fluid commu- nication between the paint tanks and the inlet side of the pump; a paint gun; a delivery passage con- nected for fluid communication between the outlet side of the pump and the paint gun; wherein the supply passages are each ded- icated to one paint and the deliv- ery passage is common to all paints.

ROTARVSPRAYHEADCOATER US. Patent 6,050,499. Apr. 18, 2000 S. Takayama et al., assignors to ABB KK, Tokyo

A rotary atomizing head coating machine including a cover of cy- lindrical shape; an air motor pro- vided within the cover; a rota-

tional shaft provided axially in and rotated by said air motor; a rotary atomizing head; and a feed tube provided axially in the rota- tional shaft and having a fore end portion for spouting paint or sol- vent.

PLATING STRUCTURE FOR A PIN GRID ARRAY PACKAGE U.S. Patent 6,051,119. Apr. 18, 2000 P.F. Findeis et al., assignors to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, N.Y., and General Wire & Stamping Co. Inc., Randolph, N. J.

A plating structure comprising a substrate having a plurality of pins to be plated; and a metallic plating screen having a plurality of apertures, wherein each of the apertures has at least two tabs spaced apart from each other and the metallic plating screen is placed over the pins so that at least two pins penetrate each ap- erture, each of the pins contacting a tab of the aperture.

ELECTROSTATIC COATING SYSTEM U.S. Patent 6,051,280. Apr. 18, 2000 K. Seitz et al., assignors to Wagner International AG, Alstatten, Switzerland

A method of controlling an elec- trostatic coating device, which discharges an electrostatically charged cloud of a coating me- dium to a workpiece comprising detecting the shape of the work- piece; and automatically adjust- ing a shape of the cloud of coating medium in accordance with the detected shape of the workpiece by controlling at least one of speed and the quantity of the coating medium discharged; and the shaping air flow forming an air coat around the cloud of coat- ing medium discharged by the coating device.

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