t e r p o l y m e r i z e d un i t s d e r i v e d from vinyl idene fluoride, said hy- d roca rbon po lymer is a poly- amide, polyimide, or a carboxyl, anhydr ide , or imide funct ional polyolefin, and said amine is present in an amount sufficient to increase the adhesion between the layers.

M A R - R E S I S T A N T C O A T I N G U.S. Patent 5,827,910. Oct. 27, 1998 R.J. Barsotti and J.D. Nordstrom, assignors to E.L du Pont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, Del.

A curable coat ing composi t ion compris ing an organic solvent and a binder containing 20 to 80% of an anhydr ide resin; 80 to 20% of a compound having at least two noncyclic acid anhy- dride groups; at least one organic component having at least two

epoxy groups; and a functional amount of at least one catalyst , where in the ratio of equivalents of epoxy to anhydr ide is 0.7 to 1.4.

CURABLE C O A T I N G C O M P O S I T I O N U.S. Patent 5,827,930. Oct. 27, 1998 W.H. Ohrbom et al., assignors to BASF Corp., Southfield, Mich.

A curable coat ing composi t ion comprising the react ion product of a compound of ca rbamate or u r ea and hydroxy l func t iona l groups and a component tha t is react ive to convert a hydroxyl group to a ca rbamate group, or a component comprising a group tha t is react ive with a hydroxyl group and a ca rbamate or urea group or group tha t can be con- ver ted to ca rbamate or urea; and a compound comprising a plural-

ity of groups tha t are react ive with ca rbamate or urea.

C U L I N A R Y ARTICLE U.S. Patent 5,829,116. Nov. 3, 1998 J. Vilon, assignor to SEB S.A., Ecully, France

A method of t reat ing a metal sur- face comprising forming a series of microcavities on the surface; applying a polytetraf luoroethyt- ene coating to at least par t of the surface; and shot blasting by pro- jecting small balls against such surface.

PLURAL-COMPONENT AIRLESS S P R A Y GUN U.S. Patent 5,829,679. Nov. 3, 1998 C.L. Strong, assignor to Binks Sames Corp., Franklin Park, Ill.

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