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A coating powder compositioncomprising a polyester resin hav­ing carboxyl functionality so as toprovide an acid number between15 and 100; and epoxy curative ata stoichiometric equivalent rela­tive to the polyester resin be­tween 0.7 and 1.3, the improve­ment wherein the polyester resinis formed from the monomer 2-bu­tyl-2-ethyl-1,3-propane diol at alevel so as to provide between 2and 25% mole of the hydroxylfunctionality relative to the totalhydroxyl functionality of the hy­droxylfunctional monomers form­ing the polyester resin.

COAn. COMPOSITIOIIu.s. Patent 5,880,312. Mar. 9, 1999

A. Nakabayashi and T. Murakami.assignors to Asahi Kasei Kogyo KK,Osaka, Japan

A coating composition containingsemicarbazide derivative.

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A sheath for covering and protect­ing a component leading edge ofan airfoiled component compris­ing a sheath leading edge; a firstprotective side and a second pro­tective side, wherein said firstand second protective sides mergeat the sheath leading edge; and acavity formed between the protec-

tive sides, wherein the cavity isadapted to have said airfoiledcomponent positioned therein andengage an inside surface of eachof the protective sides, whereinthe sheath is formed from a nick­el-cobalt composition including atleast 40% nickel and cobaltpresent in a range of 30 to 54%based on the weight of the sheath.

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An apparatus for measuring themass flow of pneumatically con­veyed powders from a fluidizedbed of the particles along a trans-

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F.A. Kish et al., assignors to IllinoisTool Works Inc., Glenview, Ill.

An apparatus for providing a coat­ing on the exterior surfaces of aplurality ofelongate members com­prising coating means for providingexterior surfaces of a plurality ofelongate members with a coatingsubstantially consisting of solids;wiping means for receiving theelongate members from the coatingmeans and removing a predeter­mined amount of excess coatingfrom desired portions of each elon­gate member; and curing means forreceiving the elongate membersfrom the wiping means and en­abling the coating to adhere to theelongate members; wherein thewiping means comprise wiping roll­ers, which are positioned to provide

the elongate members with a fin­ished perimeter that can be consis­tently accepted by a magazine of adriving tool without jamming.

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U.S. Patent 5,882,493. Mar. 16, 1999H. Iwasaki et al., assignors to RieohCo. Ltd., Tokyo

A sputtering target for forming alayer of a recording medium inwhich information is written anderased through a transition be­tween two phases of a memorymaterial by utilizing electromag­netic wave energy, consisting of aheat-treated and sintered compo­sition.

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