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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Morton, Rowlands Gill, GB;
Timothy M Handyside, Newcastle, GB;
Assignee:
Courtaulds Coatings Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427235 ; 205151 ; 427236 ; 427239 ; 427353 ; 427409 ; 4274121 ; 4274431 ; 4274432 ;
Abstract
The internal surfaces of a tank for liquids, for example a cargo tank or ballast tank of a ship, are coated by application of a metal plating composition to them by means of an applicator to form a metal layer at least 1 micron thick. The plating composition may be an electroless plating composition or an electroplating composition and is preferably thickened or gelled so that it is thixotropic or does not drip from downwardly facing surfaces.