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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:
Dec. 18, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takeshi Tsunoda, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Mitsumune, Fujisawa, JP;
Assignee:
BASF NOF Coatings Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 1/02 ; B05D 1/36 ; B05D 5/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 1/02 ; B05D 1/36 ; B05D 5/06 ;
Abstract
A coating film which has no problems in its film properties and is superior in hiding power for hiding sand scratches on the substrate and exhibiting a continuous plated metal-like appearance is formed in a stable manner, by coating the substrate with a primer (A) and/or a first metallic paint (B) containing non-leafing type aluminum flakes (a) having thicknesses in the range from 0.1 to 1 &mgr;m and an average particle size of 1-60 &mgr;m and, then, coating with a second metallic paint (C) containing small, thin metal flakes (b) having thicknesses not greater than 0.08 &mgr;m and an average particle size of 5-40 &mgr;m.