Abstract: A door holder, includes a retainer housing (230), which can be connected either to a door or a door frame, and a door retainer rod, which penetrates the retainer housing (230) and which can be articulated to the other of the door and the door frame The door retainer rod has at least one braking surface, and at least one braking element (50) that can be displaced toward the at least one braking surface is arranged on the retainer housing (230), which the braking element can be brought in contact with the at least one braking surface of the door retainer rod at least in some sections and thus produces a primary braking force component against the displacement of the door retainer rod, wherein the door retainer rod has at least one guiding surface, which is inclined with respect to the braking surface.

Abstract: Described is a method for producing a multicoat color and/or effect paint system. A pigmented aqueous basecoat material is used which comprises at least one phosphite of the formula (I): wherein at least one of the radicals R1 to R3 is selected from the group of aliphatic hydrocarbons. The sum total of the weight percentage fractions of all of the phosphites of structural formula (I) here is 0.1% to 5% by weight, based on the total weight of the basecoat material used. Moreover, described are the corresponding basecoat materials, the corresponding multicoat color and/or effect paint system, and the use of the phosphites in pigmented aqueous coating materials. Also described is a method for repairing defects on multicoat color and/or effect paint systems produced with the aid of the above-identified method of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a domestic appliance, particularly a cooking oven, comprising a chassis and a door hinged to the chassis at a rotating axis of the door, wherein the door comprises at least one door panel, at least one door frame attached at an inner side of the door panel, at least one electric or electronic unit attached inside or at the door, at least one electrically conducting cable for interconnecting the electric or electronic unit to a control unit arranged at or in the chassis of the domestic appliance, at least one cable channel attached or attachable to the door frame for guiding a first section of the cable, and at least one cable tube arranged within the region of a rotating axis of the door for guiding a second section of the cable from the door frame to the chassis, wherein the cable tube comprises a main section, and a first end section for connecting the cable tube to the hinge-sided end of the door and a second end section for connecting the cable tube to the chassis, wherein

Abstract: Provided herein is a pigmented aqueous basecoat material including a hydroxy-functional polyether-based reaction product that is prepared by a urethane group-forming reaction of: (a) at least one component including isocyanate groups that is prepared by the urethane group-forming reaction of at least one organic diisocyanate (a1) with at least one polyether (a2) of the general structural formula (I). R is a C3 to C6 alkylene radical, and n is selected accordingly such that a polyether (b) possesses a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 5000 g/mol, the components (a1) and (a2) being used in a molar ratio of 1.8/1.7 to 3.0/1.0, and the resulting component (a) having an isocyanate content of 0.5 to 10.0% with (b) at least one organic polyol.

Abstract: A pigmented aqueous basecoat material that includes a dimer fatty acid/polyesterdiol reaction product which is preparable by reacting (a) dimer fatty acids with (b) at least one polyesterdiol of the general structural formula (I) where: R is a divalent radical including 2-10 carbon atoms; R1 and R2 are independently straight-chain or branched alkylene radicals having 2-10 carbon atoms; X and Y are independently O, S or NR3, where R3 is hydrogen or an alkyl radical having 1-6 carbon atoms; and m and n are selected accordingly such that the polyesterdiol possesses a number-average molecular weight of 450-2200 g/mol, components (a) and (b) are used in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.3/1.7, and the resulting dimer fatty acid/polyesterdiol reaction product possesses a number-average molecular weight of 1200-5000 g/mol and an acid number <10 mg KOH/g.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a multicoat paint system on a metallic substrate, in which a basecoat or a plurality of directly successive basecoats are produced directly on a metallic substrate coated with a cured electrocoat, a clearcoat is produced directly on the one basecoat or the uppermost of the plurality of basecoats, and then the one or more basecoats and the clearcoat are jointly cured, and wherein at least one basecoat material used for production of the basecoats comprises at least one linear hydroxy-functional reaction product (R) having an acid number of less than 20 mg KOH/g, the preparation of which involves using at least one compound (v) containing two functional groups (v.1) and an aliphatic or araliphatic hydrocarbyl radical (v.2) which is arranged between the functional groups and has 12 to 70 carbons atoms.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a multicoat paint system on a metallic substrate, in which a basecoat or a plurality of directly successive basecoats are produced directly on a metallic substrate coated with a cured electrocoat, a clearcoat is produced directly on the one basecoat or the uppermost of the plurality of basecoats, and then the one or more basecoats and the clearcoat are jointly cured, and wherein at least one basecoat material used for production of the basecoats comprises the following components: an aqueous dispersion comprising at least one specific copolymer, a specific linear hydroxy-functional reaction product and a polyurethane resin, the preparation of which involves using at least one compound containing at least one carboxylic acid group and at least one group reactive toward isocyanate groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a reaction product preparable by reacting (a) dimer fatty acids with (b) at least one compound (b) of the general structural formula (I) where R is a C3 to C6 alkylene radical and n correspondingly is selected such that the compound (b) possesses a number-average molecular weight of 120 to 445 g/mol, components (a) and (b) are used in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.6/1.7, and the resulting reaction product possesses a number-average molecular weight of 600 to 4000 g/mol and an acid number of less than 10 mg KOH/g. The invention further relates to a pigmented aqueous basecoat material which comprises this reaction product, and to the use of the reaction product in pigmented aqueous basecoat materials for improving adhesion. The present invention further relates to a method for producing multicoat paint systems, and also to the multicoat paint systems producible by means of said method.

Abstract: Described herein is a pigmented aqueous basecoat material including a polyether-based reaction product which is preparable by reaction of (a) at least one cyclic tetracarboxylic dianhydride having an aliphatic, aromatic, or araliphatic radical X bridging the two anhydride groups with (b) at least one polyether of the general structural formula (II) in which R is a C3 to C6 alkylene radical and n is selected accordingly such that the polyether (b) possesses a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 5000 g/mol, the components (a) and (b) being used in the reaction in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.6/1.7 and the resulting reaction product possessing an acid number of 5 to 80 mg KOH/g. Also described herein is a reaction product of specific dianhydrides and a polyether, and the use of the pigmented aqueous basecoat material or the reaction product.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dimer fatty acid/dimer diol reaction product which is preparable by reacting (a) dimer fatty acids with (b) at least one dimer diol, where components (a) and (b) are used in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.3/1.7 and the resulting dimer fatty acid/dimer diol reaction product possesses a number-average molecular weight of 1200 to 5000 g/mol and an acid number <10 mg KOH/g. The invention further relates to a pigmented aqueous basecoat material which comprises this dimer fatty acid/dimer diol reaction product, and also to the use of said dimer fatty acid/dimer diol reaction product in pigmented aqueous basecoat materials. It relates, further, to a method for producing multicast paint systems, and also to the multicoat paint systems producible by means of said method. The present invention relates, furthermore, to the refinishing of defects on multicoat paint systems.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pigmented aqueous basecoat material comprising a polyether-based reaction product which is preparable by reaction of (a) at least one cyclic carboxylic anhydride comprising a free carboxylic acid group and/or the halide of a carboxylic acid group with (b) at least one polyether of the general structural formula (I) in which R is a C3 to C6 alkylene radical and n is selected accordingly such that the polyether (b) possesses a number-average molecular weight of 800 to 4000 g/mol, the components (a) and (b) being used in the reaction in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.6/1.7 and the resulting reaction product possessing an acid number of 10 to 50 mg KOH/g.

Abstract: A pigmented aqueous basecoat material is disclosed. The pigmented aqueous basecoat material includes a polyether-based reaction product which is preparable by a reaction of trimesic acid with at least one polyether of the general structural formula (I) R is a C3 to C6 alkylene radical and n is selected accordingly such that the at least one polyether possesses a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 5000 g/mol. The trimesic acid and the at least one polyether are used in the reaction in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.6/1.7 and the resulting reaction product possesses an acid number of 10 to 50 mg KOH/g.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pigmented aqueous basecoat material including a polyether-based reaction product which is preparable by reaction of (a) at least one carboxy-functional component which is preparable by esterification reaction of at least one dihydroxycarboxylic acid (a1) with at least one dicarboxylic acid (a2) and/or the anhydride of a dicarboxylic acid (a2), the components (a1) and (a2) being used in a molar ratio of 0.5/3.0 to 1.7/1.8, with (b) at least one polyether of a general structural formula (I) in which R is a C3 to C6 alkylene radical and n is selected accordingly such that the polyether (b) possesses a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 5000 g/mol, the components (a) and (b) being used in the reaction in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.6/1.7, and the resulting reaction product possessing an acid number of 10 to 50 mg KOH/g.

Abstract: A composition for fixing wound items is provided. In one example, the composition comprises 5 to 97 wt % of at least one ?,?-unsaturated polyester resin and/or ?,?-unsaturated polyester imide resin comprising components of at least one ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated mono-, di- and/or tricarboxylic acid, and/or its anhydride and/or ester, at least one polyol, at least one (meth)acrylic group containing component, possibly at least one mono-, di-, tri- and/or tetracarboxylic acid, which is not ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated, and/or its anhydride and/or ester.

Abstract: Described herein are sample manipulation devices, for removing lids from and/or for placing lids onto sample containers. Such devices include a sample unit including a sample carrier receptacle for receiving at least one sample carrier for holding one or more sample containers, and a manipulation unit having at least one manipulation tool, where the sample unit and the manipulation unit are movable relative to each other along a movement direction. The sample unit is also movable between a first orientation in which a longitudinal direction of a sample carrier in the sample carrier receptacle is parallel to the movement direction between sample unit and manipulation unit, and a second orientation in which a transverse direction, which is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, of a sample carrier in the sample carrier receptacle is parallel to the movement direction between sample unit and manipulation unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pigmented aqueous basecoat material comprising a polyether-based reaction product which is preparable by reaction of (a) at least one dicarboxylic acid of the formula (I) HOOC—Y—COOH??(I) in which Y is a divalent aliphatic, aromatic or araliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from 4 to 11 carbon atoms, with (b) at least one polyether of the general structural formula (II) in which R is a C4 to C6 alkylene radical and n is selected accordingly such that the polyether (b) possesses a number-average molecular weight of 200 to 4000 g/mol, where components (a) and (b) are used in the reaction in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.6/1.7 and the resulting reaction product possesses a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 15 000 g/mol and an acid number of less than 10 mg KOH/g.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coating material system which comprises components (A) to (C) and also, optionally, further components, with, in a first option, all components (A) to (C) and also, where present, the further optional components being present separately from one another, in other words the individual components not being mixed with one another. In a second option of the coating material system of the invention, conversely, the aforementioned components may also be mixed wholly or at least partly with one another. Where the components are at least partly mixed with one another, this means that, for example, component (C) is mixed with component (A), while component (B) is present separately from this mixture of (A) and (C). Optionally, however, component (B) may also be mixed with a portion of component (C). Furthermore, the mixtures of (A) and (C) and of (B) and (C) may additionally comprise at least one optional component such as a solvent, for example.

Abstract: A coating material system including components (A) to (D): (A) at least one polyhydroxy group-containing compound which has an acid number of not more than 9 mg KOH/g of the corresponding polyhydroxy group-containing compound, (B) at least one polyisocyanate-containing compound, (C) at least one catalyst which contains bismuth (Bi) as metal component, where the catalyst is present as a salt of at least one organic acid, and (D) at least one aromatic carboxylic acid, where the aromatic carboxylic acid of component (D) and the organic acid of component (C) are different from one another, and where i) components (A) to (D) are present separately from one another or ii) are mixed wholly or at least partly with one another.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pigmented aqueous basecoat material comprising a polyether-based reaction product which is preparable by reaction of (a) at least one dicarboxylic acid of the formula (I) HOOC—Y—COOH??(I) in which Y is a divalent aliphatic, aromatic or araliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from 4 to 11 carbon atoms, with (b) at least one polyether of the general structural formula (II) in which R is a C4 to C6 alkylene radical and n is selected accordingly such that the polyether (b) possesses a number-average molecular weight of 200 to 4000 g/mol, where components (a) and (b) are used in the reaction in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.6/1.7 and the resulting reaction product possesses a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 15 000 g/mol and an acid number of less than 10 mg KOH/g.

Abstract: Described are coating material compositions comprising an isocyanate group-containing component, a hydroxyl group-containing component, and a zinc (1-methylimidazole)bis(2-ethylhexanoate) complex. Also described is the use of a zinc (1-methylimidazole)bis(2-ethylhexanoate) complex as a catalyst system for the urethane reaction in coating material compositions.