Patents by Inventor Leendert A. Kik

Leendert A. Kik has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for applying a coating composition to a substrate, and the coated substrate thus obtained
    Patent number: 4517248
    Abstract: A process is provided for cleaning a substrate and providing it with a durable corrosion protecting coating by subjecting a part of the substrate to a blasting treatment and simultaneously hitting the same part of the substrate by a stream of a film forming binder. Structures in a marine environment can thus be provided with a durable coating in one combined operation of cleaning and coating. The invention also relates to the substrate thus obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1985
    Assignee: Akzo nv
    Inventors: Leendert A. Kik, Pieter H. J. Schuurink
  • Process for applying a coating to that part of a structure in a marine environment which projects above the surface of water
    Patent number: 4340622
    Abstract: Blistering of a coating composition applied to a surface which is disposed adjacent to a body of water such as ocean salt water when the coating is applied is avoided by applying the coating composition to the surface while water is flowing over the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1982
    Assignee: AKZO NV
    Inventors: Leendert A. Kik, Pieter H. J. Schuurink, Marinus J. De Vries