Abstract: A handheld flashlight includes a head that pivots relative to a body. Three legs pivotally connect to the body and open into a tripod to support the head in an elevated position. The legs are spring-biased toward the open tripod position and are selectively held closed by a detent mechanism. In the closed position, the legs form a flashlight handle that is aligned with an illumination direction of the head and is shaped and sized to be held in the hand of an operator. Each of the three legs contain battery source holders for battery sources that connect to each other in parallel. Diodes are disposed in series with each battery source to prevent the parallel battery sources from discharging each other.

Abstract: Coating materials including at least one hydroxyl-containing (meth)acrylate (co)polymer, at least one carbamate- and hydroxyl-containing compound and at least one amino resin, where at least 10 equivalent % of the hydroxyl groups present in the (meth)acrylate (co)polymers and/or the carbamate and hydroxyl containing compound are primary hydroxyl groups. The coating materials after curing have a storage modulus E? in the rubber-elastic range of at least 1.5*107 Pa, the storage modulus E? having been measured by dynamic mechanical thermoanalysis (DMTA) on homogeneous free films with a thickness of 40±10 ?m. Also included is a processes for preparing the coating materials and applications therefor.

Abstract: A mass flowmeter employing the Coriolis principle incorporates in at least one section two measuring tubes that extend along a common plane, as well as a connecting device that connects the two measuring tubes in the section in which they extend along the common plane. The connecting device is designed and positioned in a manner whereby its flexural strength for flections in the common plane of the measuring tubes is greater than its torsional rigidity for torsional oscillations around the connecting line between the two measuring tubes. This achieves good frequency separation between the excitation oscillations generated in the common plane of the measuring tubes and the oscillations of the measuring tubes perpendicular to the former.

Abstract: Coating materials, processes for preparing them, and their use. The coating materials include hydroxyl-containing (meth)acrylate (co)polymer, carbamate and hydroxyl-functional compound, an amino resin, and a triazine compound. At least 10 equivalent % of the hydroxyl groups present in (A) and/or (B) are primary hydroxyl groups. The coating materials after curing have a storage modulus E? in the rubber-elastic range of at least 1.5*107 Pa, the storage modulus E? having been measured by dynamic mechanical thermoanalysis (DMTA) on homogeneous free films with a thickness of 40±10 ?m.

Abstract: A multicomponent system comprising (I) a component comprising (A) an oligomer and/or polymer containing allophanate groups and/or carbamate groups, (B) an oligomer and/or polymer containing isocyanate-reactive functional groups, (C) a partly or fully alkylated amino resin, and (D) a compound containing groups which can be activated with actinic radiation; and (II) a component comprising (E) a polyisocyanate, with the proviso that the equivalents ratio of isocyanate groups in component (II) to isocyanate-reactive functional groups in component (I) is from 0.2:1 to 1:0.2 and the equivalents ratio of allophanate groups and/or carbamate groups in the oligomer and/or polymer (A) to the N-methylol ether groups or the N-methylol and N-methylol ether groups in the amino resin (C) is from 0.2:1 to 1:0.2; and its use to produce mixtures curable thermally and with actinic radiation.

Abstract: A handheld flashlight includes a head that pivots relative to a body. Three legs pivotally connect to the body and open into a tripod to support the head in an elevated position. The legs are spring-biased toward the open tripod position and are selectively held closed by a detent mechanism. In the closed position, the legs form a flashlight handle that is aligned with an illumination direction of the head and is shaped and sized to be held in the hand of an operator. Each of the three legs contain battery source holders for battery sources that connect to each other in parallel. Diodes are disposed in series with each battery source to prevent the parallel battery sources from discharging each other.

Abstract: A curable composition comprising (A) constituents containing carbamate groups I: —O—C(O)—NHR??(I) in which R=a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl group, (B) constituents containing carbamate-reactive groups, the equivalents ratio of carbamate-reactive groups in (B) to carbamate groups in (A) being >0.

Abstract: A Coriolis mass flowmeter that incorporates a straight Coriolis measuring tube, two straight connecting pipes, at least one oscillator stimulating the tube, a measuring sensor associated with the tube and a compensating cylinder, where the tube is positioned within the cylinder, the two end sections of the cylinder are solidly connected to the respective end sections of the tube, the tube transitions with either end section into a connecting pipe, the connecting pipes extending outside the compensating cylinder, and by means of mounting flanges provided on the external ends of the connecting pipes, the mass flowmeter can be installed in a pipeline system. Each connecting pipe meets the requirements of the formula M ? ? ? f 2 e ? ? ? i / l 3 > 5.

Abstract: A chalk line device includes a housing and a chalk line stored in the housing. The chalk line terminates in a hook at one end and the hook is disposed outside of the housing. The housing may include a side wall with a depression formed therein that is shaped to receive the hook for storage. The depression has an edge that allows the hook to securely engage. The housing may also include a translucent window for allowing the user to check the level of chalk in the chalk line device. The translucent window forms at least a portion of a wall of the housing. The translucent window can be made, for example, of a plastic and can be integrally formed with the housing.

Abstract: A chalk line device includes a housing and a chalk line stored in the housing. The chalk line terminates in a hook at one end and the hook is disposed outside of the housing. The housing may include a side wall with a depression formed therein that is shaped to receive the hook for storage. The depression has an edge that allows the hook to securely engage. The housing may also include a translucent window for allowing the user to check the level of chalk in the chalk line device. The translucent window forms at least a portion of a wall of the housing. The translucent window can be made, for example, of a plastic and can be integrally formed with the housing.

Abstract: Heat-curable thixotropic mixtures containing carbamate and/or allophanate groups, comprising (A) at least one oligomer and/or polymer selected from the group consisting of oligomers and polymers containing allophanate groups, carbamate groups, and carbamate and allophanate groups, and (B) at least one thixotropic agent selected from the group consisting of urea or urea derivatives preparable by reacting at least one amine and/or water with at least one polyisocyanate, with the proviso that the mixture in question, based on its solids, further comprises at least one silica as thixotropic agent (C), and contains the thixotropic agent (B) in an amount of from 0.1 to 5% by weight if the oligomers and polymers (A) contain no allophanate groups; processes for preparing the mixtures, and their use as coating materials, adhesives and sealing compounds.

Abstract: A curable composition comprising

Abstract: A Coriolis mass flowmeter that incorporates a straight Coriolis measuring tube, two straight connecting pipes, at least one oscillator stimulating the tube, a measuring sensor associated with the tube and a compensating cylinder, where the tube is positioned within the cylinder, the two end sections of the cylinder are solidly connected to the respective end sections of the tube, the tube transitions with either end section into a connecting pipe, the connecting pipes extending outside the compensating cylinder, and by means of mounting flanges provided on the external ends of the connecting pipes, the mass flowmeter can be installed in a pipeline system. Each connecting pipe meets the requirements of the formula 1 Mf   ⁢ 2 ei / l 3 > 5.

Abstract: Mixtures curable thermally and with actinic radiation (dual-cure) and containing carbamate and/or allophanate groups, comprising

Abstract: Clearcoat coating composition for automotive exterior coatings with improved intercoat adhesion to a subsequently applied coating layer and improved flexibility contains (a) a first vinyl copolymer prepared from a monomer mixture including no more than about 35% by weight of nonfunctional monomers that has carbamate functionality and hydroxyl functionality, at least part of the hydroxyl functionality being on monomer units including an optionally branched alkyl group having at least about six carbon atoms; (b) a second vinyl copolymer having hydroxyl functionality, preferably primary hydroxyl functionality; and (c) a curing agent component that includes at least an aminoplast curing agent and optionally a polyisocyanate curing agent. The polyisocyanate curing agent is preferably blocked with a blocking agent that volatilizes during the cure reaction, regenerating a reactive isocyanate group.

Abstract: The invention provides coating compositions having improved scratch and mar resistance. The curable coating compositions of the invention comprise a film-forming component (A) comprising one or more active hydrogen containing components (a), and one or more curing agents (b) comprising at least one aminoplast resin (bi) having from 0.5 to 3.5 moles of NH per mole of aminoplast resin (bi), a blocked acid catalyst (B) having a blocking agent which is not a tertiary amine, and a tertiary amine (C) present in an amount equal to 10 to 150% by weight of the blocking agent. The invention farther provides a method of making cured coated substrates having improved scratch and mar resistance as well as a method of making multilayer coating compositions.

Abstract: The invention provides curable coating compositions which have improved compatability with other coating compositions and which provide improved scratch and mar resistance. The compositions comprise a film-forming component (A), a catalyst (B) for the film-forming reaction comprising one or more strong acids having a pKa of 2.5 or less, and a volatile catalyst carrier (C) comprising one or more tertiary amines having a boiling point of 100 degrees C. The film-forming component (A) comprises one or more crosslinking agents (b) at least one of which is an aminoplast curing agent (bi) having from 0.5 to 3.5 moles of NH per mole of aminoplast curing agent (bi). The invention also provides a method of making thermally cured films having improved scratch and mar as well as a method of making multilayer-cured films.