Antifouling marine paint

Claim 1

AN ANTI-FOULING MARINE PAINT ADAPTED FOR APPLICATION TO THE HULLS OF VESSELS COMPRISING A PIGMENT INCLUDING FINELY DIVIDED METALLIC COPPER, FINELY DIVIDED METALLIC ZINC AND CUPROUS OXIDE THOROUGHLY DISPERSED THROUGH AND SUSPENED IN A VEHICLE-BINDER INCLUDING CHLORINATED COAL TAR PITCH, THE FINELY DIVIDED METALLIC PARTICLES OF COPPER AND ZINC BEING INSULATED ONE FROM THE OTHER BY SAID PITCH TO FORM IN THE MAIN COATING FILM A MULTIPLICITY OF PRIMARY CELLS WHICH, IN CONTACT WITH SEA WATER AND IN THE ACID ENVIRONMENT AFFORDED BY THE ACID NATURE OF SAID CHLORINATED COAL TAR PITCH, SETS UP IN THE SAID MAIN COATING FILM A VOLTAIC CURRENT EFFECTIVE TO REPEL MARINE ANIMAL GROWTH FROM SAID MAIN COATING FILM SAID PIGMENT INGREDIENTS COMBINING WITH THE LONG-CHAIN ACIDS OF SAID VEHICLE-BINDER TO FORM CONTINUOUSLY A PRIMARY SOAP-FILM LOOSELY ATTACHED TO SAID MAIN FILM, THE PRIMARY SOAP-FILM BEING LIKEWISE CHARGED WITH VOLTAIC CURRENT TO REPEL MARINE ANIMAL GROWTH AND BEING CAPABLE OF SLOUGHING OFF FROM SAID MAIN FILM WHEN SAID VESSEL IS IN MOTION, THUS TO CARRY AWAY ANY MARINE VEGETABLE GROWTH ACCUMULATING ON SAID PRIMARY FILM WHEN THE VESSEL IS NOT IN MOTION.