Lubricating grease and process of manufacture

Claim 1

THE PROCESS OF MAKING A STABLE HIGH TEMPERATURE LUBRICATING GREASE WHICH COMPRISES COMBINING 3 TO 20 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF FATTY ACID OF THE C12 TO C24 RANGE WITH 30 TO 50 PARTS OF AN AROMATIC TYPE MINERAL BASE LUBRICATING OIL OF RELATIVELY HIGH VISCOSITY, ADDING 1 TO 15 PARTS OF ORGANIC MATERIAL HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT BELOW ABOUT 160 SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND ALDEHYDES UNDERGOING THE CANNIZZARO REACTION AND A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF A METAL BASE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKALI METAL AND ALKALINE EARTH METAL BASES TO FORM A SOAPSALT COMPLEX WITH SAID FATTY ACID AND SAID ORGANIC MATERIAL, HEATING THE AFORESAID INGREDIENTS WITH STIRRING TO A SOAP-COOKING TEMPERATURE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME TO SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE SAID SOAP-SALT REACTION, AND THEREAFTER GRADULLY ADDING SAID BLENDING IN 25 TO 50 PARTS OF A RELATIVELY LOW VISCOSITY AND LOW VOLATILITY MINERAL LUBRICATING OIL OF PARAFFINIC TYPE WHILE APPLYING HEAT, THE AMOUNT OF SAID PARAFFINIC-TYPE OIL BEING NOT SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER THAN THAT OF SAID AROMATIC-TYPE OIL AND SUBSTANTIALLY MAINTAINING A COOKING TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 280* F. AND 450* F. TO FORM A GREASE OF RELATIVELY HIGH VISCOSITY INDEX AND RELATIVELY LOW VOLATILITY.