Linoleum scratch compositions

Claim 2

A MOLDABLE COMPOSITION COMPRISING WATERINSOLUBLE PIGMENTS, A WATER-INSOLUBLE COPOLYMER OF STYRENE AND A MIXED METHYL-SECONDARY BUTYL HALF ESTER OF MALEIC ACID IN WHICH THE MOL RATIO OF STYRENE TO HALF ESTER IS SUBSTANTIALLY 1:1 AND THE MOL RATIO OF METHYL GROUPS TO SECONDARY BUTYL GROUPS IS SUBSTANTIALLY 1:3, A BINDER TAKEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SICCATIVE OILS, NATURAL RESINS AND WATER-INSOLUBLE SYNTHETIC RESINS, AND A WATER-INSOLUBLE NATURAL FIBROUS FILLER, SAID COMPOSITION BEING A FREE-FLOWING DRY GRANULAR MATETERIAL.

Claim 3

A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A MOLDABLE COMPOSITION WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF 1) SLURRYING WATER-INSOLUBLE PIGMENTS IN WATER WITH A PULVERULENT WATER-INSOLUBLE COPOLYMER OF A MONOVINYLIDENE COMPOUND TAKEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF VINYL ESTERS, VINYL ETHERS, VINYL HALIDES VINYLIDENE HALIDES AND AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS HAVING A SIDE-CHAIN CONTAINING A POLYMERIZABLE DOUBLE BOND, THE VINYLIDENE GROUP OF SAID COMPOUNDS BEING THE SOLE NON-BENZENOID UNSATURATION IN THE COMPOUNDS AND A COMPOUND TAKEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALPHA, BETA ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS, ALPHA, BETA ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS, AND HALF-ESTERS OF SATURATED ALCOHOLS AND ALPHA, BETA ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS, 2) FORMING A PIGMENT PASTE BY ADDING A COMPOUND TAKEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AMMONIA, MORPHOLINE AND PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY ALKYL AMINES CONTAINING FROM 1 TO 3 CARBON ATOMS IN THE ALKYL GROUPS TO THE SLURRY IN AN AMOUNT AT LEAST STOICHIOMETRICALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE COPOLYMER, 3) FORMING AN AQUEOUS EMULSION OF A BINDER TAKEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SICCATIVE OILS AND WATER-INSOLUBLE NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC RESINS BY MIXING THE BINDER WITH THE PIGMENT PASTE UNDER CONDITIONS OF MILD AGITATION, SAID EMULSION CONTAINING FROM, 30-50% BY WEIGHT OF WATER, 4) ADDING A WATER-INSOLUBLE NATURAL FIBROUS FILLER TO THE EMULSION THUS FORMED WITH CONSTANT AGITATION UNTIL THE EMULSION BREAKS, AND 5) DRYING THE WET GRANULAR MASS THUS PRODUCED WITHOUT ACTIVATING THE BINDER.

Claim 4

A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A MOLDABLE COMPOSITION WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF 1) SLURRYING WATER-INSOLUBLE PIGMENTS IN WATER WITH A PULVERULENT WATER-INSOLUBLE COPOLYMER OF A MONOVINYLIDENE COMPOUND TAKEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF VINYL ESTERS, VINYL ETHERS, VINYL HALIDES VINYLIDENE HALIDES AND AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS HAVING A SIDE-CHAIN CONTAINING A POLYMERIZABLE DOUBLE BOND, THE VINYLIDENE GROUP OF SAID COMPOUNDS BEING THE SOLE NON-BENZENOID UNSATURATION IN THE COMPOUNDS AND A COMPOUND TAKEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALPHA, BETA ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS, ALPHA, BETA ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS, AND HALF-ESTERS OF SATURATED ALCOHOLS AND ALPHA, BETA ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS, 2) FORMING A PIGMENT PASTE BY ADDING A COMPOUND TAKEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AMMONIA, MORPHOLINE AND PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY ALKYL AMINES CONTAINING FROM 1 TO 3 CARBON ATOMS IN THE ALKYL GROUPS TO THE SLURRY IN AN AMOUNT AT LEAST STOICHIOMETRICALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE COPOLYMER, 3) FORMING AN AQUEOUS EMULSION OF A BINDER TAKEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SICCATIVE OILS AND WATER-INSOLUBLE NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC RESINS BY MIXING THE BINDER WITH THE PIGMENT PASTE UNDER CONDITIONS OF MILD AGITATION, SAID EMULSION CONTAINING FROM, 30-50% BY WEIGHT OF WATER, 4) ADDING A WATER-INSOLUBLE NATURAL FIBROUS FILLER TO THE EMULSION THUS FORMED WITH CONSTANT AGITATION UNTIL THE EMULSION BREAKS, AND 5) DRYING THE WET GRANULAR MASS THUS PRODUCED WITHOUT ACTIVATING THE BINDER.