Partial esters of polyhydroxyl polyethers

Claim 1

NEW PARTIAL ESTERS OF COMPLEX RESINOUS POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOLS WITH HIGHER UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS, SAID POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOLS BEING POLYMERIC POLYETHER DERIVATIVES OF DIHYDRIC PHENOLS, WHICH DIHYDRIC PHENOLS ARE FREE FROM FUNCTIONAL GROUPS OTHER THAN PHENOLIC HYDROXYL GROUPS, SAID POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOLS HAVING A PLURALITY OF ALTERNATING AROMATIC NUCLEI AND OF ALIPHATIC CHAINS UNITED THROUGH ETHER OXYGEN, THE AROMATIC NUCLEI BEING THE HYDROCARBON NUCLEUS OF THE DIHYDRIC PHENOL AND BEING FREE FROM FUNCTIONAL GROUPS, AND THE ALIPHATIC CHAINS BEING FREE FROM SUBSTITUENTS OTHER THAN ALCOHOLIC HYDROXYL GROUPS AND ESTERIFIED ALCOHOLIC HYDROXYL GROUPS ESTERIFIED WITH SAID UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS, PART OF SAID ALIPHATIC CHAINS HAVING ALCOHOLIC HYDROXYL GROUPS ESTERIFIED WITH SAID UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS AND PART OF SAID ALIPHATIC CHAINS CONTAINING FREE ALCOHOLIC HYDROXYL GROUPS, THE PROPORTION OF ESTERIFIED HYDROXYL GROUPS AND FREE ALCOHOLIC HYDROXYL GROUPS BEING FROM ABOUT 10% ESTERIFIED AND 90% FREE HYDROXYL GROUPS TO ABOUT 75% ESTERIFIED AND 25% FREE HYDROXYL GROUPS, SAID PARTIAL ESTERS BEING SOLIDS AT ORDINARY TEMPERATURES AND SOLUBLE IN VOLATILE SOLVENTS TO FORM QUICK DRYING COMPOSITIONS CAPABLE OF SUBSEQUENT FURTHER HARDENING BY OXIDATION.