Stable emulsions of lower molecular weight polybutenes

Claim 1

A STABLE AQUEOUS EMULSION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A MAJOR PART UP TO ABOUT 80% BY WEIGHT OF POLYBUTENES HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT IN THE RANGE OF 400 TO 1500, SAID POLYBUTENES BEING IN THE DISCONTINUOUS PHASE, AND AS THE SOLE EMULSIFYING AGENT, FROM ABOUT 0.01% TO ABOUT 10% BUT WEIGHT OF THE TOTAL EMULSION OF AN EMULSIFYING AGENT CONSISTING ESSENTAILLY OF AN ANIONIC SURFACE ACTIVE AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF A SODIUM ALKYL BENZENE SULFONATE HAVING 9 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS IN THE ALKYL CHAIN AND A SODIUM ALKYL SULFATE HAVING 12 TO 15 CARBN ATOMS IN TEH ALKYL CHAIN, THE REMAINDER OF SAID EMULSION BEING WATER AND NEUTRAL INORGANIC SALTS NORMALLY OCCURING WITH SAID SURFACE ACTIVE AGENT, SAID EMULSION HAVING THE PROPERTY OF PRODUCING A STABLE EMULSION WHEN DILUTED WITH HARD WATER TO AS LITTLE AS 1% BY WEIGHT OF NON-AQUEOUS INGREDIENTS WHICH ARE NON-VOLATILE WHEN A ONE GRAM SAMPLE OF THE EMULSION IS DRIED AT 212*F. FOR ONE HOUR.