Compositions comprising epoxy compounds and hydroxy terminated polyester resins and process of making same

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF AN ELASTIC ARTIFICIAL PRODUCT WHICH CONSISTS ESSENTIALLY OF REACTING, WITH HEAT, A COMPOUND CONTAINING MORE THAN ONE 1,2-EPOXIDE GROUP PER MOL WITH A PROPORTION OF CROSS-LINKING AGENT SUCH AS CONTAINS IN THE ACTIVE GROUPS OF NUMBER OF ACTIVE HYDROGEN ATOMS APPROXIMATELY CORRESPONDING TO THE NUMBER OF EPOXIDE GROUPS PRESENT, SAID CROSS-LINKING AGENT BEING AN ALIPHATIC POLYESTER OBTAINED BY REACTION OF ALIPHATIC DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOLS CONTAINING TWO TERMINAL HYDROXYL GROUPS, WHICH ARE SEPARATED FROM ONE ANOTHER BY A CHAIN OF AT LEAST 14 MEMBERS, AND THE REACTION WITH HEAT BEING CARRIED OUT TO A POINT WHERE THE REACTION MASS BECOMES INFUSIBLE, WHEREBY AN ELASTIC PRODUCT IS OBTAINED, SAID ELASTIC PRODUCT CONTAINING SAID CHAIN OF AT LEAST 14 MEMBERS INTACT.