Product of reaction of fatty acids, c=c aromatics and epoxide resins

Claim 1

A RESINOUS REACTIONPRODUCT DERIVED BY SLOWLY INTRODUCING OVER A PERIOD OF AT LEAST AN HOUR AN OLEFINICALLY UNSATURATED AROMATIC COMPOUND SELECTED FROM MONOARYL ALKENES HAVING NO OTHER REACTIVE GROUP THAN THE C=C GROUP INTO A HEATED BODY OF AN OLEFINICALLY UNSATURATED FATTY ACID HAVING AT LEAST 12 CARBOM ATOMS, THE TEMPERATURE OF THE UNSATURATED FATTY ACID BEING REFUXED TO 220*C., THE UNSATURATED FATTY ACID BEING REFLUXED DURING THE ADDITION OF TH EUNSATURATED AROMATIC COMPOUND, THE AMOUNT OF THE UNSATURATED AROMATIC COMPOUND ADDED BEING SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE FOR FROM LESS THAN 2 TO MORE THAN 1 OLEFINIC GROUP THEREFROM FOR EACH OLEFINIC GROUP IN THE UNSATURATED FATTY ACID REFLUXING BEING CARRIED OUT FOR AT LEAST APPROXIMATELY 1/2 HOUR TO SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF THE AROMATIC COMPOUND HAS BEEN ADDED, THEREAFTER ADMIXING WITH THE RESULTING REACTION PRODUCT A RESINOUS EPOXIDE COMPRISING A POLYETHER HAVING ALTERNATING GLYCERYL RADICALS AND THE HYDROCARBON RADICALS OF A PHENOL UNITED IN A CHAIN BY ETHER OXYGEN ATOMS AND ITH HYDROXYL RADICALS PRESENT THEREIN, THE RESINOUS EPOXIDE HAVING AN EQUIVALENT WEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 175 AND AN EPOXIDE EQUIVALENT OF FROM 900 TO 1000, THE RESINOUS EPOXIDE BEING ADDED IN AN AMOUNT OT PROVIDE SUBSTANTIALLY ONE HYDROXYL RADICAL PER CARBOXYL GROUP IN THE UNSATURATED FATTY ACID, AND HEATING THE MIXTURE AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM 190*C. 250*C. FOR A PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL THERE IS PRODUCED A RESINOUS COMPOSITION OF AN ACID NUMBER OF BELOW 15 AND WHICH IS SOLUBLE INXYLOL.