Heat softenable adhesive supply bodies

Claim 1

AS A NEW ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE, A SLENDER FLEXIBLE, SELF-SUPPORTING ROD OF SOLID ADHESIVE COMPRISING THE HEAT SOFTENABLE MIXTURE OF A THERMOPLASTIC BASE COMPRISING FROM 15% TO 60% BY WEIGHT OF POLYETHYLENE HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF FROM ABOUT 7,000 TO ABOUT 21,000, FROM 10% TO 35% BY WEIGHT OF HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT COMPATIBLE RUBBERY POLYMERIC MATERIAL FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYISOBUTYLENE HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF THE ORDER OF ABOUT 100,000, SULPHUR VULCANIZABLE COPOLYMERS OF ISOBUTYLENE AND A DIOLEFIN IN APPROXIMATELY THE PROPORTIONS OF 98:2, AND COPOLYMERS OF BUTADIENE AND ACRYLONITRILE CONTAINING UP TO 35% OF ACRYLONITRILE AND FROM 20% TO 60% BY WEIGHT OF AN ESSENTIALLY HYDROCARBON RESIN PROCESSING IN HEATED CONDITION AT LEAST LIMITED SOLVENT POWER TOWARD SAID POLYETHYLENE, SAID RESIN BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLY BETA-PIENE RESINS HAVING A SOFETNING POINT OF FROM 85* TO 125* C., THE RESIN SEPARATED FROM UTAH TYPE RESINBEARING COAL WHICH CONSISTS ESSENTIALLY OF CARBON AND HYDROGEN, HAS AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF ABOUT 1,000, A REFRACTIVE INDEX OF 1,544, A SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF FROM 1.03 TO 1.06 AND A MELTING POINT OF FROM 165* TO 180* C., AND THE RESINOUS POLYMERIZATION PRODUCT OBTAINED BY CATALYTIC POLYMERIZATION OF A MIXTURE OF UNSATURATED MONOMERS DERIVED FROM DEEP CRACKING PETROLEUM AND HAVING A SOFTENING POINT (BR) OF APPROXIMATELY 100* C., A SPECIFIC GRAVITY AT 25* C. OF .970 TO .975, A REFRACTIVE INDEX AT 20* C. OF 1,5116, AN ACID NUMBER LESS THAN 1, AND IODINE VALUE (WIJS) OF 120, A BROMINE NUMBER OF 7.3 AND A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 1100, FROM 10% TO 30% BY WEIGHT OF THE MIXTURE OF A HEAT SOFTENABLE COMBINATION OF A RESINOUS POLYAMIDE OF A POLYMERIC POLYENE FAT ACID AND A RESINOUS GLYCIDYL POLYETHER, SAID RESINOUS GLYCIDYL POLYETHER AND RESINOUS POLYAMIDE BEING PRESENT IN SAID COMBINATION IN THE RELATIVE MOLAR PROPORTIONS OF FROM 80:20 TO 20:80, AND AT LEAST ABOUT 50% OF THE QUANTITY OF A MONOHYDRIC PHENOL REQUIRED FOR STOICHIOMETRIC REACTION WITH THE EPOXIDE GROUPS OF SAID POLYETHER.