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Claim 1

A NORMALLY TACKY AND PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE HAVING IMPROVED FLAME RESISTANT AND FLAME PROOF CHARACTERISTICS COMPRISING ELASTOMERIC POLYMERS COMPRISING PER 100 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF POLYMER, 15 TO 75 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF AT LEAST ONE CHLORINE CONTAINING ELASTOMERIC POLYMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYCHLOROPRENE RUBBERS AND RECLAIMED POLYCHLOROPRENE RUBBERS, AND 85 TO 25 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF ONE OTHER ELASTOMERIC POLYMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NATURAL RUBBER, RECLAIMED RUBBER, BUTADIENE-STYRENE COPOLYMERS CONTAINING AT LEAST 40% BUTADIENE AND AT LEAST 10% STYRENE AND POLYVINYL ETHER POLYMERS, TACKIFYING RESINS COMPATIBLE WITH SAID ELASTOMERIC POLYMERS AND ADAPTED TO, AND PRESENT IN THE ADHESIVE IN AN AMOUNT OF FROM 1:3 TO 3:2 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF SAID ADHESIVE, SUFFICIENT TO RENDER THE COMPOSITION TACKY AND PRESSURE-SENSITIVE AT NORMAL HOUSEHOLD TEMPERATURES, THE LATTER COMPRISING PER 100 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF TACKIFYING RESIN, 25 TO 90 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF AT LEAST ONE CHLORINATED BIPHENYL TACKIFYING RESIN AND 75 TO 10 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF ONE OTHER TACKIFYING RESIN, AND ANTIMONY TRIOXIDE, SAID ANTIMONY TRIOXIDE BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT OF FROM ABOUT 5-30 PARTS HY WEIGHT AND SAID MIXTURE OF ELASTOMERIC POLYMERS AND TACKIFYING RESINS BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT FROM ABOUT 85-70 PARTS BY WEIGHT.