Wax coating composition and coated article

Claim 1

A WAX COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A MIXTURE OF THREE HYDROCARBON CONSTITUENTS, THE FIRST OF WHICH CONSISTS OF ABOUT 65-85% BY WEIGHT OF A NON-STRAIGHT CHAIN PARAFFINIC WAX AND HAS AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 550-750, A SAYBOLT UNIVERSAL VISCOSITY AT 210*F. OF ABOUT 80-120 SECONDS, AN OIL CONTENT OF UP TO ABOUT 3.0%, AND A MELTING POINT BY COOLING CURVE OF FROM ABOUT 150*F. TO ABOUT 180*F., THE SECOND OF SAID CONSTITUENTS BEING COMPRISED OF ABOUT 50-95% BY WEIGHT OF A STRAIGHT CHAIN PARAFFINIC WAX AND CONTAINING ABOUT 5-50% BY WEIGHT OF A NON-STRAIGHT CHAIN PARAFFINIC WAX MATERIAL AND HAVING AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 400-550, A SAYBOLT UNIVERSAL VISCOSITY AT 180*F. OF ABOUT 45-65 SECONDS, AN OIL CONTENT OF UP TO ABOUT 2.0%, AND A MELTING POINT BY COOLING CURVE OF FROM ABOUT 145*F. TO ABOUT 165*F., AND THE THIRD OF SAID CONSTITUENTS CONSISTING OF 180*F. ABOUT 90% BY WEIGHT OF A STRAIGHT-CHAIN PARAFFINIC WAX AND HAVING AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 290-340, A SAYBOLT UNIVERSAL VISCOSITY AT 180*F. OF ABOUT 37-41 SECONDS, AN OIL CONTENT OF UP TO ABOUT 0.5%, AND A MELTING POINT BY COOLING CURVE OF FROM ABOUT 115*F. TO ABOUT 135*F., THE RATIO BY WEIGHT OF THE FIRST CONSTITUENT TO THE SECOND CONSTITUENT BEING WITHIN THE RANGE OF 1:5 TO 3:1 AND THE RATIO OF THE COMBINED WEIGHTS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND CONSTITUENTS TO THE THIRD CONSTITUENT BEING WITHIN THE RANGE OF 1:5 TO 2:1.