Insulated conductor and method of producing same

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR APPLYING A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM INSULATING COATING ON A CONDUCTOR COMPRISING COATING SAID CONDUCTOR WITH A DISPERSION IN WATER OF RESINOUS AND CATALYTIC SOLIDS SAID SOLID COMPRISING (1) FROM 25 TO 45 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF SAID DISPERSION AND COMPRISING PARTICLES AT LEAST 20 PERCENT OF WHICH ARE LESS THAN 1 MICRON ON SIZE, SAID PARTICLES COMPRISING A SOLIDIFIED MOLTEN BLEND OF (A) A POLYESTER RESIN CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF THE PRODUCT OF THE REACTION OF (A) FROM ABOUT 25 TO 56 EQUIVALENT PERCENT OF A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF TEREPHTHRALIC ACID, ISOPHTHALIC ACID, LOWER DIALKYL ESTERS OF SAID ACIDS AND MIXTURES THEREOF, (B) FROM ABOUT 15 TO 46 EQUIVAKENT PERCENT OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL AND (C) FROM ABOUT 13 TO 44 EQUIVALENT PERCENT OF A SATURATED ALIPHATIC POLYDRIC ALCOHOL HAVING AT LEAST THREE HYDROXYL GROUPS, THE SUM OF SAID EQUIVALENT PERCENTS BEING EQUAL TO 100 EQUIVALENT PERCENT, AND (B) AN ALKANOL AMINE TITANATE DIALKYL ESTER COMPRISING FROM ABOUT 1 TO 8 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF SAID POLYESTER RESIN AND (2) A DISPERSING AGENT COMPRISING FROM .25 TO 1.5 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF SAID SOLIDS; AND HEATING SAID DIPERSION TO EVAPORATE SAID WATER AND CURE SAID POLYESTER RESIN.