Silk screen printing ink

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AN OIL-IN-WATER INK EMULSION ADAPTED FOR SILK SCREEN PRINTING TO PROVIDE A HEAT RELEASABLE AND HEAT TRANSFERABLE FILM ON A TRANSFER SHEET CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A DISPERSED OIL PHASE OF A WAX MIXTURE OF (1) LOW MELTING, LOW MELT-VISCOSITY PETROLEUM WAX COMPONENT, (2) INTERMEDIATE MELTING, MEDIUM MELT-VISOCITY WAX COMPOENENT AND (3) A HIGH MELTING, MEDIUM MELT-VISCOSITY WAX COMPONENT, SAID WAX MIXTURE MELTING GRADUALLY THROUGHOUT THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 125*F. TO ABOUT 210*F., SAID LOW MELTING WAX COMPONENT (1) MELTING IN A RANGE OF 125165*F. AND BEING PRESENT IN A PROPORTION OF FROM 41-49% BY WEIGHT OF THE TOTAL WAX PRESENT, SAID INTERMEDIATE MELTING WAX COMPONENT (2) MELTING IN A RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 142-150*F., AND SAID HIGH MELTING WAX COMPONENT (3) MELTING IN A RANGE OF ABOUT 180-187* F., A LIQUID VEGETABLE OIL PLASTICIZER FOR SAID WAX BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT OF FROM ABOUT 24-30% OF THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF WAX AND OIL, A VOLATILE PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON SOLVENT FOR SAID PLASTICIZER WAX MIXTURE HAVING A BOILING POINT OF FROM 100-250*F. AND CONSITUTING FROM ABOUT 44% TO 52% OF SAID OIL PHASE, AND AS A STABILIZING AGENT FOR SAID WAX, PLASTICIZER AND SOLVENT, MILK PROTEIN IN AN AMOUNT OF FROM ABOUT 2-8% PRESENT IN SAID WATER PHASE, TOGETHER WITH ABOUTT 0.1 TO 0.4% OF ALKALI METAL SOAP AND 0.05 TO 0.2% OF BORAX TO INTERACT WITH SAID MILK PROTEIN AS THE SOLE ALKALINE AGENTS IN SAID WATER PHASE.