Carveable plastic compositions consisting essentially of thermoplastic resin, solvent, carveable wax and finely divided solid filler

Claim 1

A SOLID DIMENSIONALLY STABLE CARVEABLE PLASTIC COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF 14-50 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF A THEREMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPONENT, 7-25 PARTS OF A CARVEABLE WAX COMPATIBLE WITH THE SAID RESIN, 8-20 PARTS OF A NONVOLATILE MUTUAL SOLVENT FOR THE SAID RESIN AND WAX, AND A FINELY DIVIDED SOLID FILLER SERVING TO INTERRUPT THE CONTINUITY OF THE PLASTIC COMPOSITION, THE PROPORTION OF THE FILLER BEING APPROXIMATELY 40%-70% OF THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE SAID COMPOSITION, THE SAID RESIN COMPONENT BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ETHYL CELLULOSE, METHYL CELLULOSE, AND CELLULOSE ACETATE, BUTYRATE AND ACETOBUTYRATE, POLYVINYL ACETATE, POLYSTYRENE, POLYESTERS OF MALEIC AND O-, P-, ISO- AND HEXAHYDROPHTHALIC ANHYDRIDES AND OF ADIPIC AND SEBACIC ACIDS WITH ETHYLENE, PROPYLENE AND BUTYLENE GLYCOLS, POLYAMIDES OF ADIPIC, SEBACIC, GLUTARIC, AND AZELAIC ACIDS WITH ETHYLENE AND HEXAMETHYLENE DIAMINE AND WITH GAMMA-BUTYO- AND DELTA-VALERO-LACTAM, AND POLYMERIC ESTERS OF ACRYLIC AND METHACRYLIC ACIDS WITH MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOLS HAVING 1-8 CARBON ATOMS, THE SAID CARVEABLE WAX BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF PARAFFIN, MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX, CHLORINATED PARAFFIN, CHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE, AND STEARATES AND PALMITATES OF ETHYLENE, PROPYLENE AND BUTYLENE GLYCOLS, GLYCERINE, SORBITOL AND C12-C20 MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOLS, AND THE SAID NON-VOLATILE MUTUAL SOLVENT BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF STEARAMIDE, LAURAMIDE, PALMITAMIDE, C11-C19 ALKYL ESTERS OF CASTOR OIL FATTY ACIDS, CYLCOHEXYLBENZENE, BICYCLOHEXYL, A HYDROGENATED MIXTURE OF DIPHENYLBENZENE, PHENYLDIPHENYL AND TRIPHENYL, AND HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL.