Oil-in-water polyepoxide emulsions

Claim 1

AN OIL-IN-WATER EMULSION CONSISTING OF (A) 100 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF A DISPERSED PHASE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A HOMOGENEOUS BITUMINOUS EPOXIDE COMPOSITION RESULTING FROM ADMIXING IN THE LIQUID STATE (1) A POLYGLYCIDYL POLYETHER REACTION PRODUCT OF 2,2-BIS(4-HYDROXPHENYL)PROPANE AND EPICHLOROHYDRIN; (2) POLYMER OF 2 TO 3 MOLECULES OF COJUGATED UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS OF 12 TO 20 CARBON ATOMS PER MOLECULE; AND (3) 20 TO 99.5 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF FUSIBLE ASPHALT; SAID COMPONENTS (1) AND (2) BEING PRESENT IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 0.5 TO 80 PARTS BY WEIGHT, THE STOICHIOMETRIC EPOXIDE TO CARBOXYL GROUP RATIO BEING BETWEEN 1.4:1 AND 1:1.4; AND (B) AN AQUEOUS DISPERSING PHASE CONSISTING PREDOMINANTLY OF 25 TO 900 PART BY WEIGHT OF WATER; SAID EMULSION COMPRISING AN EMULSIGYING AGENT GENERATED BY REACTION BETWEEN SAID BITUMINOUS EPOXIDE COMPOSITION AND 0.1 TO 10 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF AMMONIA ORGINALLY CONTAINED IN SAID AQUEOUS PHASE.