Lubricant

Claim 1

A METHOD OF PREPARING A LUBRICATING COMPOSITION, WHICH COMPRISES: (I) PROVIDING A CHARGE MIXTURE OF (1) AN OIL OF LUBRICATING VISCOSITY, (2) A THICKENING INGREDIENT SELECTED FROM (A) AN ADMIXTURE OF A BASICALLY REACTING ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUND AND A MIX OF ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS COMPRISING A MIX SELECTED FROM (I) AN ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID HAVING FROM 1 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS AND AN ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID HAVING FROM 7 TO 12 CARBON ATOMS, AND (II) THE ACIDS SPECIFIED IN (I) AND AN ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID HAVING AT LEAST 13 CARBON ATOMS, AND (B) AN ADMIXTURE OF AN ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUND SELECTED FROM (III) A SALT OF AN ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID HAVING FROM 1 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS AND A SOAP OF AN ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID HAVING FROM 7 TO 12 CARBON ATOMS, AND (IIII) THE SALT AND SOAP SPECIFIED IN (III) AND A SOAP OF AN ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID HAVING AT LEAST 13 CARBON ATOMS, AND (3) A COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AN AMMONIUM SALT OF AN ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID, AN AMMONIUM SALT OF AN ARYL ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID, AN AMMONIUM SULFATE, AN AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE, AN AMMONIUM SALT OF A SULFATED CASTOR OIL, AN AMMONIUM SALT OF A SULFONIC ACID-THE SULFONIC ACID BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF A PHENYL SULFONIC ACID, A NAPHTHYL SULFONIC ACID, AN ALKYL-SUBSTITUTED PHENYL SULFONIC ACID, AN ALKYL-SUBSTITUTED NAPHTHYL SULFONIC ACID AND A MINERAL OIL SULFONIC ACID-AND AN ADDITION PRODUCT OF AN AMINE AND AN ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID, THE AMOUNT OF SAID THICKENING INGREDIENT DETERMINED AS SALT-SOAP COMPLEX BEING FROM ABOUT 1 TO ABOUT 50 PERCENT BY WEIGHT, THE AMOUNT OF SAID COMPOUND SPECIFIED IN (3) BEING FROM ABOUT 1 TO ABOUT 10 PERCENT BY WEIGHT, AND SAID LUBRICATING OIL BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT OF AT LEAST ABOUT 40 PERCENT BY WEIGHT, THE AMOUNTS BASED UPON THE TOTAL CHARGE MIXTURE; AND (II) MIXING AND HEATING THE RESULTING CHARGE MIXTURE TO A TEMPERATURE AND FOR A TIME SUFFICIENT TO EFFECT REACTION OF ANY OF SAID BASICALLY REACTING ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUND PRESENT AND SAID MIX OF ACIDS, AND TO THICKEN SAID OIL TO THE EXTENT DESIRED.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF PREPARING A LUBRICATING COMPOSITION, WHICH COMPRISES: (I) PROVIDING A CHARGE MIXTURE OF (1) AN OIL OF LUBRICATING VISCOSITY, (2) A THICKENING INGREDIENT SELECTED FROM (A) AN ADMIXTURE OF A BASICALLY REACTING ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUND AND A MIX OF ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS COMPRISING A MIX SELECTED FROM (I) AN ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID HAVING FROM 1 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS AND AN ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID HAVING FROM 7 TO 12 CARBON ATOMS, AND (II) THE ACIDS SPECIFIED IN (I) AND AN ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID HAVING AT LEAST 13 CARBON ATOMS, AND (B) AN ADMIXTURE OF AN ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUND SELECTED FROM (III) A SALT OF AN ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID HAVING FROM 1 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS AND A SOAP OF AN ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID HAVING FROM 7 TO 12 CARBON ATOMS, AND (IIII) THE SALT AND SOAP SPECIFIED IN (III) AND A SOAP OF AN ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID HAVING AT LEAST 13 CARBON ATOMS, AND (3) A COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AN AMMONIUM SALT OF AN ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID, AN AMMONIUM SALT OF AN ARYL ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID, AN AMMONIUM SULFATE, AN AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE, AN AMMONIUM SALT OF A SULFATED CASTOR OIL, AN AMMONIUM SALT OF A SULFONIC ACID-THE SULFONIC ACID BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF A PHENYL SULFONIC ACID, A NAPHTHYL SULFONIC ACID, AN ALKYL-SUBSTITUTED PHENYL SULFONIC ACID, AN ALKYL-SUBSTITUTED NAPHTHYL SULFONIC ACID AND A MINERAL OIL SULFONIC ACID-AND AN ADDITION PRODUCT OF AN AMINE AND AN ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID, THE AMOUNT OF SAID THICKENING INGREDIENT DETERMINED AS SALT-SOAP COMPLEX BEING FROM ABOUT 1 TO ABOUT 50 PERCENT BY WEIGHT, THE AMOUNT OF SAID COMPOUND SPECIFIED IN (3) BEING FROM ABOUT 1 TO ABOUT 10 PERCENT BY WEIGHT, AND SAID LUBRICATING OIL BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT OF AT LEAST ABOUT 40 PERCENT BY WEIGHT, THE AMOUNTS BASED UPON THE TOTAL CHARGE MIXTURE; AND (II) MIXING AND HEATING THE RESULTING CHARGE MIXTURE TO A TEMPERATURE AND FOR A TIME SUFFICIENT TO EFFECT REACTION OF ANY OF SAID BASICALLY REACTING ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUND PRESENT AND SAID MIX OF ACIDS, AND TO THICKEN SAID OIL TO THE EXTENT DESIRED.