Coating and laminating compositions consisting of a blend of paraffin, isoparaffin and microcrystalline waxes with ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer

Claim 1

A WAX COMPOSITION SUITABLE AS A COATING AND BONDING MATERIAL CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF ABOUT 85-99% OF A WAX BLEND AND ABOUT 1 TO 15% OF AN ETHYLENE-VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER HAVING A POLYMERIZED VINYL ACETATE CONTENT OF ABOUT 20-30% AND A MELT INDEX OF ABOUT 1 TO 500, SAID WAX BLEND CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF ABOUT 40 TO 55% PARAFFINIC PETROLEUM WAX HAVING A MELTING POINT OF ABOUT 137-145*F., A REFRACTIVE INDEX AT 80*C. OF ABOUT 1.4285 TO 1,4320, A NEEDLE PENETRATION AT 77*F. OF ABOUT 7 TO 11, AND A VISCOSITY OF ABOUT 39 TO 42 SSU AT 210*F.; ABOUT 10 TO 25% OF AN ISOPARAFFINIC PETROLEUM WAX HAVING A MELTING POINT OF ABOUT 112-122*F., A REFRACTIVE INDEX AT 80*C. OF ABOUT 1.4390 TO 1.4420, A NEEDLE PENETRATION AT 77*F. OF ABOUT 50 TO 75, AND A VISCOSITY OF ABOUT 44 TO 50 SSU AT 210*F.; ABOUT 10 TO 360% OF A MICROCRYSTALLINE PETROLEUM WAX HAVING A CONGEALING POINT OF ABOUT 110-135*F., A REFRACTIVE INDEX AT 80*C. OF ABOUT 1.4500 TO 1.4540, A NEEDLE PENETRATION AT 77*F. OF ABOUT 60 TO 140, AND A VISCOSITY OF ABOUT 80 TO 100 SSU AT 210*F., A REFRACTIVE INDEX AT 80*C. OF ABOUT 1.4470 TO PETROLEUM WAX HAVING A CONGEALING POINT OF ABOUT 150165*F., A REFRACTIVE INDEX AT 80*C. OF ABOUT 1.4470 TO 1.4510, A NEEDLE PENETRATION AT 77*F. OF ABOUT 15 TO 27 AND A VISCOSITY OF ABOUT 75 TO 90 SSU AT 210*F.; SAID WAX BLEND CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF ABOUT 50 TO 70% OF SAID PARAFFINIC PETROLEUM WAX AND SAID ISOPARAFFINIC PETROLEUM WAX, AND ABOUT 30 TO 50% OF SAID MICROCRYSTALLINE WAXES.