Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
129 words
A lubricant for saw chains consisting essentially of (A) 30 to 60 percent by weight water, (B) 15 to 60 percent by weight of a water-soluble antifreeze agent selected from the group consisting of alkylene glycols having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and oxalkylene glycols having 4 to 14 carbon atoms, (C)+(D) 0.5 to 5 percent by weight of a corrosion inhibitor and a wear inhibitor, (E) 0.05 to 1 percent by weight of an adhesion promoter having a molecular weight of at least 500,000, selected from the group consisting of water-soluble polyethylene glycol and water-soluble acrylamide copolymer which contains sulfonic acid groups, and (F) 5 to 50 percent by weight of a water-soluble polyethylene oxide/polypropylene oxide adduct having a viscosity of 1,000 to 20,000 mPa.s at 50° C.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
129 words
A lubricant for saw chains consisting essentially of (A) 30 to 60 percent by weight water, (B) 15 to 60 percent by weight of a water-soluble antifreeze agent selected from the group consisting of alkylene glycols having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and oxalkylene glycols having 4 to 14 carbon atoms, (C)+(D) 0.5 to 5 percent by weight of a corrosion inhibitor and a wear inhibitor, (E) 0.05 to 1 percent by weight of an adhesion promoter having a molecular weight of at least 500,000, selected from the group consisting of water-soluble polyethylene glycol and water-soluble acrylamide copolymer which contains sulfonic acid groups, and (F) 5 to 50 percent by weight of a water-soluble polyethylene oxide/polypropylene oxide adduct having a viscosity of 1,000 to 20,000 mPa.s at 50° C.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A lubricant as claimed in claim 1, wherein the molecular weight of the adhesion promoter is 1 million to 10 million.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A lubricant as claimed in claim 1, wherein the molecular weight of the adhesion promoter is 5 to 7 million.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
A lubricant as claimed in claim 1, wherein the amount of adhesion promoter is 0.1 to 0.5% by weight.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
A lubricant as claimed in claim 1, wherein the viscosity of the adduct is 3,000 to 12,000 mPa.s.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
A lubricant as claimed in claim 1, wherein the amount of adduct is 10 to 30% by weight.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
A lubricant as claimed in claim 1, wherein the acrylamide copolymer is composed of acrylamide and 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
A lubricant as claimed in claim 1, having the components (A) to (F) in the following amounts: (A) 35 to 50 (B) 30 to 50 (C)+(D) 1 to 3 (E) 0.1 to 0.5 (F) 10 to 30.