Coatings for masonry building units

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF INCREASING THE ABRASION-RESISTANCE OF SURFACES OF NEWLY FORMED ARTICLES OF GLASSWARE SUCH AS BOTTLES, JARS, TUMBLERS AND THE LIKE BY PROVIDING AN EXTREMELY THIN INVISIBLE FILM THEREOVER, SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF MELTING 40 PARTS OF PARTIALLY OXIDIZED LOW-MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 1200 TO 2000 AND AN ACID NUMBER OF 14 TO 17, ADDING TO THE MOLTEN POLYETHYLENE 11 PARTS OF A FATTY ACID SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONNSISTING OF OLEIC, PALMITIC, STEARIC, LAUARIC, AND MIXTURES THEREOF, ADDING 2 PARTS OF AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF AN ALKALI METAL HYDROXIDE TO THE MOLTEN POLYETHYLENE-FATTY ACID MIXTURE WITH CONSTANT STIRRING WHILE CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE MIXTURE WITHIN THE RANGE OF FROM 230* TO 245* F., ADDING SAID MIXING TO WATER TO FORM AN EMULSION, THE TOTAL AMOUNTS OF WATER IN SAID EMULSION BEING 207 PARTS, THE POLYETHYLENE IN SAID EMULSION HAVING A PARTICLE SIZE OF LESS THAN 10 MICRONS AND COMPRISING A SOLIDS CONTENT OF ABOUT 20% BY WEIGHT OF THE EMULSION, DILUTING SAID EMULSION WITH WATER, AND SPRAYING THE DILUTED EMULSION OVER GLASSWARE AT A TEMPERATURE SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THE ANNEALING TEMPERATURE OF SAID GLASSWARE TO OBTAIN A FIRM ADHERENCE OF THE EMULSIFIED POLYETHYLENE PARTICLES IN FILM FORM TO SAID SURFACES WITH ELIMINATION OF THE WATER COMPONENT THEREFROM, ALL OF SAID PARTS BEING BY WEIGHT.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF INCREASING THE ABRASION-RESISTANCE OF SURFACES OF NEWLY FORMED ARTICLES OF GLASSWARE SUCH AS BOTTLES, JARS, TUMBLERS AND THE LIKE BY PROVIDING AN EXTREMELY THIN INVISIBLE FILM THEREOVER, SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF MELTING 40 PARTS OF PARTIALLY OXIDIZED LOW-MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 1200 TO 2000 AND AN ACID NUMBER OF 14 TO 17, ADDING TO THE MOLTEN POLYETHYLENE 11 PARTS OF A FATTY ACID SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONNSISTING OF OLEIC, PALMITIC, STEARIC, LAUARIC, AND MIXTURES THEREOF, ADDING 2 PARTS OF AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF AN ALKALI METAL HYDROXIDE TO THE MOLTEN POLYETHYLENE-FATTY ACID MIXTURE WITH CONSTANT STIRRING WHILE CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE MIXTURE WITHIN THE RANGE OF FROM 230* TO 245* F., ADDING SAID MIXING TO WATER TO FORM AN EMULSION, THE TOTAL AMOUNTS OF WATER IN SAID EMULSION BEING 207 PARTS, THE POLYETHYLENE IN SAID EMULSION HAVING A PARTICLE SIZE OF LESS THAN 10 MICRONS AND COMPRISING A SOLIDS CONTENT OF ABOUT 20% BY WEIGHT OF THE EMULSION, DILUTING SAID EMULSION WITH WATER, AND SPRAYING THE DILUTED EMULSION OVER GLASSWARE AT A TEMPERATURE SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THE ANNEALING TEMPERATURE OF SAID GLASSWARE TO OBTAIN A FIRM ADHERENCE OF THE EMULSIFIED POLYETHYLENE PARTICLES IN FILM FORM TO SAID SURFACES WITH ELIMINATION OF THE WATER COMPONENT THEREFROM, ALL OF SAID PARTS BEING BY WEIGHT.