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United States Patent No. 3,471,438, issued Oct. 7, 1969 to Stephen Chwastiak, assignor to Union Carbide Corporation, for an asbestos composition. It describes chrysotile asbestos given a precipitated siliceous outer layer, for use as a thickening agent and filler in polyester resins. The patent gives examples using Coalinga, Calif. High Purity Grade short fiber chrysotile, viscosity data compared with untreated asbestos and Cab-O-Sil, and three claims.
- Author
- Stephen Chwastiak (Inventor, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada; assignor to Union Carbide Corporation)
- Published by
- United States Patent Office (patent assigned to Union Carbide Corporation)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-4959
- Date
- October 7, 1969
- Number
- Bates UC-4959
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 19461 · asbestosclaims.law/library/19461
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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From Stephen Chwastiak (Inventor, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada; assignor to Union Carbide Corporation).
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- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
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This is document UC-4959 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 5 pages. Production numbers UC-4959.
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Stephen Chwastiak (Inventor, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada, assignor to Union Carbide Corporation). “U.S. Patent 3,471,438, S. Chwastiak, Asbestos Composition for Thickening Polyester Resins, assigned to Union Carbide.” October 7, 1969. Union Carbide documents, UC-4959, Bates UC-4959. United States Patent Office (patent assigned to Union Carbide Corporation). AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 19461. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/19461.
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