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Thomas L. Gatke received US Patent No. 2,409,267 on October 15, 1946, filed January 18, 1943.
The patent's description opens (from the scanned text):
This invention has to do with tubular bearings of the type composed of a number of structurally separate arcuate sections, which sections are known as bearing staves, and is particularly concerned with the production of composition staves in which closely arranged layers of treated fabric are molded under pressure in the staves and are exposed edgewise at the bearing surfaces.
- Author
- Thomas L. Gatke
- Published by
- US Patent Office
- Series
- US Patent No. 2,409,267
- Date
- October 15, 1946
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 21848 · asbestosclaims.law/library/21848
- Rights
- US government work, in the public domain.
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Where it was listed
- Asbestos, January 1947, in its patents department (the year's issues)
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Thomas L. Gatke. “Bearing Stave (US Patent 2,409,267, 1946).” October 15, 1946. US Patent No. 2,409,267. US Patent Office. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 21848. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/21848.
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