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Albert Allwood received US Patent No. 2,179,078 on November 7, 1939, filed February 28, 1938. It was assigned to Raybestos Manhattan Inc.
The patent's description opens (from the scanned text):
This invention relates to improvements in a metllod and device for drafting fibrous material, particularly asbestos, to form yarn, and refers specifically to a method and device for so "working the fibrousmaterial in the drafting zone as to secure a uniform pull and distribution of the fibres of the roving or slubbing.
- Author
- Albert Allwood
- Published by
- US Patent Office
- Series
- US Patent No. 2,179,078
- Date
- November 7, 1939
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 22205 · asbestosclaims.law/library/22205
- Rights
- US government work, in the public domain.
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Where it was listed
- Asbestos, January 1940, in its patents department (the year's issues)
Cite this document
Albert Allwood. “Drafted Yarn (US Patent 2,179,078, 1939).” November 7, 1939. US Patent No. 2,179,078. US Patent Office. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 22205. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/22205.
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