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Cecil R. Hubbard and Francis W. Armstrong received US Patent No. 1,942,703 on January 9, 1934, filed August 14, 1931. It was assigned to Garlock Packing Co.
The patent's description opens (from the scanned text):
This invention relates to an improved gasket adapted to seal the joint between a pair of pipe ends or between a manhole cover and the article to which it is applied, or between any other pair of plane surfaces or approximately plane surfaces. - It is an objectof the invention to provide a :omposite gasket preferably comprising a relatively resilient element of metal and fibrous ma- 19 terial so disposed as to yield under pressure and form a perfect seal without being strained beyond the elastic limit of its metal ...
- Author
- Cecil R. Hubbard; Francis W. Armstrong
- Published by
- US Patent Office
- Series
- US Patent No. 1,942,703
- Date
- January 9, 1934
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 22535 · asbestosclaims.law/library/22535
- Rights
- US government work, in the public domain.
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Where it was listed
- Asbestos, February 1934, in its patents department (the year's issues)
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Cecil R. Hubbard, Francis W. Armstrong. “Gasket (US Patent 1,942,703, 1934).” January 9, 1934. US Patent No. 1,942,703. US Patent Office. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 22535. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/22535.
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