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Henry W. O'Dowd received US Patent No. 1,637,497 on August 2, 1927, filed April 24, 1924.
The patent's description opens (from the scanned text):
This invention relates to a heat insulating unit, and has for its object the employment of fibrous heat resisting material, such for instance as mineral or sla into definite form such as b ocks, plates, tiles and the like for use in various situations to prevent the radiation of heat, for example in connection with the ovens of cook stoves to insulate the same against the radiation of heat.
- Author
- Henry W. O'Dowd
- Published by
- US Patent Office
- Series
- US Patent No. 1,637,497
- Date
- August 2, 1927
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 22634 · asbestosclaims.law/library/22634
- Rights
- US government work, in the public domain.
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Where it was listed
- Asbestos, November 1927, in its patents department (the year's issues)
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Henry W. O'Dowd. “Heat Insulating Unit (US Patent 1,637,497, 1927).” August 2, 1927. US Patent No. 1,637,497. US Patent Office. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 22634. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/22634.
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