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Richard F. Shannon received US Patent No. 3,562,084 on February 9, 1971, filed May 17, 1967. It was assigned to Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp.
The patent's abstract:
A SYNATHETICALLY PREPARED BODY OF MOLDED HIGH TEMPERATURE THERMAL INSULATION MATERIAL COMPOSED ESENTIALLY OF A MATRIX OF CHEMICALLY COMBINED ALKALINE EARTH METAL SILICATE INTERSPERSED WIT COTTON FIBERS (ENACIOUSLY ANCHORED INTO THE MATRIX AND PROVIDING REINFORCEMENT AND INCREASED STRUCTURAL AND INTEGRITY TO THE INSULATION MATERIAL. THE COTTON FIBERS ARE INTERSPERSED IN THE MATRIX OF THE INSULATION MATERIAL IN THE FORM OF INDIVIDUAL OR WOUND GROUPINGS OF FILAMENTS, STRANDS OR ROVINGS OR THE LIKE AND/OR IN THE FORM OF AN OPEN NETWORK FABRIC OF INTERLOCKED OR INTERWOVEN COTTON FIBERS SUCH AS COTTON MESH OR COTTON NETTING OR THE LIKE.
- Author
- Richard F. Shannon
- Published by
- US Patent Office
- Series
- US Patent No. 3,562,084
- Date
- February 9, 1971
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 22862 · asbestosclaims.law/library/22862
- Rights
- US government work, in the public domain.
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Where it was listed
- Barry Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects (5th edition, 2005)
Cited by Barry Castleman
In Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects (5th edition, 2005), which cites it in:
- Chapter 6 (Alternatives to Asbestos Insulation), p. 379, note 60
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Richard F. Shannon. “Light weight bodies of cotton fiber reinforced hydrous alkaline earth metal silicate thermal insulation material (US Patent 3,562,084, 1971).” February 9, 1971. US Patent No. 3,562,084. US Patent Office. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 22862. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/22862.
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