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Frederick C. Thorn and Robert M. Waples received US Patent No. 2,444,119 on June 29, 1948, filed August 11, 1945. It was assigned to Garlock Packing Co.
The patent's description opens (from the scanned text):
The present invention relates to endless elastic compressible packing rings and aims to provide certain improvements therein.
- Author
- Frederick C. Thorn; Robert M. Waples
- Published by
- US Patent Office
- Series
- US Patent No. 2,444,119
- Date
- June 29, 1948
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 23284 · asbestosclaims.law/library/23284
- Rights
- US government work, in the public domain.
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Where it was listed
- Asbestos, August 1948, in its patents department (the year's issues)
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Frederick C. Thorn, Robert M. Waples. “Packing Ring (US Patent 2,444,119, 1948).” June 29, 1948. US Patent No. 2,444,119. US Patent Office. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 23284. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/23284.
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