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Willis A. Gibbons received US Patent No. 2,179,087 on November 7, 1939, filed January 26, 1939. It was assigned to United States Rubber Co.
The patent's description opens (from the scanned text):
This invention relates to asbestos yarn capable of withstanding high temperatures, and. more particularly to a core yarn consisting of a spun asbestos yarn forming the core and a less compact asbestos cover surrounding the core.
- Author
- Willis A. Gibbons
- Published by
- US Patent Office
- Series
- US Patent No. 2,179,087
- Date
- November 7, 1939
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 21789 · asbestosclaims.law/library/21789
- Rights
- US government work, in the public domain.
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Where it was listed
- Asbestos, February 1940, in its patents department (the year's issues)
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Willis A. Gibbons. “Asbestos Yarn (US Patent 2,179,087, 1939).” November 7, 1939. US Patent No. 2,179,087. US Patent Office. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 21789. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/21789.
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