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Thomas L. Gatke received US Patent No. 2,016,280 on October 8, 1935, filed July 24, 1931.
The patent's description opens (from the scanned text):
The present invention has to do with brake blocks of the large molded composition type used on the shoes of heavy duty brakes, and is particularly concerned with the manner in which such blocks are fastened to the shoes.
- Author
- Thomas L. Gatke
- Published by
- US Patent Office
- Series
- US Patent No. 2,016,280
- Date
- October 8, 1935
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 21876 · asbestosclaims.law/library/21876
- Rights
- US government work, in the public domain.
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Where it was listed
- Asbestos, November 1935, in its patents department (the year's issues)
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Thomas L. Gatke. “Brake Block (US Patent 2,016,280, 1935).” October 8, 1935. US Patent No. 2,016,280. US Patent Office. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 21876. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/21876.
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