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Jr John Henry Simpson and Allan B. Merrill received US Patent No. 1,958,116 on May 8, 1934, filed December 3, 1930.
The patent's description opens (from the scanned text):
Our invention relates to brake linings and methods of making the same and particularly to brake linings of asbestos and metal wires which are woven to determinate width.
- Author
- Jr John Henry Simpson; Allan B. Merrill
- Published by
- US Patent Office
- Series
- US Patent No. 1,958,116
- Date
- May 8, 1934
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 21906 · asbestosclaims.law/library/21906
- Rights
- US government work, in the public domain.
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Where it was listed
- Asbestos, July 1934, in its patents department (the year's issues)
Cite this document
Jr John Henry Simpson, Allan B. Merrill. “Brake Lining (US Patent 1,958,116, 1934).” May 8, 1934. US Patent No. 1,958,116. US Patent Office. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 21906. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/21906.
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