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Walter J. Smith received US Patent No. 2,971,907 on February 14, 1961, filed August 17, 1955.
The patent's description opens:
The present invention is based on the discovery that filtering media, having the desired qualities embodied in the objects stated above, can be prepared by forming a supporting network of inorganic, vitreous monofilament fibers and then incorporating into such supporting network additional inorganic fibers which serve as the filtering means.
- Author
- Walter J. Smith
- Published by
- US Patent Office
- Series
- US Patent No. 2,971,907
- Date
- February 14, 1961
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 22295 · asbestosclaims.law/library/22295
- Rights
- US government work, in the public domain.
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Where it was listed
- Asbestos, June 1961, in its patents department (the year's issues)
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Walter J. Smith. “Filter media and method of making (US Patent 2,971,907, 1961).” February 14, 1961. US Patent No. 2,971,907. US Patent Office. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 22295. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/22295.
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