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Rudolf L. R. Wild received US Patent No. 1,741,896 on December 31, 1929, filed December 20, 1928. It was assigned to Union Asbestos and Rubber Co.
The patent's description opens (from the scanned text):
The invention is not limited to the drum type of brake or clutch, and I desire it to be understood that Wherever I employ the term band throughout the following specification and claims, it is used in the generic sense, meaning a piece of heat resistive and friction resistive material used for frictional engagement with another mechanical part.
- Author
- Rudolf L. R. Wild
- Published by
- US Patent Office
- Series
- US Patent No. 1,741,896
- Date
- December 31, 1929
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 22454 · asbestosclaims.law/library/22454
- Rights
- US government work, in the public domain.
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Where it was listed
- Asbestos, February 1930, in its patents department (the year's issues)
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Rudolf L. R. Wild. “Friction Resisting Material for Brakes (US Patent 1,741,896, 1929).” December 31, 1929. US Patent No. 1,741,896. US Patent Office. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 22454. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/22454.
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