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George T. Balfe received US Patent No. 2,185,908 on January 2, 1940, filed September 8, 1936.
The patent's description opens (from the scanned text):
My invention relates to gaskets adapted for sealing joints having various types of Contact surfaces and seating surface contours.
- Author
- George T. Balfe
- Published by
- US Patent Office
- Series
- US Patent No. 2,185,908
- Date
- January 2, 1940
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 22579 · asbestosclaims.law/library/22579
- Rights
- US government work, in the public domain.
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Where it was listed
- Asbestos, March 1940, in its patents department (the year's issues)
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George T. Balfe. “Gaskets (US Patent 2,185,908, 1940).” January 2, 1940. US Patent No. 2,185,908. US Patent Office. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 22579. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/22579.
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