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Walter K. Medernach received US Patent No. 1,715,072 on May 28, 1929, filed December 2, 1927. It was assigned to Southern Asbestos Co Inc.
The patent's description opens (from the scanned text):
The invention has relation to strips or tapes of the class employed for heat insulating purposes by being wrapped spirally about a pipe, for example a steam pipe, to form a covering 5 therefor" 'to prevent the loss of heat.
- Author
- Walter K. Medernach
- Published by
- US Patent Office
- Series
- US Patent No. 1,715,072
- Date
- May 28, 1929
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 22790 · asbestosclaims.law/library/22790
- Rights
- US government work, in the public domain.
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Where it was listed
- Asbestos, August 1929, in its patents department (the year's issues)
Cite this document
Walter K. Medernach. “Insulating Tape (US Patent 1,715,072, 1929).” May 28, 1929. US Patent No. 1,715,072. US Patent Office. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 22790. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/22790.
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