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Joseph F. Stephens and Glenn W. Kerr received US Patent No. 2,778,759 on January 22, 1957, filed November 5, 1952.
The patent's description opens (from the scanned text):
This invention relates to an improved pipe covering which is to be utilized as a thermal insulation, and a method for making. the same, and more particularly to a covering. so constructed as to give it such properties of resilience and shape retention as shall enable it to be placed around apipe by springing apart the edges of a single longitudinal slit -or.openin-g without damage to its structure and to enable it when released to spring back to its original shape and to encircle and snugly engage the pipe.
- Author
- Joseph F. Stephens; Glenn W. Kerr
- Published by
- US Patent Office
- Series
- US Patent No. 2,778,759
- Date
- January 22, 1957
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 23761 · asbestosclaims.law/library/23761
- Rights
- US government work, in the public domain.
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Where it was listed
- Barry Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects (5th edition, 2005)
Cited by Barry Castleman
In Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects (5th edition, 2005), which cites it in:
- Chapter 6 (Alternatives to Asbestos Insulation), p. 375, note 26
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Joseph F. Stephens, Glenn W. Kerr. “Thermal pipe insulation (US Patent 2,778,759, 1957).” January 22, 1957. US Patent No. 2,778,759. US Patent Office. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 23761. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/23761.
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