Documents in our library describe Variflex (A.P.G. Hewitt Hose) as “tubes and tubing, pipes and piping, hoses and hose pipes, all being made wholly or predominantly of asbestos, plastics, rubber, synthetic rubber or of combinations of such materials and parts and fittings therefor”.1 They give it as sold from 1970.1
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What each document says
Every statement about Variflex (A.P.G. Hewitt Hose) in the documents, in each document's own words.
USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)
- Sold from: “first used in commerce 1970-01-01”, said by A.P.G. HEWITT HOSE LIMITED, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “TUBES AND TUBING, PIPES AND PIPING, HOSES AND HOSE PIPES, ALL BEING MADE WHOLLY OR PREDOMINANTLY OF ASBESTOS, PLASTICS, RUBBER, SYNTHETIC RUBBER OR OF COMBINATIONS OF SUCH MATERIALS AND PARTS AND FITTINGS THEREFOR”, said by A.P.G. HEWITT HOSE LIMITED, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Kind of product
We list Variflex (A.P.G. Hewitt Hose) with cloth, tape and other textiles, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Cloth, tape and other textiles by other makers (301)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Thermobestos pipe covering · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Unarco Brand Asbestos Cloth (Unarco) · Unarco Brand Asbestos Rope (Unarco) · Unarco Type SF (Unarco) · Underwriter's Grade Asbestos Cloth (Johns-Manville) · Underwriter's Grade Asbestos Tape (Johns-Manville) · Underwriter's Grade Asbestos Tubing (Johns-Manville) · Uniroyal (United States Rubber) · Wearbestos (Johns-Manville) · Weldgard (H. K. Porter) · Weldgard (Southern Asbestos Co.) · Weldproff (Car-mon Products) · Weldwood (U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers) · Wheeler (Wheeler Protective Apparel) · X-250 Expansion A (Johns-Manville) · X-275 (Johns-Manville) · and 281 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles
References
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (October 7, 1975). Not yet published in our library.
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