Documents in our library describe Sealfas (Benjamin Foster) as “mastics: sealfas mastic (designed 1959); ... sealfas g-p-m mastic; ... cork-filled sealfas; sealfas mastic trowel”.1 They give it as sold from 1926.2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Asbestos content: “contained small amounts of encapsulated asbestos”, said by Rhone-Poulenc Ag Company, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 171
- Description: “Mastics: Sealfas Mastic (designed 1959); ... SEALFAS G-P-M Mastic; ... Cork-Filled Sealfas; Sealfas Mastic Trowel”, said by Rhone-Poulenc Ag Company, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 171
Label: Foster I.B.M. Sealfas stencil (Benjamin Foster Co.), Image
- Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: March 27, 1926”, said by Benjamin Foster Company Inc., as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file2
The Tomplait v. Combustion Engineering Case File (1962-1969), Deposition notice and interrogatories to the Aber Company
- Use: “Sealfas 3149 mastic Benjamin Foster Co., Ambler, Pa.” (sales to The Aber Company (insulation contractor), contracts at Gulf States Utilities, Bridge City, Texas, and Gulf Oil Corp., Port Arthur, Texas), said by Doyle Glen Adair (The Aber Company), as recorded by Plaintiff's attorneys (Stephenson, Thompson and Morris), Tomplait v. Combustion Engineering interrogatories, p. 53
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