Documents in our library describe Buca Adhesive (Bird & Son) as “asphalt cement with asbestos fibers having adhesive properties for use with cold application roofing felts or mats as a part of a cold application built-up roof complex”.1 They give it as sold from 1964.1
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USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)
- Sold from: “first used in commerce 1964-06-23”, said by BIRD & SON, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “ASPHALT CEMENT WITH ASBESTOS FIBERS HAVING ADHESIVE PROPERTIES FOR USE WITH COLD APPLICATION ROOFING FELTS OR MATS AS A PART OF A COLD APPLICATION BUILT-UP ROOF COMPLEX”, said by BIRD & SON, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Kind of product
We list Buca Adhesive (Bird & Son) with paper, felt and millboard, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Roofers.
Other paper, felt and millboard by Bird & Son (1)
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (298)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Azkem (Harco Chemical) · Barrett Series 400 (Celotex) · Base Sheet (Philip Carey) · Best Felt (Armstrong Cork) · Black Top Asbestos (Philip Carey) · Blue Chip Asbestos Finishing Felt (Johns-Manville) · Bromley's Honor Pledge (George W. Bromley) · Cafco-Asbestos (Cafco) · Carey (Philip Carey) · Carey Duct (Philip Carey) · Carey Foil (Celotex) · Carocel (Philip Carey) · Ceilinite (Johns-Manville) · Cel-lux (Nicolet) · Cellamite (Johns-Manville) · and 278 more: all paper, felt and millboard
See also
- Bird & Son: the company's documents, people, products and plants
References
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (July 31, 1964). Not yet published in our library.
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