Documents in our library describe Degussa (Deutsche Gold- & Silber-Scheideanstalt) as “caulking and packing materials, prepared building stones, artificial building stones, lime, plaster, pipe insulating coverings, asphalt roofing, portable houses, and asbestos building materials-namely, shingles, wrappings, wall boards, and the like, building and portland cement, porous building stones in all forms”.1 They give it as sold from 1930.1
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What each document says
Every statement about Degussa (Deutsche Gold- & Silber-Scheideanstalt) 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 1930-09-24”, said by DEUTSCHE GOLD- & SILBER-SCHEIDEANSTALT, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “CAULKING AND PACKING MATERIALS, PREPARED BUILDING STONES, ARTIFICIAL BUILDING STONES, LIME, PLASTER, PIPE INSULATING COVERINGS, ASPHALT ROOFING, PORTABLE HOUSES, AND ASBESTOS BUILDING MATERIALS-NAMELY, SHINGLES, WRAPPINGS, WALL BOARDS, AND THE LIKE, BUILDING AND PORTLAND CEMENT, POROUS BUILDING STONES IN ALL FORMS”, said by DEUTSCHE GOLD- & SILBER-SCHEIDEANSTALT, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Kind of product
We list Degussa (Deutsche Gold- & Silber-Scheideanstalt) with gaskets and packing, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Pipefitters and Plumbers, Millwrights, Machinists, and Industrial Mechanics, Drywall Finishers, Plasterers, and Painters, Roofers.
Gaskets and packing by other makers (211)
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References
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (August 20, 1931). Not yet published in our library.
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