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Flamegard (H. K. Porter)

Documents in our library describe Flamegard (H. K. Porter) as “cloth,tape,felt,etc.”.1 They give it as made 1958–1974.1 They put its asbestos content at 65% to 95%.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Flamegard (H. K. Porter) in the documents, in each document's own words.

The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)

  • Made from: “58”, p. 51
  • Description: “CHRYSOTILE. YELLOW & LATER”, p. 51
  • Made until: “74”, p. 51
  • Asbestos content: “65-95”, p. 51
  • Form: “CLOTH,TAPE,FELT,ETC.”, p. 51

USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)

  • Sold from: “first used in commerce 1959-02-27”, said by H. K. PORTER COMPANY, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2
  • Description: “TREATED ASBESTOS FABRIC”, said by H. K. PORTER COMPANY, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2

Asbestos Magazine, 1971, May 1971

  • Description: “Flamegard molten metal splash protection cloth”, said by H. K. Porter Company, Inc. (Thermoid Division), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 183

Kind of product

We list Flamegard (H. K. Porter) with paper, felt and millboard and cloth, tape and other textiles, from how the documents describe its form. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.

Other paper, felt and millboard by H. K. Porter (6)

Cleangard · Porterlag · Portersite · Covergard · Thermafelt · Thermoid Portersite G

Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (293)

Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Fireclad (Celotex) · Fireclad (Philip Carey) · Firefly 800 (TBA Industrial Products, Turner & Newall) · Fireguard (Philip Carey) · Fireguard Jacketing (Philip Carey) · Firetard (Johns-Manville) · Flexstone Mineral Surface Cap Sheet (Johns-Manville) · Florobestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Fluorobestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Foil Laminates (Nicolet) · Fosterite Asbestos (Westinghouse) · Frost-Proof Pipe Covering (GAF) · Fyrbestos (Keene/Beh) · Fyrex (Grant Wilson) · and 273 more: all paper, felt and millboard

Other cloth, tape and other textiles by H. K. Porter (22)

Cleangard · Weldgard · Guardian · Porterlag · Portersite · Therm-a-gard · Thermoid Custom Lag · Type 2 Porter Tape · Type 4 Porter Tape · Type 6 Porter Tape · Aluminum Coated Asbestos Cloth · Covergard · Heatgard · Hi-Luster · Inslgard · Rwl-100 · Soundgard · Splashgard · Style 1030 · Style 2844 · and 2 more on the company's page

Cloth, tape and other textiles by other makers (279)

Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Thermobestos pipe covering · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Dilecto (Continental Diamond Fibre) · Duplex Rod and Plunger Packing (Johns-Manville) · Dura Sleeve (General Plastics) · Eleven-thirty-three (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Emalfon (Singer Glove) · Etnatex (Duplan) · Filawound (Spaulding Fibre) · Flamegard (Southern Asbestos) · Flamemaster (Atlas Textile) · Flamesafe (Singer Safety Products) · Flexible Trainline Pipe (CertainTeed) · Flourobestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Form Pack (Devcon) · Fortex (TBA Industrial Products) · Garco (General Asbestos & Rubber) · and 259 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles

See also

References

  1. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 5.
  2. USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (August 15, 1974). Not yet published in our library.
  3. Asbestos Magazine, 1971, May 1971 (May 1, 1971), p. 18.

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