Documents in our library describe Kearsarge Asbestos (H. W. Johns Manufacturing) as “packing made of asbestos and various combinations thereof”.1 They give it as sold from 1897.1
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What each document says
Every statement about Kearsarge Asbestos (H. W. Johns Manufacturing) 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 1897-07”, said by H. W. JOHNS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “PACKING MADE OF ASBESTOS AND VARIOUS COMBINATIONS THEREOF”, said by H. W. JOHNS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Kind of product
We list Kearsarge Asbestos (H. W. Johns Manufacturing) 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.
Gaskets and packing by other makers (211)
Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Flexatallic (Flexatalic Gasket Corp.) · Jewett (Johns-Manville) · Spirotallic (Johns-Manville) · Aztec (Asbestos Textile Co.) · K & M 466 Sheet Packing (Nicolet) · K & M 801 (Keasbey & Mattison) · K & M Style 740 Hy-Swell (Nicolet) · K&M Best in Asbestos (Keasbey & Mattison) · K68 (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Kaobestos (F.D. Farnam) · Kearsarge (Johns-Manville) · Klinger Acidit (Klinger) · Klinger-Oilit (Klinger) · Klingerit (H.S. White) · Klingerit (Klinger) · Klingerit 400 Universal (maker not given) · Klingerit-1000 (Rich. Klinger Aktiengesellschaft) · Kon-x (Nicolet) · Kormetal (F.D. Farnam) · and 191 more: all gaskets and packing
See also
- H. W. Johns Manufacturing: the company's documents, people, products and plants
References
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (July 19, 1897). Not yet published in our library.
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“Kearsarge Asbestos (H. W. Johns Manufacturing).” AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/products/h-w-johns-manufacturing-kearsarge-asbestos.
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