Documents in our library describe Celite (Johns-Manville) as “diatomaceous earth, perlite, asbestos, cellulose, synthetic hydrated calcium silicate and synthetic hydrated magnesium silicate for use as filter aids for clarifying sugar solutions, beer, oils, solvents, raw and waste waters, drinking water, swimming pool water; and for use in the dry cleaning and laundry industries”.1 They give it as sold from 1915.1
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Asbestos claims
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What each document says
Every statement about Celite (Johns-Manville) 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 1915”, said by JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “DIATOMACEOUS EARTH, PERLITE, ASBESTOS, CELLULOSE, SYNTHETIC HYDRATED CALCIUM SILICATE AND SYNTHETIC HYDRATED MAGNESIUM SILICATE FOR USE AS FILTER AIDS FOR CLARIFYING SUGAR SOLUTIONS, BEER, OILS, SOLVENTS, RAW AND WASTE WATERS, DRINKING WATER, SWIMMING POOL WATER; AND FOR USE IN THE DRY CLEANING AND LAUNDRY INDUSTRIES”, said by JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Kind of product
We list Celite (Johns-Manville) with pipe covering and block insulation and raw fiber and filler, from how the documents describe it. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Pipefitters and Plumbers.
Other pipe covering and block insulation by Johns-Manville (60)
Thermobestos · Superex · Asbestocel · 85 Magnesia · Thermobestos pipe covering · Asbestos Fire Felt Covering · Asbestos Fire Felt Locomotive Lagging · Asbestos Hair Felt Covering · Asbestos Molded Blocks · Asbestos Moulded Sectional Covering · Asbestos Sectional Covering · Asbestos Sponge (Felted, Sectional, Molded) · Champion Sectional Covering · Cobra · Colorthin · Equality · Eureka Covering · Express Covering · Fibrocel · Fine Corrugated Asbestocel · and 40 more on the company's page
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (216)
Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Kaylo (Owens-Illinois) · Unibestos (Pittsburg Corning) · Caposite Plus (Cape Insulation) · Carey Cal-silicate (Philip Carey) · Carey-temp (Celotex) · Careycel (Philip Carey) · Careytemp 2000 (Philip Carey) · Carocel (Philip Carey) · Castablock (Combustion Engineering) · Cell-O-Tone (Norristown Magnesia & Asbestos Company) · Celo-temp (Celotex) · CS (Riva & Mariani) · Custom Molded 85% Magnesia (Mundet Cork) · D.E. Block (Eagle-Picher) · Defendex (Philip Carey) · Detrick (Combustion Engineering) · Dri-mag (Crown Cork & Seal) · and 196 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
Other raw fiber and filler by Johns-Manville (8)
Plastibest · Fibra-Flo · Asbaltic · Asbestos Fibers · Afd · Blue Mud · Chlorbestos · Fibra Flow
Raw fiber and filler by other makers (34)
Caposite (North American Asbestos) · Dicalite (maker not given) · Gold Bond Asbestos Fibers (National Gypsum) · Mimco (Mining & Milling Corp. of America) · Mother Lode (Pacific Asbestos) · Asbestos Fibers (Nicolet) · Asbestos Fibers (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Fibers (Ruberoid) · Calidria RG 144 (Union Carbide) · Calidria RG 600 (Union Carbide) · Carded Crysotile (Unarco) · Carey 7 RF (Carey Canadian Mines) · Diabestos (Great Lakes Carbon) · Fiberspray Asbestos (Acoustic) · Havestos (Haveg) · Montasite (Mining & General Technicians) · Mother Lode (Asbestos Textile Co.) · Pavebestos (Carey Canadian Mines) · Pluto (North American Asbestos) · Portugese Asbestos (Powhattan Mining) · and 14 more: all raw fiber and filler
See also
- Johns-Manville: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Johns-Manville on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (April 9, 1973). Not yet published in our library.
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