Documents in our library describe Telgard (Johns-Manville) as “asbestos paper with aluminum foil facing for use as a radiation shield in television sets”.1 They give it as sold from 1972.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Telgard (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 1972-04-17”, said by JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “ASBESTOS PAPER WITH ALUMINUM FOIL FACING FOR USE AS A RADIATION SHIELD IN TELEVISION SETS”, said by JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “PVC-bonded asbestos sheet with aluminum foil surface” (as of 1973), p. 1152
Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (1990)
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 263
- Made at: “Tilton Plant (1948 to 1976): Telgard” (at Tilton) (the plant: Tilton, New Hampshire), p. 263
Kind of product
We list Telgard (Johns-Manville) with paper, felt and millboard, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Other paper, felt and millboard by Johns-Manville (89)
Min-k · Doublex · Thermomat · Firetard · Vitribestos · Roofinsul · Salamander · Special Coated Asbestos Base Felt · Spintex · Standard Flex M-k · Standard Flexible Min-k blankets · Super Fire Felt · Thermo Felt · Thermoflex · Thermotape · Thermowrap · Toasterbord · Transhield · Type GT · Ventsulation · and 69 more on the company's page
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (210)
Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Spec Ira-440-W (Celotex) · Spec Ira-441-SW (Celotex) · Spec Ira-441-W (Celotex) · Stazon (North American Refractories) · Stonefelt (Unarco) · Super Insubestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · T/NA 200 (Ruberoid) · Terratex (G.E.) · Terratex (General Electric) · Thermafelt (H. K. Porter) · Thermafiber (U.S. Gypsum) · Thermoid Portersite G (H. K. Porter) · Triple Aaa Hip & Ridge Shingles (Atlantic Asphalt & Asbestos) · Tufbestos (Nicolet) · Tufedg (Munters) · and 190 more: all paper, felt and millboard
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) (June 4, 1973). Not yet published in our library.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 115. Not yet published in our library.
- Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), p. 26.
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