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Transhield (Johns-Manville)

Documents in our library describe Transhield (Johns-Manville) as “asbestos pipe line felt”.1 They give it as sold from 1953.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Transhield (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 1953-11-04”, said by JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
  • Description: “ASBESTOS PIPE LINE FELT”, said by JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1

Method of increasing the production rate of asbestos fiber containing articles and product thereof (US Patent 3,891,498, 1975)

  • Ingredient: “non-foaming anionic dispersant, i.e., Tamol, as a standard material to be added in the slurry”, p. 52
  • Description: “asbestos fiber pipe line felts of the type marketed by Johns-Manville Corporation under the designation ... 10 No. "TRANSHIELD"”, p. 52
  • Description: “asbestos pipeline felts”, p. 1193

Kind of product

We list Transhield (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 · Super Fire Felt · Telgard · Thermo Felt · Thermoflex · Thermotape · Thermowrap · Toasterbord · Type GT · Ventsulation · Vitro Fire Felt · White Surface Asbestos Jacket · #50 Asbestos Weatherproofing Felt · 12# Asbestos Tape · 15A Asbestos Jacket · 45A Asbestos Jacket · 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) · 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) · Unarco (Unarco) · Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Unarco Asbestos Blanket (Unarco) · Uni Syn (Keasbey & Mattison) · Uniroof (Uni-Tubes Ltd. (England)) · and 190 more: all paper, felt and millboard

See also

References

  1. USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (February 17, 1954). Not yet published in our library.
  2. Method of increasing the production rate of asbestos fiber containing articles and product thereof (US Patent 3,891,498, 1975) (June 24, 1975), p. 5.
  3. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 119. Not yet published in our library.

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