Documents in our library describe Tuff-Link (Johns-Manville) as “asbestos-cement pipe couplings”.1 They give it as sold from 1978.1
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What each document says
Every statement about Tuff-Link (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 1978-06-09”, said by JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “ASBESTOS-CEMENT PIPE COUPLINGS”, said by JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Kind of product
We list Tuff-Link (Johns-Manville) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Pipefitters and Plumbers, Carpenters and Construction Workers.
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Johns-Manville (119)
Flexboard · Thermobestos · Min-k · Asbestocel · Metal-on · Transite Acoustical Panel · Transite Core Plate · Transite Insulated Roof · Transite Panel · Transite Sewer Pipe · Transite-Korduct · Transitop · Type A Asbestos Millboard · Type A Millboard · Veneered Marinite · Vitribestos · Vitro Fire Felt · Xxx Asbestos Millboard · Xxx Millboard · 101 · and 99 more on the company's page
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (264)
Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Unibestos (Pittsburg Corning) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Careycel (Philip Carey) · Timbertex (Ruberoid) · Tip Top (Ambler Asbestos Shingle & Sheathing Company) · Top Notch (Lehon) · Trafford Tile (Keasbey & Mattison) · Tri-Tone (Philip Carey) · Triple A (Atlantic Asphalt & Asbestos) · Triple Aaa Hip & Ridge Shingles (Atlantic Asphalt & Asbestos) · Turnall "Colourgaze" (Atlas Asbestos) · Turnall (Turners Asbestos) · Turnall Granitone (Turners Asbestos) · Turnall Weatherall (Turners Asbestos Cement Co. Ltd. (Turner & Newall)) · Turnall Weatherall (Turners Asbestos Cement) · Unarcoboard (Owens-Corning) · Unarcoboard (Unarco) · Uni-syn Packing (Keasbey & Mattison) · and 244 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
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 29, 1978). Not yet published in our library.
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