Documents in our library describe Karnak (Lewis Asphalt Engineering) as “waterproofing asphalt, cotton cloth saturated with hot asphalt for use in roofing and membrane waterproofing, asphalt emulsion with filler, asphalt liquid damp-proofing, liquid asphalt with [ asbestos ] * cellulose fibers * therein for use in roofing and damp-proofing, asphalt emulsion for protective coating, plastic asphalt and fibre cement, and roof coating containing asphalt and aluminum flakes”.1 They give it as sold from 1920.1
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What each document says
Every statement about Karnak (Lewis Asphalt Engineering) 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 1920-05-26”, said by LEWIS ASPHALT ENGINEERING CORPORATION, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “WATERPROOFING ASPHALT, COTTON CLOTH SATURATED WITH HOT ASPHALT FOR USE IN ROOFING AND MEMBRANE WATERPROOFING, ASPHALT EMULSION WITH FILLER, ASPHALT LIQUID DAMP-PROOFING, LIQUID ASPHALT WITH [ ASBESTOS ] * CELLULOSE FIBERS * THEREIN FOR USE IN ROOFING AND DAMP-PROOFING, ASPHALT EMULSION FOR PROTECTIVE COATING, PLASTIC ASPHALT AND FIBRE CEMENT, AND ROOF COATING CONTAINING ASPHALT AND ALUMINUM FLAKES”, said by LEWIS ASPHALT ENGINEERING CORPORATION, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Kind of product
We list Karnak (Lewis Asphalt Engineering) with cloth, tape and other textiles, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Roofers.
Cloth, tape and other textiles by other makers (301)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Thermobestos pipe covering · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Jaxcolite (Jackson, Gordon C.) · JB 1000A (Elliot Glove) · Jewett (Johns-Manville) · John Bull (Elliott Glove) · Johns-Manville Jm (Johns-Manville) · K&M Best in Asbestos (Keasbey & Mattison) · Kamklad (Keasbey & Mattison) · Kay NM Tape (Keasbey & Mattison) · Kearsarge (Johns-Manville) · Kelnit (Keller Glove) · Laminglas (Facile) · Lion Trade Mark (James Walker & Co.) · Litelag (Amatex) · Metalbest (Asberit S.A.) · Model X-250 Expansion Joint (Johns-Manville) · and 281 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles
References
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (August 13, 1947). Not yet published in our library.
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