Documents in our library describe Noramite (North American Asbestos) as “crocidolite and amosite asbestos products, for reinforcement of plastics-namely, prepared fibers, rovings, ropes, yarns, fabrics, mats, and paper”.1 They give it as sold from 1958.1,2,3 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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How Noramite (North American Asbestos) looked: labels, photographs and catalog pages from our library. Each picture has its own page and library number, so it can be cited on its own.
Label: Noramite crocidolite and amosite asbestos products for plastics (North American Asbestos Corp.)Label or package · ACL Doc 20479
Advertisement: NORAMITE non-woven fabrics (North American Asbestos Corporation)Advertisement · ACL Doc 20888
What each document says
Every statement about Noramite (North American Asbestos) 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 1958-01-28”, said by NORTH AMERICAN ASBESTOS CORPORATION, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “CROCIDOLITE AND AMOSITE ASBESTOS PRODUCTS, FOR REINFORCEMENT OF PLASTICS-NAMELY, PREPARED FIBERS, ROVINGS, ROPES, YARNS, FABRICS, MATS, AND PAPER”, said by NORTH AMERICAN ASBESTOS CORPORATION, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Advertisement: NORAMITE non-woven fabrics (North American Asbestos Corporation), Image
Label: Noramite crocidolite and amosite asbestos products for plastics (North American Asbestos Corp.), Image
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “amosite or crocidolite fibers, rope rovings, fabric” (as of 1962), p. 954
Kind of product
We list Noramite (North American Asbestos) with paper, felt and millboard and cloth, tape and other textiles, from how the documents describe it. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (299)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · No. 411 Asbestos Underlayment (Nicolet) · No. 45 Fiberock (Philip Carey) · No. 50 (Johns-Manville) · No. 55 Fiberock (Philip Carey) · Non Burn Asbestos Paper (Johns-Manville) · Non-burn Asb Paper (Johns-Manville) · Noramite (Cape Asbestos) · Nordeskafilt (Nordesk A Moskinfilt Aktiebologet) · Norriscell (Nicolet) · Nu-wrap Non-sweat (Nicolet) · Nycinsul (Johns-Manville) · Old Hickory (Industrial Gloves Company) · Pan-o-cel (Johns-Manville) · Paperbestos (Johns-Manville) · Permatherm (Chase-Foster) · and 279 more: all paper, felt and millboard
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) · Niagarite (Johns-Manville) · Nicofil (Nicolet) · Nicolon (Nicolet) · No Dust (Consolidated Asbestos) · No. 118 Kearsarge Gaskets (Johns-Manville) · No. 55 Cable Fireproofing Tape (Johns-Manville) · Noramite (Cape Asbestos) · Novabestos (Irvington) · Novatex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Nu-Flex (Car-Mon Products) · Old Hickory (Industrial Gloves Company) · Palmetto Cabcock (Greene Tweed & Co.) · Pars (Pars Manufacturing) · Perf-a-tape (U.S. Gypsum) · Philbestos (Pacor) · and 281 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles
See also
- North American Asbestos: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
References
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (February 21, 1958). Not yet published in our library.
- Advertisement: NORAMITE non-woven fabrics (North American Asbestos Corporation), Image.
- Label: Noramite crocidolite and amosite asbestos products for plastics (North American Asbestos Corp.), Image.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 95. Not yet published in our library.
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