Documents in our library describe "V" Pilot (Pilot Packing Co.) as “mechanical packings-namely, semi-metallic packing, metal packing, asbestos coil and spiral packings, asbestos semi-metallic metal packing rings and gaskets”.1 They give it as sold from 1912.1
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What each document says
Every statement about "V" Pilot (Pilot Packing Co.) 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 1912-01-10”, said by PILOT PACKING CO., INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “MECHANICAL PACKINGS-NAMELY, SEMI-METALLIC PACKING, METAL PACKING, ASBESTOS COIL AND SPIRAL PACKINGS, ASBESTOS SEMI-METALLIC METAL PACKING RINGS AND GASKETS”, said by PILOT PACKING CO., INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Kind of product
We list "V" Pilot (Pilot Packing Co.) with gaskets and packing, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Pipefitters and Plumbers, Millwrights, Machinists, and Industrial Mechanics.
Other gaskets and packing by Pilot Packing Co. (1)
Gaskets and packing by other makers (210)
Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Flexatallic (Flexatalic Gasket Corp.) · Jewett (Johns-Manville) · Spirotallic (Johns-Manville) · Aztec (Asbestos Textile Co.) · Vee-Square (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Velbestos (Vellumoid) · Victopac (Victor Manufacturing & Gasket) · Viton-Asbestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Wirepack (Fel-Pro) · X-l (Excelsior) · "Tauril" (Ungarische Gummiwaarenfabriks Actiengesellschaft) · 101 Mobilene Sheet (Johns-Manville) · 580 (Nicolet) · 64 Diagonal High Pressure Packing (A. W. Chesterton) · A The Anchor Packing Company Target Sheet (Anchor Packing) · Aberdeen 50 (Aberdeen Industries) · Accobest An-8012 (Armstrong Cork) · Accopac An-892 (Armstrong Cork) · Ad-486 (Armstrong Cork) · and 190 more: all gaskets and packing
References
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (April 16, 1956). Not yet published in our library.
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“"V" Pilot (Pilot Packing Co.).” AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/products/pilot-packing-co-v-pilot.
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