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Glassbestos (Raybestos-Manhattan)

Documents in our library describe Glassbestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) as “glassbestos cloth - to military spec. mil-c-1207 type a 60" wide”.1 They give it as sold from 1941.2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Glassbestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Raybestos-Manhattan Sales and Price Records for Shipyards, the Navy and Other Customers (1948-1974)

  • Description: “Glassbestos cloth - to military spec. MIL-C-1207 type A 60" wide”, p. 621

USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)

  • Sold from: “first used in commerce 1941-03”, said by RAYBESTOS MANHATTAN, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2
  • Sold from: “first used in commerce 1946-01-18”, said by RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2
  • Sold from: “first used in commerce 1946-04-08”, said by RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2
  • Description: “INSULATING TAPE”, said by RAYBESTOS MANHATTAN, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2
  • Description: “LIGHT WEIGHT OPEN WEAVE CLOTH MADE FROM A COMBINATION OF ASBESTOS AND GLASS YARNS”, said by RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2
  • Description: “ASBESTOS YARNS AND ASBESTOS THREAD WITH A GLASS CORE”, said by RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2

Asbestos Magazine, 1943, June 1943

  • Use: “For insulating Tape.”, said by Raybestos-Manhattan, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 393
  • Description: “insulating Tape”, said by Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), "Trade Marks" column, p. 393

Asbestos Magazine, 1959, January 1959

  • Use: “lagging cloth for shipboard insulation (1.40 lb. Glassbestos cloth; 10P111 Glassbestos lagging)”, p. 24

Asbestos Magazine, 1966, November 1966

  • Fiber grade: “Coast Guard Approved Grade AAA Glassbestos Cloths”, p. 15

Asbestos Magazine, 1968, April 1968

  • Description: “Glassbestos (glass-yarn-reinforced asbestos cloth)”, p. 326
  • Description: “cloth, tape” (as of 1966), p. 817

Kind of product

We list Glassbestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) with cloth, tape and other textiles, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Other cloth, tape and other textiles by Raybestos-Manhattan (37)

Pyrotex · Novabestos · Novatex · Polybestos · Speedlag · Asbestos Tape · Asbestos Tubing or Sleeving · Asbestos Yarn · Eleven-thirty-three · Flourobestos · Gatortape · Glasbestos · Goldbestos · Green Shield · Greenshield · Quik Flame Oil Stove Wicking · R/M Glassbestos · R/M Green Shield · R/M Style 25 Thermal Insulating Tape · R/M Style 41-Rpd Pyrotex Yarns · and 17 more on the company's page

Cloth, tape and other textiles by other makers (264)

Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos pipe covering · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Insutape (Unarco) · Thermomat (Johns-Manville) · Garco (General Asbestos & Rubber) · Gardian Line (Southern Asbestos Co.) · Gardwell #164 (Safety Clothing & Equipment) · Gardwell #174 (Safety Clothing & Equipment) · Gardwell #1744 (Safety Clothing & Equipment) · Gardwell (Safety Clothing & Equipment) · Glas-Bes (Sun Chemical) · Granostruct (Cement Asbestos Products Co. (Capco)) · Graybestos (Sterling Packing & Gasket Company) · Grey Rock Eagle (U.S. Asbestos) · Guardian (H. K. Porter) · Gum-Bestos Asbestos Paper Tape (Grant Wilson) · Heatgard (H. K. Porter) · Herco (John Herman) · Hi-Luster (H. K. Porter) · and 244 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles

See also

References

  1. Raybestos-Manhattan Sales and Price Records for Shipyards, the Navy and Other Customers (1948-1974) (August 20, 1953), p. 62.
  2. USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (March 1, 1943). Not yet published in our library.
  3. Asbestos Magazine, 1943, June 1943 (June 1, 1943), p. 39.
  4. Asbestos Magazine, 1959, January 1959 (January 1, 1959), p. 2.
  5. Asbestos Magazine, 1966, November 1966 (November 1, 1966), p. 1.
  6. Asbestos Magazine, 1968, April 1968 (April 1, 1968), p. 32.
  7. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 81. Not yet published in our library.

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