Documents in our library describe K68 (Raybestos-Manhattan) as “compressed asbestos sheet material for packing purposes”.1 They give it as sold from 1943.1
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What each document says
Every statement about K68 (Raybestos-Manhattan) 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 1943-11-05”, said by RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “COMPRESSED ASBESTOS SHEET MATERIAL FOR PACKING PURPOSES”, said by RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Kind of product
We list K68 (Raybestos-Manhattan) 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 Raybestos-Manhattan (8)
Pyroid · Dixie · Fluorobestos · R/M E-66 · Ray-Mold · Silverbestos · Vee-Square · Viton-Asbestos
Gaskets and packing by other makers (203)
Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Flexatallic (Flexatalic Gasket Corp.) · Jewett (Johns-Manville) · Spirotallic (Johns-Manville) · Aztec (Asbestos Textile Co.) · Hy-tensile (Nicolet) · Jointine Betabestos (Joinine Prpducts Company) · K & M 226 (Nicolet) · K & M 466 Sheet Packing (Nicolet) · K & M 801 (Keasbey & Mattison) · K & M Style 740 Hy-Swell (Nicolet) · K&M Best in Asbestos (Keasbey & Mattison) · Kaobestos (F.D. Farnam) · Kearsarge (Johns-Manville) · Kearsarge Asbestos (H. W. Johns Manufacturing) · Klinger Acidit (Klinger) · Klinger-Oilit (Klinger) · Klingerit (H.S. White) · Klingerit (Klinger) · Klingerit 400 Universal (maker not given) · and 183 more: all gaskets and packing
See also
- Raybestos-Manhattan: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Raybestos-Manhattan 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) (September 4, 1947). Not yet published in our library.
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