Documents in our library describe Raybestex (Raybestos-Manhattan) as “flameproof asbestos cloth”.1 They give it as sold from 1956.1,2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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Pictures
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What each document says
Every statement about Raybestex (Raybestos-Manhattan) in the documents, in each document's own words.
USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)
Kind of product
We list Raybestex (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 · Glassbestos · 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 · Rhinobestos · RM 24 H120 · RM 7504 · RM or R/M · RM Style 25 · Sealsafe · Silvabestos · Speed-Lag-Cloth · 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) · Protector Gold Cross (Protector Safety Industries) · Quietline (Amatex) · Quilon (E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And) · Quinorgo R-4 (Johns-Manville) · Quinterra 71 (Johns-Manville) · Quinterra Type 3 (Johns-Manville) · Railko (Small & Parkes) · Red Ram (Elliott Glove) · Rico (Record Industrial) · Ring packing (Garlock) · Rra 1000 (Elliott Glove) · Runwel (Greene Tweed & Co.) · Russo (A. W. Chesterton) · Rwl-100 (H. K. Porter) · S (Herbert A. Greene) · and 244 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles
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) (July 28, 1977). Not yet published in our library.
- Label: Raybestex asbestos cover and pad set for flatwork ironer roll (Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.), Image.
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