Documents in our library describe Silvabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) as “cloth”.1 They give it as made 1959–1981.1 They put its asbestos content at 75%.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Silvabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)
USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)
- Sold from: “first used in commerce 1956-02-20”, said by RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2
- Sold from: “first used in commerce 1960-04-18”, said by RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2
- Description: “ALUMINUM COATED ASBESTOS CLOTH FOR CLOTHING, GLOVES AND OTHER USES SUCH AS IRONING BOARD COVER CLOTHS”, said by RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2
- Description: “Covers for Flatwork Ironers”, said by RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “cloth” (as of 1962, 1963, 1970), p. 1093
Kind of product
We list Silvabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) with cloth, tape and other textiles, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Welders.
Other cloth, tape and other textiles by Raybestos-Manhattan (37)
Pyrotex · Novabestos · Novatex · Polybestos · Glassbestos · Raybestex · Rhinobestos · RM 24 H120 · RM 7504 · RM or R/M · RM Style 25 · Sealsafe · Speed-Lag-Cloth · Speedlag · Tadpole · Terrybestos · Tribestos · Ablatape · Ablatube · Allbestos · 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) · S (Herbert A. Greene) · S-1565,9S-4680L (Anchor Packing) · Safecote (Amatex) · Safety Wahlert Products (Wahlert Products) · Sal-Mo (Sall Mountain) · Sea-Ro The Universal Packing (Chester M. Roe) · Shipshape (Raybestos—Manhattan) · So Good That Only The Dealers Sell It (Lehon) · Sofilia (Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha) · Soundgard (H. K. Porter) · Soundgard (Southern Asbestos Co.) · Spauldite (Spaulding Fibre) · Splashgard (H. K. Porter) · Splashgard (Southern Asbestos Co.) · Squeegee (Henrite Products) · 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
- The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 8.
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (April 6, 1956). Not yet published in our library.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 109. Not yet published in our library.
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