Documents in our library describe A.V.C. (Rockbestos) as “electric cables and other electric conductors insulated with asbestos and varnished cambric”.1 They give it as sold from 1927.1,2,3 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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Pictures
How A.V.C. (Rockbestos) looked: labels, photographs and catalog pages from our library. Each picture has its own page and library number, so it can be cited on its own.
Label: ROCKBESTOS A.V.C. (ROCKBESTOS PRODUCTS CORP.)Label or package · ACL Doc 15063
Label: A.V.C. wire tag (Rockbestos Products Corp.)Label or package · ACL Doc 20196
Label: Rockbestos A.V.C. power cable tag (Rockbestos Products Corp.)Label or package · ACL Doc 20542
What each document says
Every statement about A.V.C. (Rockbestos) 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 1927-09-13”, said by ROCKBESTOS PRODUCTS CORPORATION, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “ELECTRIC CABLES AND OTHER ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS INSULATED WITH ASBESTOS AND VARNISHED CAMBRIC”, said by ROCKBESTOS PRODUCTS CORPORATION, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Label: A.V.C. wire tag (Rockbestos Products Corp.), Image
Label: Rockbestos A.V.C. power cable tag (Rockbestos Products Corp.), Image
Asbestos Magazine, 1931, October 1931
- Description: “electric cables and other electric conductors insulated with asbestos and varnished cambric”, said by Rockbestos Products Corporation, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), "Trade Marks" column, p. 564
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asbestos-varnished cambric wire & cable” (as of 1962), p. 605
Label: ROCKBESTOS A.V.C. (ROCKBESTOS PRODUCTS CORP.)
- Asbestos content: “Marker use or more uncolored cotton threads wound spirally in Asbestos”, p. 16
Kind of product
Trades that worked with products like it: Electricians and Electrical Workers.
See also
- Rockbestos 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) (June 18, 1931). Not yet published in our library.
- Label: A.V.C. wire tag (Rockbestos Products Corp.), Image.
- Label: Rockbestos A.V.C. power cable tag (Rockbestos Products Corp.), Image.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1931, October 1931 (October 1, 1931), p. 56.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 60. Not yet published in our library.
- Label: ROCKBESTOS A.V.C. (ROCKBESTOS PRODUCTS CORP.), p. 1.
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