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A.V.C. (Rockbestos)

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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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.

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

  • Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: September 13, 1927”, said by Rockbestos Products Corporation, as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file2
  • Asbestos content: “Marker one or more uncolored cotton threads wound spirally in Asbestos”, p. 12

Label: Rockbestos A.V.C. power cable tag (Rockbestos Products Corp.), Image

  • Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: September 13, 1927”, said by Rockbestos Products Corporation, as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file3
  • Asbestos content: “ASBESTOS”, p. 13

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
  • 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

References

  1. USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (June 18, 1931). Not yet published in our library.
  2. Label: A.V.C. wire tag (Rockbestos Products Corp.), Image.
  3. Label: Rockbestos A.V.C. power cable tag (Rockbestos Products Corp.), Image.
  4. Asbestos Magazine, 1931, October 1931 (October 1, 1931), p. 56.
  5. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 60. Not yet published in our library.
  6. Label: ROCKBESTOS A.V.C. (ROCKBESTOS PRODUCTS CORP.), p. 1.

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