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Timbertex (Ruberoid)

Documents in our library describe Timbertex (Ruberoid) as “asbestos-cement shingles”.1 They give it as sold from 1932.1,2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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How Timbertex (Ruberoid) 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 Timbertex (Ruberoid) 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 1932-09-06”, said by RUBEROID CO., THE, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
  • Description: “ASBESTOS-CEMENT SHINGLES”, said by RUBEROID CO., THE, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1

Label: Timbertex asbestos cement shingles, Eternit (The Ruberoid Co.), Image

  • Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: September 6, 1932”, said by The Ruberoid Company, as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file2
  • Asbestos content: “ASBESTOS CEMENT”, p. 12

Asbestos Magazine, 1933, February 1933

  • Description: “Asbestos Cement Shingles”, said by The Ruberoid Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), "Trade Marks" column, p. 413

Label: TIMBERTEX (ETERNIT)

  • Asbestos content: “ASBESTOS CEMENT SHINGLES”, p. 14

Kind of product

We list Timbertex (Ruberoid) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Carpenters and Construction Workers, Roofers.

Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Ruberoid (15)

Vitramic · Eternit · Mill Board · Roll Board · American Thatch · Asbestos Millboard · Asbestos Sponge Felt · Colorator · Deluxe Stonewall · Gasket Quality · Rubestos · Color Ground · Color-Tex · Stonewall · Supertab

Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (368)

Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Therm-o-bestos (Johns-Manville) · Therm-O-Tec (National Gypsum) · Thermalux (U.S. Gypsum) · Thermo Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Thermo-board (Philip Carey) · Thermomat (Johns-Manville) · Thermowrap (Johns-Manville) · Tip Top (Ambler Asbestos Shingle & Sheathing Company) · Top Notch (Lehon) · Trafford Tile (Keasbey & Mattison) · Transite (Johns-Manville) · Transite Acoustical Panel (Johns-Manville) · Transite Core Plate (Johns-Manville) · Transite Insulated Roof (Johns-Manville) · Transite Panel (Johns-Manville) · and 348 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet

See also

References

  1. USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (October 18, 1932). Not yet published in our library.
  2. Label: Timbertex asbestos cement shingles, Eternit (The Ruberoid Co.), Image.
  3. Asbestos Magazine, 1933, February 1933 (February 1, 1933), p. 41.
  4. Label: TIMBERTEX (ETERNIT), p. 1.

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