Documents in our library describe No-Tar-In Roof Coating (Rutland Fire Clay) as “asbestos and asphalt cement preparation for repairing and renewing old roofs”.1 They give it as sold from 1925.1,2,3,4 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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Pictures
How No-Tar-In Roof Coating (Rutland Fire Clay) 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: Rutland No-Tar-In Roof Coating, Black (Rutland Fire Clay Co.)Label or package · ACL Doc 20556
Package: Roof Coating pail with checkerboard design (Rutland Fire Clay Co.)Label or package · ACL Doc 20702
Label: No-Tar-In Roof Coating, black (Rutland Fire Clay Co.)Label or package · ACL Doc 20477
Label: No-Tar-In Roof Coating, Black (Rutland Fire Clay Co.) (2)Label or package · ACL Doc 20475
Product: No-Tar-In Roof Coating pail (Rutland Fire Clay Co.)Product photograph · ACL Doc 20741
What each document says
Every statement about No-Tar-In Roof Coating (Rutland Fire Clay) 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 1925-06-15”, said by RUTLAND FIRE CLAY COMPANY, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “ASBESTOS AND ASPHALT CEMENT PREPARATION FOR REPAIRING AND RENEWING OLD ROOFS”, said by RUTLAND FIRE CLAY COMPANY, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Label: No-Tar-In Roof Coating, Black (Rutland Fire Clay Co.) (2), Image
Label: No-Tar-In Roof Coating, black (Rutland Fire Clay Co.), Image
Product: No-Tar-In Roof Coating pail (Rutland Fire Clay Co.), Image
- Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: January 3, 1966”, said by Rutland Fire Clay Company, as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file4
Label: Rutland No-Tar-In Roof Coating, Black (Rutland Fire Clay Co.)
- Asbestos content: “ASPHALT AND ASBESTOS”, p. 15
See also
- Rutland Fire Clay Co. 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) (October 13, 1947). Not yet published in our library.
- Label: No-Tar-In Roof Coating, Black (Rutland Fire Clay Co.) (2), Image.
- Label: No-Tar-In Roof Coating, black (Rutland Fire Clay Co.), Image.
- Product: No-Tar-In Roof Coating pail (Rutland Fire Clay Co.), Image.
- Label: Rutland No-Tar-In Roof Coating, Black (Rutland Fire Clay Co.), p. 1.
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