Documents in our library describe Velvetouch (S. K. Wellman) as “brake linings and transmission linings”.1 They give it as sold from 1923.1
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What each document says
Every statement about Velvetouch (S. K. Wellman) 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 1923-08-15”, said by S. K. WELLMAN COMPANY, THE, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “BRAKE LININGS AND TRANSMISSION LININGS”, said by S. K. WELLMAN COMPANY, THE, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Kind of product
We list Velvetouch (S. K. Wellman) with brakes and friction materials, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Auto Mechanics and Brake Workers.
Brakes and friction materials by other makers (76)
Grey-Rock (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Aztec (Asbestos Textile Co.) · Chekko (Cresswell's Asbestos) · Mintex (British Belting & Asbestos) · Ring packing (Garlock) · Standco Brake Blocks (Standco Industries) · Starbestos (Knerr & Bortz) · Stella (Charles Laurence Willis) · Tiger Brake Shoes (Abex) · Top-Dog (Cape Asbestos) · Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · VeeLock (U.S. Asbestos) · Wagner Lockheed (Wagner) · 100 Alc (Standco Industries) · Abex (Abex) · Allbestos woven brake lining (Allbestos Corporation) · Amco (Asbestos Corp. of America) · American Brakeblok (American Brake Shoe) · Anchor Brake Shoes (Griffin Wheeler) · Asbesto-metallic (Johns-Manville) · and 56 more: all brakes and friction materials
References
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (January 2, 1932). Not yet published in our library.
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