Documents in our library describe Gardian Line (Southern Asbestos Co.) as “a clean and colorful line of gardian asbestos textiles ... the line of textiles, tapes, yarn, tubing and rope is made clean, flexible and easy-to-handle via a special combination blend which is impregnated into each product via southern's cleangard process.”.1 They give it as sold from 1975.2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Gardian Line (Southern Asbestos Co.) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1975, September 1975
- Warning label: “require no health hazard label”, said by Southern Asbestos Company, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 81
- Description: “a clean and colorful line of Gardian asbestos textiles ... The line of textiles, tapes, yarn, tubing and rope is made clean, flexible and easy-to-handle via a special combination blend which is impregnated into each product via Southern's Cleangard process.”, said by Southern Asbestos Company, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 81
USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)
Asbestos Magazine, 1979, August 1979
- Change: “A complete new line of glass fabrics is being marketed in cloth, tape and yarns. These glass fabrics are an expansion of the many-colored GARDIAN line”, said by H. K. Porter Company, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 423
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “colored asbestos products & fabrics” (as of 1976), p. 804
Kind of product
We list Gardian Line (Southern Asbestos Co.) with cloth, tape and other textiles, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Other cloth, tape and other textiles by Southern Asbestos Co. (6)
Cloth, tape and other textiles by other makers (295)
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See also
- Southern Asbestos Co.: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1975, September 1975 (September 1, 1975), p. 8.
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (May 8, 1975). Not yet published in our library.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1979, August 1979 (August 1, 1979), p. 42.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 80. Not yet published in our library.
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