Documents in our library describe Flamegard (Southern Asbestos) as “asbestos cloth”.1 They give it as sold from 1959.2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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Pictures
How Flamegard (Southern Asbestos) looked: a label, photograph or catalog page 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 Flamegard (Southern Asbestos) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asbestos cloth”, p. 781
Product: Flamegard wrapped roll (Southern Asbestos Company), Image
- Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: February 27, 1959”, said by Southern Asbestos Company, as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file2
Kind of product
We list Flamegard (Southern Asbestos) 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)
Gardian Line · Covergard · Soundgard · Splashgard · Thermagard · Weldgard
Cloth, tape and other textiles by other makers (295)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Thermobestos pipe covering · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Duplex Rod and Plunger Packing (Johns-Manville) · Dura Sleeve (General Plastics) · Eleven-thirty-three (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Emalfon (Singer Glove) · Etnatex (Duplan) · Filawound (Spaulding Fibre) · Flamegard (H. K. Porter) · Flamemaster (Atlas Textile) · Flamesafe (Singer Safety Products) · Flexible Trainline Pipe (CertainTeed) · Flourobestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Form Pack (Devcon) · Fortex (TBA Industrial Products) · Garco (General Asbestos & Rubber) · Gardwell #164 (Safety Clothing & Equipment) · and 275 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles
See also
- Southern Asbestos Co.: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
References
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 78. Not yet published in our library.
- Product: Flamegard wrapped roll (Southern Asbestos Company), Image.
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