Documents in our library describe Duraform (Turner Brothers Asbestos) as “flat reinforced rigid vinyl sheet laminates; also as a sheet moulding material”.1 They give it as sold from 1964.1,2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Duraform (Turner Brothers Asbestos) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1964, August 1964
- Description: “the first asbestos-reinforced thermoplastic laminating material”, said by Turner Brothers Asbestos Co. Ltd., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 101
- Sold from: “have introduced”, said by Turner Brothers Asbestos Co. Ltd., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 101
- Form: “flat reinforced rigid vinyl sheet laminates; also as a sheet moulding material”, said by Turner Brothers Asbestos Co. Ltd., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 101
USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)
- Sold from: “first used in commerce 1968-08-30”, said by TURNER BROTHERS ASBESTOS COMPANY LIMITED, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2
- Description: “ASBESTOS REINFORCED PLASTIC SHEET MATERIAL”, said by TURNER BROTHERS ASBESTOS COMPANY LIMITED, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2
Asbestos Magazine, 1978, April 1978
- Description: “DURAFORM vinyl sheet” (as of 1977), said by Turner & Newall Ltd., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 363
Asbestos Magazine, 1965, April 1965
- Description: “the first asbestos reinforced thermoplastic sheeting”, p. 204
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asbestos-reinforced thermoplastic” (as of 1957, 1964), p. 735
Kind of product
We list Duraform (Turner Brothers Asbestos) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet and asbestos-reinforced plastics, from how the documents describe its form. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Carpenters and Construction Workers, Electricians and Electrical Workers.
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (383)
Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Detroc Board (M. H. Detrick) · Don'T Monkey With Cheap Roofs (Lone Star Roofing) · Du Shield (Flintkote) · Dualay (Keasbey & Mattison) · Dura Shake (GAF) · Dura-Color (GAF) · Duracolor (GAF) · Duralite (Asbestos Corp. of America) · Duroc (GAF) · Dutch Lap (GAF) · Ebonized Asbestos (Ambler Asbestos) · Ebonized Asbestos (Keasbey & Mattison) · Economy 250 (National Gypsum) · Equality (Johns-Manville) · Eternit (GAF) · and 363 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
Other asbestos-reinforced plastics by Turner Brothers Asbestos (2)
Asbestos-reinforced plastics by other makers (38)
Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Thermomat (Johns-Manville) · Thermasil (Keene) · Caposite (Cape Asbestos Co. of London) · Chemtite (Johns-Manville) · Asbestite (Burndy) · Asbestohm (Dossert) · Bakelite (Union Carbide) · Celoron (Continental Diamond Fibre) · Copalam (Cottrel Paper Co. Inc. (Fall River, MA)) · Diall 51-01 (Cannon Electric) · Dilecto (Continental Diamond Fibre) · Ferrobestos (J. W. Roberts Ltd (Turner & Newall)) · Fiberloy (Rogers) · Fosterite Asbestos (Westinghouse) · Homart (Sears) · Houservice (O'Neill Lumber Co.) · Kenbase (David E. Kennedy) · Kensert (David E. Kennedy) · Micarta 8564 (Westinghouse) · and 18 more: all asbestos-reinforced plastics
See also
- Turner Brothers Asbestos: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1964, August 1964 (August 1, 1964), p. 10.
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (August 12, 1971). Not yet published in our library.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1978, April 1978 (April 1, 1978), p. 36.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1965, April 1965 (April 1, 1965), p. 20.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 73. Not yet published in our library.
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