215 results for “General Electric”, page 10 of 11
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Patent · February 2, 1932
Gasket (US Patent 1,843,297, 1932)
…filed October 30, 1929. The patent's description opens (from the scanned text): This invention relates in general to gaskets, and more particularly to gaskets for use in the presence of high temperatures and pressures and…
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Patent · October 19, 1937
Handwheel Operated Mechanism (US Patent 2,096,058, 1937)
…1935. The patent's description opens (from the scanned text): My invention relates, in general, to protection Figure 5 is an elevation view illustrating a devices and has more particular reference to a modified form of…
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Patent · April 24, 1934
Insulating Material (US Patent 1,956,377, 1934)
…filed November 30, 1932. It was assigned to Johns Manville. The patent's description opens (from the scanned text): This invention relates to a material for general heat (and cold) insulating purposes, and for acoustical correction.
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Patent · October 25, 1938
Metal Bonded Friction Material (US Patent 2,134,181, 1938)
…1935. It was assigned to General Motors Corp. The patent's description opens (from the scanned text): This invention relates to friction materials such as are used as linings for brake bands orshoes; as facings for…
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Patent · December 16, 1930
Method of making Brake Bands and the Like (US Patent 1,785,391, 1930)
…the scanned text): The invention has relation to the manufacture of brake bands, clutch bands, brake blocks, and other similar curved articles of the same general class, either completely an- 5 nular, substantially annular, or segmental…
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Patent · January 12, 1932
Packing and Method of Making Same (US Patent 1,840,449, 1932)
…an improved packing ring especially adapted for use in packing rotary pumps for the water-cooling systems of automobiles, although the packing is not limited to that particular use but is ofmore or less general application.
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Patent · July 7, 1936
Pipe Guide and Anchor for Underground Conduits (US Patent 2,046,410, 1936)
…filed February 27, 1936. The patent's description opens (from the scanned text): This invention relates in general to conduits and more particularly to conduits for housing, protecting and insulating pipes which are used for example…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · August 29, 1933
S. A. Williams to A. R. Fisher with Dr. Lanza's Answers on Waukegan Dust Questions (1933)
…it would be better to make a general statement that the Company is taking steps to control the amount of dust in the air for general health purposes." Concerning whether an employee in the asbestos textile…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · February 12, 1932
Correspondence on Dr. F. V. Meriwether's Reading of Manville Plant X-Rays (1932)
What it shows At first the Surgeon General, H. S. Cumming, refused permission, writing that the work "appears to be only for the benefit of one company and can not be considered as research work" and…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · December 23, 1932
J. E. Begert to S. A. Williams on Dust Collecting Equipment at Alexandria (1932)
What it shows On examinations, Begert writes: "We give our men only a casual general physical examination, inspecting chiefly for ruptures, hernia, sight, hearing and stiff joints. We make no attempt at all to examine the…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · 1939
Johns-Manville Release on the Hospital and Accident Prevention at Asbestos, Quebec (1939)
What it shows The release reasons that because the hospital found less tuberculosis among the workmen than in the general population, "Dust is, therefore, not a serious hazard to health." It names Dr. R. H. Stevenson…
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Company document · Sumner Simpson Papers · August 23, 1934
Raybestos Division to W. H. Dunn on Johns-Manville's Invoices for Otto Binder's Work (1934)
…Sumner Simpson Papers. Their index describes this document as follows: Transmittal letter for J-M invoices covering Binder's work. Directs General Office to pay same (invoices not attached). Related documents M. F. Judd to W…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1931
Recent Views on Pneumonoconioses
Silicosis has been intensively studied since it was isolated from other diseases caused by dust. These studies have shown that silicosis may be fairly advanced without seriously impairing general health; it may, however, itself lead to…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · February 11, 1935
Association of Casualty and Surety Executives Pamphlets on Occupational Disease Compensation (1935)
…F. Robertson Jones, the Association's general manager, had spoken at the January Mellon Institute symposium Brown attended (Brown's memorandum). The pamphlets show that insurers already expected long-delayed dust disease claims and wanted them…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · September 9, 1938
Bronson Batchelor to Vandiver Brown on the Public Health Service Asbestosis Study (1938)
…nothing of its findings. Related documents Dreessen and Others, A Study of Asbestosis in the Asbestos Textile Industry (1938) Annual Report of the Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service on Dust Standards (1930)
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Company document · Sumner Simpson Papers · January 12, 1939
H. B. Meller of the Air Hygiene Foundation to Sumner Simpson on the 1939 Dues (1939)
…Expresses appreciation for contribution to the Foundation whose goals are; protecting the health of workmen, and the general advancement of industrial health. Related documents W. H. Dunn to the Air Hygiene Foundation Paying 1939 Membership Dues…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · July 2, 1935
J. P. Kottcamp to S. A. Williams on Waukegan Dust Collecting Equipment (1935)
…the company knew describes this document as follows: J.P. Kottcamp (Waukegan) asks S.A. Williams (General Headquarters), in a memorandum dated 7/2/35, what to do about certain approved budget proposals for dust control…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · September 16, 1936
J. P. Kottcamp to Vandiver Brown on an Illinois Manufacturers' Meeting About the New Disease Law (1936)
…should be kept on the payroll regardless of the fact that he may later become an expense to the Company." He warned that a "general house cleaning" would cause labor trouble costing more than it saved…
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Company document · Sumner Simpson Papers · June 1935
Metropolitan Life, Dust Survey of Raybestos-Manhattan's Bridgeport and Stratford Plants (1935)
…gives rise to a pneumoconiosis or fibrosis of the lungs" and that new findings would go into the "general composite report of the asbestos plants survey which is to be brought out later." In Johns-Manville…
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Company document · Sumner Simpson Papers · November 1934
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, A Study of Dust and Fume Hazards at Raybestos-Manhattan's Passaic Plant (1934)
…mixing asbestos and lead for abrasive wheels wore no respirator. On asbestos itself the report says only: "Asbestosis will be discussed in general report." Metropolitan Life sent two copies to Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan…