Gas and Oil Equipment List
November 1956
Underwriters Laboratories Inc
Sponsored by the National Board of Fire Underwriters
Paperback, 263 pages.
Asbestos References:
This book may help with identification of asbestos products.
There is a section on "Gasket Materials" which lists the manufacturers and for each manufacturer, the material(s), and the marking(s).
The following companies are listed of having produced asbestos gaskets:
Anchor Packing Co, Philadelphia
Belmont Packing & Rubber Co, Philadelphia
Crane Co, Chicago
Durabla Mfg Co, New York
Garlock Packing Co, Palmyra, NY
Johns-Manville Corp, NY
Raybestos Div. of Raybestos-Manhattan Inc, Bridgeport, CT
Rogers Corp, Rogers, CT.
United States Rubber Co, Rockefeller Center, NY (factory in Passaic, NJ)
Additional Information:
This book has information about manufacturers of many other products, and often provides the markings as well, which aids in identification.
Some of the other kinds of products that this book provides identification information for, include:
Gas Tubing Fittings
Valves, Hose Nozzle
Guages
"O" Rings
Controls, Limit
Gasoline Hose
Electrically Operated Valves
Reducing Valves
Relief Valves
Gas Shut-Off
Pipe Joint Sealing Compounds
Plastics
CONDITION: Acceptable. Front cover is discolored, as pictured. Owner stamps. Mark to back cover. Darkening to top corner of first two pages. Occasional marks to pages.