Aluminum Foil (1870)

Sun Apr 6 01:57:43 UTC 2003

   "Aluminum foil" is not an entry in OED (earliest cite 1946?).  It's been used to wrap food in.

(AMERICAN PERIODICAL SERIES database)
Scientific American (1845-1908), New York; Nov 19, 1870; Vol. Vol. XXIII., Iss. 0
  7.  SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.; THE REDUCING PROPERTIES METALLIC ALUMINUM. ; pg. 325, 1 pgs
("Regular octohedra crystals of thallium formed upon the aluminum foil from a solution of the sulphate after a lapse of ten days.")

(JSTOR databse)
Hints to Travellers
George Back; Francis Galton
Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Vol. 16, No. 1. (1871 - 1872), pp. 1+3+5-78.
Pg. 22:  A disc of aluminum foil, procurable at Johnson, Matthey, & Co., 77, Hatton Garen, London, is only one-ninth part the weight of a mother-of-pearl card of the same size.

Quadrant Electrometers
W. E. Ayrton; J. Perry; W. E. Sumpner
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. A, Vol. 182. (1891), pp. 519-564.
Pg. 539:  ...attaching a piece of thin aluminum foil to it...

The Revival of Alchemy
H. Carrington Bolton
Science, New Series, Vol. 6, No. 154. (Dec. 10, 1897), pp. 853-863.
Pg. 858:  He placed in a stout glass tube a piece of aluminum foil with pure nitric acid and sealed the tube hermetically.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blaluminum.htm

(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS database)
Aluminum Co. of America.; Wall Street Journal (1889-Current file), New York, N.Y.; May 7, 1913; pg. 7, 1 pgs
("The site of the first plant in the United States for rolling aluminum foil has been selected at Arnold, Pa.")

(US PATENT AND TRADEMARK records)
Word Mark REYNOLDS WRAP
Goods and Services IC 006. US 014. G & S: ALUMINUM FOIL SHEETS AND ROLLS. FIRST USE: 19470900. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19470900
Mark Drawing Code (1) TYPED DRAWING
Serial Number 72038386
Filing Date October 4, 1957
Registration Number 0677909
Registration Date May 5, 1959
Owner (REGISTRANT) REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY CORPORATION DELAWARE 6601 WEST BROAD STREET RICHMOND VIRGINIA 23230
Prior Registrations 0605277
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL-2(F)
Affidavit Text SECT 15.
Renewal 2ND RENEWAL 19990608
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

Word Mark CHEF-FOIL PURE ALUMINUM HOUSEHOLD FOIL
Goods and Services IC 006. US 014. G & S: ALUMINUM FOIL. FIRST USE: 19521022. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19521022
Mark Drawing Code (3) DESIGN PLUS WORDS, LETTERS, AND/OR NUMBERS
Design Search Code 050910 080101 080525 081101 081106 110313 190704 190705 200302 261109 261121
Serial Number 71640785
Filing Date March 2, 1954
Registration Number 0590094
Registration Date May 18, 1954
Owner (REGISTRANT) COCHRAN FOIL COMPANY DBA COCHRAN FOIL PRODUCTS CO. CORPORATION KENTUCKY 1430 S. 13TH ST. LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
(LAST LISTED OWNER) ALCAN ALUMINUM CORPORATION CORPORATION BY MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME FROM OHIO P. O. BOX 6977 CLEVELAND OHIO 441011977
Assignment Recorded ASSIGNMENT RECORDED
Prior Registrations 0549290
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register SUPPLEMENTAL
Renewal 2ND RENEWAL 19940818
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

Word Mark REYNOLDS WRAP
Goods and Services (EXPIRED) IC 016. US 037. G & S: WRAPPING SHEETS. FIRST USE: 19530911. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19530911
Mark Drawing Code (3) DESIGN PLUS WORDS, LETTERS, AND/OR NUMBERS
Design Search Code 240907 260302 260925
Serial Number 71654843
Filing Date February 14, 1955
Registration Number 0605277
Registration Date April 26, 1955
Owner (REGISTRANT) REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY CORPORATION DELAWARE REYNOLDS METALS BLDG. RICHMOND VIRGINIA
Prior Registrations 0329760;0332398;0545767
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register SUPPLEMENTAL
Renewal 1ST RENEWAL 19750426
Live/Dead Indicator DEAD

Word Mark REYNOLDS WRAP
Goods and Services IC 006. US 014. G & S: ALUMINUM FOIL. FIRST USE: 19580900. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19580900
Mark Drawing Code (3) DESIGN PLUS WORDS, LETTERS, AND/OR NUMBERS
Design Search Code 261112 261121 261321
Serial Number 73072886
Filing Date December 29, 1975
Change In Registration CHANGE IN REGISTRATION HAS OCCURRED
Registration Number 1067092
Registration Date June 7, 1977
Owner (REGISTRANT) REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY CORPORATION DELAWARE 6601 W. BROAD STREET RICHMOND VIRGINIA 23230
Attorney of Record ALAN T MCDONALD
Prior Registrations 0605277;0677909;0818018
Disclaimer THE DESCRIPTIVE WORD "WRAP" IS NOT CLAIMED HEREIN APART FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN.
Description of Mark THE DRAWING IS LINED TO DESIGNATE THE COLORS BLUE, SILVER, AND PINK.
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Affidavit Text SECT 15.
Renewal 1ST RENEWAL 19970130
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE