US158654A - Improvement in burial-cases - Google Patents

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G. v'AN wm KLL' Patented 1am 12, 197.15.,

4 W|TNESSES 25%@ esnnnr van WINKLE, or KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

' IMPROVEMENT In BURIAL-CASES.

; Specification form-ing p'art of Letters I Datcnt No. 158,654, dated January 12, 1875; application filed December 5, 1874.

To all'whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, GARRET VAN WINKLE, of Kalamazoo, Vin the county of Kalamazoo and State of Michigan, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in BuriaLUases; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to thel annexed drawings, K'making a part of this specification, and to the'lettcrs and iigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawing is a representation of' a vertical transverse section ot' my burial,- case, and Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal seci tional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation.

-This invention has relation to burial-cases of which the lid or top' isl semi-cylindrical in' form, and is adaptedto rotate under the interior receptacle for the corpse, for the purpose o'f opening the same, and tobe rotated up in position over the said receptacle, whereby it is perfectly covered. The nature of the invention and improvement in this class ot' burial-eases consists in a 'cylindrical pivot rigidly secured to the inside ot' the ends of a burial-case, and adapted to be received into corresponding perforations in the ends of a rotating semi-cylindrical lid or top, whereby not only is the top accurately guided in its rotation, but a means is afforded whereby the body-receptacle may be` rigidly secured against tilting when its burden is placed therein. It also consists in a strip of rubber rigidly secured' to the inner receptacle at or near its upper edge, whereby all escape o't gases and other products of' decomposition from the interior of the case is ei'ectually prevented when the lid is closed, bythe close impinging. of the said rubber strip against the .inner surface of the lid.

In the annexed drawings, A designates the outer case of my improved casket, which is preferably of rectangular form. This case is designed to be of any style of ornamentation, and is preferably ot' wood. l5 designates a hollow lid or cover in the for-n1 ot' a segment of Va cylinder, presenting in cross-section a curve greater than a semicirele, as shown in Fig. l, which lis applied within the case A,

and is rigidly held against upward or downinner receptacle of my improved casket, which is of such a length and width as that it shall tit snugly within the lid B, and is preferably 'ot' greater width at the top than at bottoni.

The case C is appliedwithin the ease A in the following manner, to wit: rlhe lid B is rotated so that it shall descend into the outer case, thereby bringing its coneavity upward.` and its upper edge nearly flush with the corresponding edge of the said ease. The inner receptacle, (l, is then introduced into the hollow ot' the lid,and rigidly secured by means of` two or more screws, s, to the-cylindrical pivots b,.as shown inligsalsand 2. lhese pivots being of considerable diameter, I am enabled to make the perforations in the ends oi' the receptacle for the reception of the screws s some distance apart, thus holding it rigidly in a horizontal position, and preventin-g all vertical vibration whatever.

With a view to preventing the escape of gases Aevolved during decomposition, I have in practice used Vthe following device, to witz I apply to the upper edges of the inner case,

C, a strip of rubber, c, of suitable thickness,

and of such width that when it is rigidly clamped by means of awooden strip, d, to the upper edge of the said case, it shall completely ll up .the space between it and the revolving lid B at its sides and ends, as shown in Figs. 1 and l2. Under ordinary circumstances this rubber strip eti'ectually prevents the escape oi' gases from the interior of the ease.

NVhen the Vbody is in the case C,Iuse the `following device to prevent the rotation ot" lid B, to wit: Two or more pivotal catches, f, are arranged at each side ofthe outer case,A, in horizontal slots z cut into the verticalsides ofthe said ease, whichY are caused bymeans of` a key or knob, k, to engage witha corres pouding groove,, in the outer surface of the lid, securely locking the same, and preventing all casual vibration.

v I may,in' praetioe,make use of a glass plate,`

Grover the face of theoorpse, and may, with a view .to showing the full-length ligure, construct the whole lid ofthe same material. What I claim as new is-L 1. In a burial-case, the combination, with tbe outer ease,'A and the inner receptacle1 C, rigidly connected by means of sorewss and oy'- lindrieal blocks, b,.of the`1id B, rotating on the said blocks, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the rotating holloriT lid B, of the rubber strip e, held in position'upon the upperv edges of case C by clampstrips d, substantially as specified, and for the purpose set forth. l A

In testimony that I claim 'the above I have hereunto subscribedmy name in the presence of twowituesses. f

- eARREr VAN WiNKLn.

f( Witnesses: .y

HENRY C. BR'IGGS,

GEoRGE E. Ummm.

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