Patent ID: 11957630
Assignee: FRIGID FLUID COMPANY
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G  B  H | IPC A  B  G

Claim 0:
1. A casket lowering system configured to enable the lowering of a casket into a grave, comprising:
a casket support system configured to support the casket and having a shaft that is rotatable to lower the casket into the grave;
an electrically-actuated brake assembly coupled to the casket support system, the electrically-actuated brake assembly including one or more rotatable braking surfaces coupled to the shaft of the casket support system and one or more non-rotating braking surfaces to frictionally engage the one or more rotatable braking surfaces, the electrically-actuated brake assembly including an electric actuator operable to control the frictional engagement of the one or more non-rotating braking surfaces with the one or more rotatable braking surfaces to control the rate at which the casket support system lowers the casket into the grave; and
a rechargeable power source electrically coupled to the electrically-actuated brake assembly and configured to provide electrical energy to the electrically-actuated brake assembly.