Improvements in Slide for Coffin Lids.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application. 11th Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 10th Sept., 1892-Accepted, 15th Oct., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Slide for Coffin Lids.
LEIGH TURNOCK Draper & Undertaker 11 Park Street Stockport Cheshire
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
Consists of a slide of wood or metal, of which coffins are made, of any size or shape,
which can be worked from the ends or sides or on the top of a coffin--to cover a
hole in the coffin lid through which the face of a corpse can be seen when the coffin
lid is screwed down & the coffin is made up & so doing away with the delay and
inconvenience which is experienced with the present coffins.
Dated this 10th day of December 1891
LEIGH TURNOCK.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Slide for Coffin Lids.
1. LEIGH TURNOCK of 11 Park Street, Stockport, in the County of Chester,
Draper and Undertaker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer
tained in and by the following statement :-
My invention consists of an improved slide for coffin or shell lids, and is applicable to
coffins or shells made of wood, metallic, iron, lead or other material. The object of
my invention is to provide an easy way of seeing the corpse in the inside of a coffin
or shell when the lid is nailed, screwed, soldered or any other way fastened down,
whether the lid contains glass or not, by drawing out from the head of the coffin lid
a movable slide of any desirable length width or shape such as tapered, circular, or
parallel, the sides and bottom of which are of a V bevel, tongue or other suitable
shape and fitting level with the top of the lid. The slide is fastened in position
when closed by brasses, clasps, or any other known fastener.
I do not confine myself to making the slide to draw out from the head alone,
as I sometimes make it to draw out from either the side or end as required.
The advantages are that the slide being cut out of the coffin lid or being made to
fit and form part of it without any projection on the top, make it generally
applicable, unobjectionable, and can be used with every kind of coffin. And
through being easy and simple to operate the face or other parts of the corpse
can be seen in an instant and at any time when the coffin or shell lid is nailed,
screwed, soldered, or any other way fastened down.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a plan view of a coffin and lid containing
glass, and shewing the improved slide partly open, which in these illustrations is
one for seeing the face of a corpse only.
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation through the centre of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a section through dotted line z. z. in Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is an end view shewing slide closed, and one method of fastening in position
(termed brasses in Specification.
Reference letters serve for like parts in all figures.
A shows a coffin made of wood, B is the coffin lid on the underside of which
is fixed in a frame C the glass D. E is the movable slide which is shewn as
only for seeing the face of a corpse, though I may use a slide the whole length
of the coffin lid if required. At or near the end of the underneath side of the
slide is fixed a stop F, which prevents it from coming out past the frame C, in
which the glass D is cemented or otherwise made air-tight if necessary. Though

page_text: if desired the slide can be made without stop F so it can be drawn out altogether.
G and G are one kind of fasteners I use to secure slide into position when
closed.
If a glass is not used in a coffin lid, I provide suitable projections on the
underside of the lid for the slide to rest on when closed, or else make the
edges of the tongue shape previously referred to, which then dispenses with
the projections.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A movable slide for coffin or shell lids of any desirable length, width, or
shape such as tapered, circular, or parallel, the sides and bottom of which can be.
made of a V, bevel, tongue or other suitable shape, and may be made to draw
out either from the head only, or feet, or sides of lid, whichever is required, with
or without the stop, and fitting level with the lid top, substantially as and for the
purposes herein before described.
Dand thin och dof Contraha 1009
LEIGH TURNOCK.