Improvements in Metal Coffins.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 6th May, 1893-Accepted, 10th June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Metal Coffins.
I, MAX HÜTTENMÜLLER of Oberhausen, in the Kingdom of Prussia, German.
Empire, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as.
follows:-
:-
The present invention relates to improvements in coffins stamped out of metal,.
preferably sheet-iron, and which are so constructed that they can be hermetically
sealed, without the aid of screws, bolts, etc.
For this purpose I provide the lower part or body of the coffin with a fold or
lap round its upper edge in which is inserted a band of india-rubber, or other elastic.
material. A flange provided round the edge of the lid or upper part of the coffin
is sprung into the fold and pressing against the elastic baud produces an hermetic.
closure.
ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent,
78, Fleet Street, London, and 6, Victoria Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Metal Coffins.
I, MAX HÜTTENMÜLLER, of Oberhausen, in the Kingdom of Prussia, German
Empire, Manager do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying.
drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
The present invention relates to improvements in coffins stamped out of metal,.
preferably sheet iron, and which are so constructed that they can be hermetically
sealed without the aid of screws, bolts, etc.
For this purpose, I provide the lower part or body of the coffin with a fold or
lap round its upper edge in which is inserted a band of indiarubber or other elastic
material.
A flange, provided round the edge of the lid or upper part of the coffin, is.
sprung into the fold, and pressing against the elastic band produces an hermetic
closure.
In the accompanying drawings is shown, by way of example, one mode of
carrying my invention into practice, Fig. 1 being a vertical longitudinal section,.
and Fig. 2 a cross section on line 2, 2 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 shows on an enlarged scale a part of a coffin lid with the packing fixed.
to its flange.
Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the underpart of the coffin body which contains.
the packing in its hollow lap, or fold.
Fig. 5 shows the lid and the underpart or body of the coffin connected together..
The upper edge of the lower part or body of the coffin is so bent or shaped as
to form all round a hollow lap or fold a, and the lid is provided, at its lower edge,
with an outwardly projecting ledge or flange b. Around this flange b is arranged,
as clearly shown in the partial cross section Fig. 3, an elastic packing or strip c,
which is caused to adhere thereto by means of a suitable adhesive material. This
packing or strip, instead of being placed over the flange b, may be arranged within
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page_text: the hollow lap or fold a, and be fixed therein in the same manner as above stated
(see Fig. 4). Or a packing cord c may be used, and be firmly secured in the hollow
lap or fold a as shown in Fig. 5. By introducing the flange 6 of the lid into the
hollow lap or fold a, an hermetic closure is effected in consequence of the sides of
the lower part or body being slightly expansible owing to their resiliency, while,
for the same reason, the sides of the lid are slightly compressible.
'
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 :-
:-
A coffin, stamped out of metal, in which the lower part or body is provided with
a hollow fold or lap a, and the lid with a flange b, a packing or ring c of elastic
material being interposed between the fold or lap and the flange so that when the
lid is sprung into place in the fold or lap upon the lower part or body, an hermetic
closure is effected, substantially as described.
ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent,
78, Fleet Street, London, and 6, Victoria Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.