EP0230595B1 - Coffin cooling unit - Google Patents

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EP0230595B1
EP0230595B1 EP86117317A EP86117317A EP0230595B1 EP 0230595 B1 EP0230595 B1 EP 0230595B1 EP 86117317 A EP86117317 A EP 86117317A EP 86117317 A EP86117317 A EP 86117317A EP 0230595 B1 EP0230595 B1 EP 0230595B1
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coffin
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Alberto Cipelletti
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NUOVA ZORSOL Srl
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D15/00—Devices not covered by group F25D11/00 or F25D13/00, e.g. non-self-contained movable devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G17/00—Coffins; Funeral wrappings; Funeral urns
    • A61G17/002—Coffins with cooling arrangements for the corpse

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  • the present invention concerns a cooling unit for coffins, of the type using a refrigerating circuit consisting of a compressor, a condenser, one or more expansion or similar valves and an evaporator, which is in a situation of heat exchange with the interior of the coffin.
  • Similar cooling units are already known and used when it is necessary to delay the final closing of the coffin for whatever reason.
  • these units consist of mobile and re-useable units, with an evaporator consisting of a heat exchanger which operates in a situation of heat exchange with the interior of the coffin, which obviously remains closed to prevent losses to the exterior.
  • US-A-3 618 336 shows a cooling coffin structure in which a cooling circuit comprises ducts within the coffin.
  • the circuit contains air moved by a blower.
  • US-A-4 103 510 describes a portable cooling chest which can be detachably connected to the refrigerating circuit of a car.
  • an object of the present invention is a cooling unit of the type and for the application mentioned above, which present a new and improved configuration, so as to improve the use and efficiency of the same, obtaining the maximun of flexibility of the use with the minimum of costs.
  • a cooling unit for coffins consisting of a refrigerating circuit with a compressor, a condenser, one or more expansion or similar valves and an evaporator in a situation of heat exchange with the interior of the coffin, the evaporator being composed of at least one coil permanently installed in the coffin and pre-charged with refrigeration fluid under pressure, characterized that said coil is of the disposable type and fitted with rapid attachments for its attachment to the remaining components of the refrigerating circuit and for its disconnection from those said components when the cooling is interrupted, in that said coil is a flat coil (roll-bond) and in that said flat coil is incorporated into a coffin lining or a winding sheet.
  • the cooling unit according to the invention consists of two parts, one part composed of all the components a refrigeration circuit, to be eventually contained in a transportable container, and the other part consisting only of the evaporator, which is connected to the remaining parts to close the refrigeration circuit but which is detachable from them and constitutes a disposable element along with the coffin.
  • the other components of the refrigeration circuit can be afterwards connected to another evaporator permanently connected to another coffin.
  • the evaporator embedded in a flat sheet allows to use the same for refrigerating the corpse without involving any modification of the coffin structure, which can be of any usual type.
  • US-A-4 103 510 does not suggest to use the same refrigerating not-disposable circuit (compressor, condenser, expansion valves) with different, disposable evaporator coils.
  • the cooling coil can be located in optimum position, and there exist no problems about the closure of the coffin when the components of the refrigeration circuit, with the exception of the evaporator, are detached, because it is simply a matter of disconnecting the rapid attachment connectors and of providing for the sealing of the same in the coffin.
  • the components of said circuit which operate on a new evaporator should include a tank, containing freon under pressure, which allows the loss to be compensated.
  • the tank should be large enough for at least a certain number of operations.
  • a refrigeration circuit of the classic type consisting of a compressor 10 which sends the gas along the pipe 11 to the condenser 12, which can be cooled by a fan 13.
  • the liquid obtained from the condenser 12 is collected in a tank 14 and sent along the pipe 15 to an expansion valve 16 which in its turn sends the expanded and cooled gas along the pipe 17 to the evaporator, from where the gas returns along the pipe 18 once again to the compressor 10.
  • All the components of the refrigeration circuit could be enclosed in a container 19 and be made transportable.
  • attachments 22 and 23 which can be connected or disconnected to the former, connected respectively to a delivery pipe 24 and a return pipe 25 for the same refrigerating fluid, in general freon, which is made to circulate in an evaporator consisting of a cooling coil 26 fed from the delivery 24 and from which the fluid leaves through the return pipe 25.
  • the pipes 24 and 25 and the coil 26 are themselves filled with the refrigerating fluid under pressure maintained by the attachments 22 and 23. Further, the coil 26 is distributed in the best possible way inside the coffin, for example it is inserted into the lining of the coffin or even in the winding sheet which is used in these cases, or, anyhow, in an element 27 of the coffin very close to the remains.
  • the evaporator 26 consistutes a disposable item, which can be connected or disconnected to the other components of the refrigerator circuit, which are re-usable through being connected to another evaporator connected permanently to another coffin, in such a way that those other components can be re-used a number of times, each time serving a new coffin.
  • the highest cost which derives from the substitution of the disposable evaporators is offset by the smaller demands made on the refrigerator circuit, the small size and lower weight, not to mention the ease with which the coffin can be closed when the cooling unit has been disconnected.

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EP86117317A 1985-12-20 1986-12-12 Coffin cooling unit Expired EP0230595B1 (en)

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AT86117317T ATE66585T1 (de) 1985-12-20 1986-12-12 Kuehlgeraet fuer saerge.

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IT8524225U IT209042Z2 (it) 1985-12-20 1985-12-20 Gruppo di raffreddamento per cofani mortuari.
IT2422585U 1985-12-20

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EP0230595B1 true EP0230595B1 (en) 1991-08-28

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DE10055788C1 (de) * 2000-11-10 2002-12-19 Johann Unterpaintner Sarg mit Kühlung

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IT1264864B1 (it) * 1993-06-22 1996-10-17 Nuova Zorsol Srl Gruppo di raffreddamento per cofani mortuari con piastra di raffreddamento staccabile e recupero di fluido
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DE19948782C2 (de) * 1999-10-08 2001-09-13 Ulrich Jahn Vorrichtung zur Kühlung des Innenraums eines Sarges
IT1317970B1 (it) 2000-06-16 2003-07-21 Nuova Zorsol Srl Gruppo di reffreddamento per cofani mortuari con elemento diraffreddamento separabile.
NL1016281C2 (nl) * 2000-09-27 2002-03-28 Jan Willem Van Willegen Koelinrichting voor het lichaam van een overleden persoon.
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IT8524225V0 (it) 1985-12-20
ES2026449T3 (es) 1992-05-01
EP0230595A1 (en) 1987-08-05
DE3681149D1 (en) 1991-10-02
ATE66585T1 (de) 1991-09-15

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