EP1779829B1 - Cercueil fabriqué en matériel biodégradable et procédé de fabrication - Google Patents

Cercueil fabriqué en matériel biodégradable et procédé de fabrication Download PDF

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EP1779829B1
EP1779829B1 EP06076934A EP06076934A EP1779829B1 EP 1779829 B1 EP1779829 B1 EP 1779829B1 EP 06076934 A EP06076934 A EP 06076934A EP 06076934 A EP06076934 A EP 06076934A EP 1779829 B1 EP1779829 B1 EP 1779829B1
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Johannes Henricus Pierre Gerits
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    • 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
    • A61G17/007—Coffins; Funeral wrappings; Funeral urns characterised by the construction material used, e.g. biodegradable material; Use of several materials
    • 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
    • A61G17/004—Coffins; Funeral wrappings; Funeral urns specially adapted to be cremated
    • 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
    • A61G17/007—Coffins; Funeral wrappings; Funeral urns characterised by the construction material used, e.g. biodegradable material; Use of several materials
    • A61G17/0106—Wood
    • 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
    • A61G17/007—Coffins; Funeral wrappings; Funeral urns characterised by the construction material used, e.g. biodegradable material; Use of several materials
    • A61G17/0136—Plastic material
    • 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
    • A61G2203/00—General characteristics of devices
    • A61G2203/70—General characteristics of devices with special adaptations, e.g. for safety or comfort
    • A61G2203/90—General characteristics of devices with special adaptations, e.g. for safety or comfort biodegradable

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  • the invention in the first instance relates to a funerary box made of a biodegradable material.
  • Biodegradable funerary boxes are known to those skilled in the art.
  • WO 99/17705 discloses a box or urn fabricated from biodegradable plastics based on natural materials.
  • the biodegradable plastics are obtained from renewable raw materials.
  • Polylactic acid in addition to plastics from one or more of the materials maize, wheat, potatoes, vegetable oils, sugarbeet, milk and grain or combinations thereof, is mentioned as an example of such biodegradable plastics, particularly for fabricating a transparent lid of the funerary box.
  • the biodegradability of the material ensures that the funerary box, when used as a coffin, is broken down by micro-organisms into the decomposition products water, carbon dioxide and minerals, which also occur naturally in the environment.
  • a funerary box injection-moulded from polylactic acid and a particulate combustible auxiliary material may exhibit discolorations and locally variable mechanical properties.
  • the funerary box made of a biodegradable material according to the invention is composed of polylactic acid and a particulate combustible natural auxiliary material.
  • a particulate combustible natural auxiliary material particularly with cellulose-containing material, ensures complete combustion of the funerary box and the mortal remains in the course of cremation, resulting in the formation of a quantity of solid ashes without any liquid components.
  • the natural auxiliary material is likewise biodegradable, so that a funerary box used in an interment function is broken down by micro-organisms.
  • the funerary box according to the invention therefore gives rise to low environmental pollution levels, both in the interment function and in the cremation function.
  • a subsidiary advantage of the funerary box according to the invention is its reduced weight relative to traditional funerary boxes fabricated from chipboard with a total weight, including the lid, of about 35 to 40 kg. This allows the weight of the funerary box according to the invention to remain below the maximum lifting weight for an individual as currently defined in the Dutch Occupational Health & Safety Act (about 27 kg).
  • Coating the particulate auxiliary material, prior to fabrication of the funerary box, with a coating that will withstand the temperature reached during injection moulding prevents the occurrence of thermal degradation concomitant with impairment of colour and mechanical strength characteristics of the funerary box.
  • a likely assumption is that, while the starting material is being injection-moulded, when the particulate auxiliary material is not protected, the high process temperatures (about 180°C in the case of PLA), process pressures (ranging from about 4 bar for low pressures up to about 10 bar for high-pressure installations) and frictional forces required for injection moulding give rise to partial combustion of the natural auxiliary material.
  • Coating the premature auxiliary material with a moulding-temperature-resistant coating prevents this thermal degradation.
  • the combustion temperature of wood meal is about 180°C
  • the starting materials are prepared and processed at the melting temperature of polylactic acid (about 200°C). Applying the moulding-temperature-resistant coating prevents the wood meal from undergoing thermal degradation at this temperature.
  • Suitable injection moulding-temperature-resistant materials for coating the particles of the auxiliary material include natural waxes, for example. These materials are biodegradable for the interment function, as well as being capable of combusting at the crematorium furnace temperature (>700°C). It is noted, incidentally, that DE 102 23 392 discloses funerary boxes and urns for which the starting material used for fabrication is a readily decomposable, preferably renewable, i.e. regrowing, material. Examples mentioned include, inter alia, vegetable fibres such as various kinds of straw, and/or animal fibres and/or textile fibres, with the addition of adhesives and binders such as cellulose, starch, gelatine, natural resins, waxes and various types of glue.
  • the funerary box will consist of 2 mouldings, viz. a trough and a lid.
  • both the trough and the lid are nestable.
  • the trough can be provided with studs, so that the troughs can be stacked exactly straight.
  • Components of or for the funerary box according to the invention are advantageously integrated in the funerary box, as is the attachment system for the inner lining.
  • the box can be provided with snap-fit systems to which the various components can readily be attached by means of a snap-fit connection.
  • the lid of the funerary box can comprise a rough section, so that wreaths, flowers and bouquets will not readily slide off the box.
  • the bottom of the box can slant upwards and thus be raised at the head of the mortal remains.
  • the product is preferably provided with a shadow rebate.
  • the particulate combustible natural auxiliary material is preferably, as already stated earlier, a cellulose-containing material. Suitable examples comprise wood and flax. Wood meal is a particularly suitable auxiliary material. Wood meal consists of small wood particles formed as various types of wood are machined. With a view to the fabrication method to be described below in more detail, the dimensions of the particles of the auxiliary material are preferably in the range of up to 4 mm.
  • the quantity of auxiliary material is in the range of from 5 to 30 wt% of the total weight of the funerary box. If the quantity is less, there is the risk of liquid constituents being formed during incineration of the funerary box, with the concomitant risks as described hereinabove. If the quantity of auxiliary material exceeds 30 wt%, the mechanical properties are undesirably impaired. More preferably, the quantity of auxiliary material is 10-20 wt%, in particular about 15 wt%.
  • the invention relates to a method of fabricating a funerary box from a biodegradable material.
  • a biodegradable material In the prior art, little is known generally on how biodegradable funerary boxes should be fabricated.
  • Another objective of the invention is to provide a suitable method of fabricating, by means of injection moulding, a funerary box from a biodegradable material comprising a polymer, in particular polylactic acid, and a particulate combustible natural auxiliary material.
  • the method to this end comprises the steps of coating the particulate auxiliary material with a moulding-temperature-resistant coating, of preparing and injection-moulding the biodegradable material.
  • one or more biodegradable modifiers can be added. Since the natural auxiliary material such as wood meal renders the polylactic acid more brittle, a toughening aid can be admixed if desired.
  • a toughening aid can be admixed if desired.
  • Ecoflex an aliphatic copolyester - obtainable from BASF - produced by reacting butanediol, adipic acid and terephthalic acid, which has a positive effect on elongation at break.
  • the injection moulding is preferably carried out by means of the cascade technique.
  • Cascade injection moulding is a technique for managing with a low(er) pressure in the mould by making use of a plurality of (sealable) sprues in the mould, a subsequent sprue being activated each time the flow front has passed through. In so doing, it is advantageous to work from the centre towards the edges.
  • the preparation step comprises the substeps of blending powdered polylactic acid and a particulate combustible auxiliary material which is coated with a moulding-temperature-resistant coating, and of extruding the blended composition.

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Claims (10)

  1. Cercueil funéraire réalisé à partir d'un matériau biodégradable comprenant de l'acide polylactique et un matériau auxiliaire naturel combustible particulaire, caractérisé en ce que le matériau auxiliaire est recouvert d'un revêtement résistant à la température de moulage.
  2. Cercueil funéraire selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le matériau auxiliaire est un matériau contenant de la cellulose.
  3. Cercueil funéraire selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le matériau auxiliaire est sélectionné parmi du bois ou du lin.
  4. Cercueil funéraire selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les dimensions des particules du matériau auxiliaire sont comprises dans une gamme allant jusqu'à 4 millimètres.
  5. Cercueil funéraire selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la quantité de matériau auxiliaire est comprise dans une gamme allant de 5% en poids à 30% en poids du poids total du cercueil funéraire.
  6. Cercueil funéraire selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le matériau biodégradable comprend un agent qui augmente la solidité.
  7. Méthode de fabrication d'un cercueil funéraire à partir d'un matériau biodégradable comprenant un polymère, en particulier de l'acide polylactique, et un matériau auxiliaire naturel combustible particulaire, caractérisée en ce que ladite méthode comprend les étapes consistant à recouvrir le matériau auxiliaire particulaire d'un revêtement résistant à la température de moulage, à préparer et mouler par injection le matériau biodégradable.
  8. Méthode selon la revendication 7, dans laquelle le moulage par injection est un moulage par injection en cascade.
  9. Méthode selon l'une des revendications 7 et 8, dans laquelle le matériau biodégradable comprend un agent qui augmente la solidité.
  10. Méthode selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 à 9, dans laquelle la préparation comprend les sous-étapes consistant à mélanger de l'acide polylactique en poudre et un matériau auxiliaire combustible particulaire qui est recouvert d'un revêtement résistant à la température de moulage, et à extruder la composition mélangée.
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