GB2362326A

GB2362326A - Mobile cremating equipment

Info

Publication number: GB2362326A
Application number: GB0011647A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Tzung-Tai Yang
Original assignee: YANG TZUNG TAI
Current assignee: YANG TZUNG TAI
Priority date: 2000-05-16
Filing date: 2000-05-16
Publication date: 2001-11-21
Anticipated expiration: 2020-05-16
Also published as: GB2362326B; GB0011647D0

Abstract

Mobile cremating equipment comprises: a cremating container 2 with first 21 and second 22 burning rooms, guide rails 25, upper 23 and lower 24 doors, and ashes collector 4; and a cooling container 1 with water tank 11 and dust filtering device 13 connected to the second burning room. The guide rails are longitundinally spaced apart in the first burning room and serve to support a coffin support platform having wheels (3, Fig 4). The cremating equipment can be transported by a truck 20. The containers may have extendable support legs 14 and 26 which can be extended to support the containers after transportation. The ashes collector is pivotably connected to the upper door and is preferably shaped like a funnel. When a platform (3, Fig 4) is pulled out from the cremating container the ashes are automatically collected in the ashes collector. The cremating equipment optionally has a shelter member (28, Fig 3).

Description

1 MOBILE CREMATING EQUIPMENT

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

2362326 The present invention relates to a cremating equipment, and particularly to one which can be moved to a place where there- are many dead people's bodies to cremate.

Conventional cremating equipment is built in crematories. Dead people's bodies first have to be transported to crematories before they can be cremated. This is not convenient under certain circumstances, e.g. earthquakes. When an earthquake happens, and many people die, the dead people"s bodies need to be cremated quickly, otherwise serious infectious disease would spread. However, it takes relatively much time and labor to transport dead people's bodies of such a great number to crematories, and bacteria are likely to spread in transportation.

Moreover, ashes are collected manually in conventional crematories. The collecting worker might be hurt when the ashes are still very hot. It takes relatively much effort to collect ashes manually.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Therefore, it is a main object of the present invention to provide a mobile cremating equipment such that same can be moved to places where many dead people's bodies need to be cremated.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an automatic 2 ashes-collector for the cremating equipment such that collectijj,), of ashes can be faster and safer. The mobile cremating equipment of the present invention includes: a cremating container, the cremating container having a first burning room and a second burning room, the first burning room serving to cremate a dead person's body therein, the second burning room serving to bum gas produced in cremation, an ashes collector, the ashes collector being pivoted to an upper door of the first burning room; the ashes collector being shaped like a funnel having rectangular cross-section; the ashes collector serving to collect ashes automatically by contacting a coffin support platform when the coffin support platform with ashes thereon as pulled out of the first burning room; a cooling container, the cooling container being disposed in front of the cremating container, the cooling container having a dust filtering device connected to the second burning room by means of a connecting pipe; the containers having stretchable support legs which can be stretched to support the containers on the ground for a trunk tractor of the mobile cremating equipment to leave the equipment after transportation to a destination of cremation.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present Invention will be better understood by reference to the 3 accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation view of the mobile cremating equipment of the present invention when supported on a truck tractor.

Fig. 2 is a view of the mobile cremating equipment of the present invention when supported on a truck tractor when not supported on a truck tractor.

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the mobile cremating equipment of the present invention when supported on a truck tractor when not supported on a truck tractor.

Fig. 4 is a rear view of the mobile cremating equipment of the present invention when separated from a truck tractor.

Fig. 5 si a fragmentary side view of the mobile cremating equipment of the present invention when separated from a truck tractor.

Fig. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the ashes collector of the is mobile cremating equipment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view of the cremating equipment of Fig. 1 with a coffin disposed therein for cremation.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view of the cremating equipment of Fig. 1 after cremation.

-)o Fig. 9 is a fragmentary view of the cremating equipment of Fig. 1 with the ashes collector collecting ashes on the cremating platform.

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary view of the cremating equipment of Ficy. 1 with the ashes container collecting the ashes falling down from the ashes C> collector.

Fig. 11 is a view of the ashes collectors of the present invention being 4 used in conventional cremating equipment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to Fig. 1, a mobile cremating equipment of the present invention includes a cooling container 1. a cremating container 2 and an ashes collector 4.

The cooling container 1 includes a water tank 11, a generator 12 and a dust filtering device 13. The generator 12 serves to supply power to the cremating equipment. The dust filtering device 13 serves to filter the gas of cremation such that dust won't come out together with the gas to pollute the air. The water tank 11 is disposed on a lower part of the cooling container.1. Stretchable support legs 14 are connected to a bottom of the cooling container 1. The stretchable support legs 14 each is has a lower part and an upper part. The lower part can be pulled out from the upper part to stretch the support leg 14, and can be pushed back into the upper part to shorten the support leg 14.

The cremating container 2 includes a first burning room 21, a second burning room 22, an upper door 23, a lower door 24 and a pair of guide rails 25. The first burning room 21 is disposed in a lower part of the cremating container 2, and the second burning room 22 is disposed in an upper part of the cremating container 2. A connecting pipe ( not numbered) connects the second burning room 22 to the dust filtering device 13 of the cooling container 1. The guide rails 25 are longitudinally spaced apart on a lower wall ofthe first burning room 21. Stretchable support legs 26 are connected to a bottom the cremating container 2. The stretchable support legs 26 are the same as the stretchable support legs 14 of the cooling container 1.

The cremating container further has a sheltering member 28 movably covering the upper side and two lateral sides thereof The sheltering member 28 has guide rails 281 disposed on pulleys 27, as shown in Fig. I, on a top side of the cremating container 2 such that the sheltering member 28 can be moved easily and smoothly. The upper door 23 and the lower door 24 are disposed on a rear side of the cremating container 2.

A cremating platform 3 serves to support a coffin and a dead person's body thereon. The cremating platform 3 has wheels 31 which can help the cremating platform 3 to move easily on the guide rails 25 in the cremating container 2.

Referring to Fig. 3, the sheltering member 28 has stretchable support rods 282 which serve to support the sheltering member 28 on the ground.

The ashes collector 4 is pivoted to the upper door 23 of the cremating container 2. Referring to Fig. 6, the ashes collector 4 includes a collecting holder 41 and a sliding door 42. The collecting holder 41 includes an upper side plate 411, a lower side plate 412, a left side plate 413 and a right side plate 414. The side plates 411, 412, 413, 414 are shaped such that the collecting holder 41 has a rear opening bigger than a front opening thereof Furthermore, the upper and the lower side plates 411, 412 are shorter than the left and the right side plates 413, 414. The upper side plate 411 has a slot 4111 thereon. The sliding door 42 has a handle 421, and is movably inserted through the slot 4111 such that the 6 sliding door 42 can be lifted from the handle 421 to allow ashes to pass through the front opening of the collecting holder 41. When the sliding door 42 is released, the front opening of the collecting holder 41 is blocked by the sliding door 42.

In cremation, referring to Figs. 7 and 8, a coffin 5 holding a dead person's body is disposed on the cremating platform 3.. Then. the cremating platform 3 is pushed into the first burning room 21. After cremation in the first burning room 21, the gas in the first burning room 21 is pumped into the second burning room 22 for a second burning.

Then, the gas is pumped into the dust filtering device 13 in the cooling container before it exits to the air.

In a step of ashes collecting after cremation, referring to Figs. 9 and 10, the lower door 24 of the cremating container 2 is opened, and the sheltering member 28 is moved to shelter the collecting platform 7. The stretchable support rods 282 are stretched to support the sheltering member 28 on the ground, as shown in Fig. 4. Then, the cremating platform 3 is pulled out gradually, and is supported on the collecting platform 7 with the ashes collector 4 held on an upper side of the cremating platform 3. Thus, the ashes on the cremating platform 3 are automatically collected in the ashes collector 4. After the collecting step, referring to Fig. 10, the ashes collector 4 is pivoted sown for the front opening to face down, and an ashes container 6 is disposed under the ashes collector 4. The sliding door 42 of the ashes collector 4 is opened for the ashes to fall into the ashes container 6.

Referring again to Fig. 1, the mobile cremating equipment is 7 supported on the ground with the stretchable support legs 14, 26 such that same is located in position for the cremation steps.

A truck tractor 20 is backed for a support platform of the truck tractor 20 to be inserted under bottoms of both the cooling container I and the cremating container 2 of the cremating equipment. Then, the lower parts M of the stretchable support legs 14, 26 are pushed back into the' upper parts of the support legs 14, 26for the cremating equipment to be supported on the support platform of the truck tractor 20. Thus, the truck tractor 20 can transport the cremating equipment to places where many cremations need to be done. After, the truck tractor 20 moves the cremating equipment to the destination, the stretchable support legs 14, 26 can be stretched again to support the cremating equipment to allow the tractor to leave.

The mobile cremating equipment of the present invention can also be used in places where a lot of dead animals die because of pestilence.

Referring to Fig. 11, the ashes collector of the present invention can also be used in a conventional cremating equipment for easy and convenient collecfing of ashes.

From the able description, the mobile cremating equipment of the present invention can be know to have desirable features as follows.

1. Dead people bodies don't have to be transported to crematories, preventing bacteria from spreading, especially when many people die in disasters.

2. The second burning room and the dust filtering device can prevent I-D dust and dirt in the gas of cremation from exiting to the air.

8 4 3. When there are pestilence causing a lot of deaths of animals, the mobile cremating equipment can be transported to the scene immediately, preventing bacteria from spreading because of delay and during transportation of the dead animals.

tn The ashes collector provides a very easy and convenient way of ashes collecting W 9

Claims

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:

1. A mobile cremating equipment, comprising (1) a cremating container, said cremating container including (a) a first burning room, said first buming room being located in a lower part of said cremating container, said first burning room having a pair of longitudinally spaced guide rails therein.. said first burning room having an upper door and a lower door, said guide rails serving to support a coffin supported platform having wheels for said coffin support platform to be moved easily; (b)a second burning room, said second burning room being disposed in an upper part of said cremating container; (2) an ashes collector said ashes collector being pivoted to said upper door of said first burning room; said ashes collector including an upper side plate a lower side plate, a left side plate and a right side plate; said side plates being connected for said ashes collector to have a front openig and a rear opening said upper side plate having a slot adjacent to said front opening for permitting a sliding 2_ Z1- tn door to be movably inserted through said slot; (3) a cooling container, said cooling container being disposed in front of said crematina container. having, a water tank and a dust filterina device-. said dust filterinsi device bein2 connected to said second burnino, room of said cremating container by means of a w id dust filtering device serving to filter gas connecting pipe-, sai I - I I frorn said second buming roorn, whereby said cremating equipment can be transported by a truck tractor with bottoms of said containers being supported on a platform of said truck tractor.

2. The mobile cremating equipment as claimed in Claim 1, wherein id upper side plates, said lower side plates, said left side plates sai 1 1 1 1 and said right side plates being shaped such that said rear opening of said ashes collector is wider than said front opening of said ashes collector.

3. The mobile cremating equipment as claimed in Claim 1, wherein 0 1 1 said cooling container and said cremating container each has stretchable support legs connected to said bottom thereof said stretchable legs each having an upper part and a lower part; said lower parts being capable of being pulled out from said upper parts to stretch said stretchable support legs; said lower parts being capable of being pushed back into said upper parts ot shorten said is stretchable support legs.

C 4. The mobile cremating equipment as claimed in Claim 1, further including a sheltering member, said sheltering member having rail on a lower side thereof said cremating container having pulleys on a top side, said shelterin member being capable of moving on said 9 cremating container with said rail disposed on said pulleys of said cremating container, said sheltering member having stretchable support rods. said stretchable support rod being capable of being stretched to support said sheltering inember. said stretchable support -rod being capable of being shortened for transportation of 1 - id equipment by said truck tractor.

sai 5. The mobile cremating equipment as clairned in Claim II wherein \d said upper plate and said lower plate of said ashes collector are shorter than said left plate and said right plate of said ashes collector.

- 1 Amendments to the claims have been filed as follows CLAIMS 1. A mobile cremating equipment, comprising:

(1) a cremating container, said cremating container including (a) a first burning room located in a lower part of said cremating container, said first burning room having a pair of longitudinally spaced guide rails therein and an upper door and a lower door, said guide rails serving to support a coffin support platform having wheels for moving said coffin support platform relatively easily; and (b) a second burning room disposed in an upper part of said cremating container; (2) an ashes collector pivoted on said upper door of said first burning room, said ashes collector including an upper side plate, a lower side plate, a left side plate and a right side plate, said side plates being connected such that said ashes collector has a front opening and a rear opening, and said upper side plate having a slot adjacent to said front opening for permitting a sliding door to be movably inserted through said slot; and (3) a cooling container disposed in front of said cremating container, said cooling container having a water tank and a dust filtering device, said dust filtering device being connected to said second burning room of said cremating container by means of a connecting pipe, and said dust filtering device serving to filter gas from said second burning room, whereby said cremating equipment can be transported by a truck tractor with a bottom of said container being supported on a platform of said truck tractor.

2.

The mobile cremating equipment as claimed in Claim 1, wherein each of said upper side plate, said lower side plate, said left side plate and 30 said right side plate is shaped such that said rear opening of said ashes 1-2.

:I_ q collector is wider than said front opening of said ashes collector.

0 3.

The mobile cremating equipment as claimed in Claim 1 wherein each of said cooling container and said cremating container has extendable support legs connected to said bottom thereof, and each of said extendable legs has an upper part and a lower part, said lower parts being capable of being pulled out from said upper parts to extend said extendable support legs, and said lower parts being capable of being pushed back into said upper parts to shorten said extendable support legs.

4. The mobile cremating equipment as claimed in Claim 1 further including a sheltering member, said sheltering member having rails on a lower side thereof, said cremating container having pulleys on a top side thereof, said sheltering member being capable of being moved on said cremating container with said rails disposed on said pulleys of said cremating container, said sheltering member having extendable support rods, said extendable support rods being capable of being extended to support said sheltering member, and said extendable support rods being capable of being shortened for transportation of said equipment by said truck tractor.

5. The mobile cremating equipment as claimed in Claim 1 wherein each Z:> of said upper plate and said lower plate of said ashes collector is shorter than each of said left plate and said right plate of said ashes collector.

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