US25659A - marshall - Google Patents

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No. 25,555. PATENTBD 00T. 4, 1859. H. MARSHALL.

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H. MARSHALL, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent No. 25,659, dated October` 4, 1859.

| To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, H. MARSHALL, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented an Improved New and Useful Article of Manufacture-to wit, a Collin Made of Corrugated Sheet and Vrought or Cast Iron; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1, is a side elevation of a corrugated sheet iron cofn constructed after my invention. Fig. 2, is a top view. Fig. 3, is a horizontal section, and Fig. 4, a vertical transverse section of the same.

Similar letters of reference in each of the several figures indicate corresponding parts.

The nature of my invention consists in a new article of manufacture, to wit, a colfin having its bottom, ends and sides wholly constructed of corrugated sheet metal which is rolled or stamped into proper form and surrounded at the upper edge of its body with a wrought or cast-iron frame which serves as a brace to the body and a holdfast for screws, substantially as hereinafter set forth.

To enable others, skilled in the art, to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A, represents the body and B, the top of the coflin. The bottom, ends and sides of the body A, I make of corrugated sheet metal; rolled or stamped into proper form, the corrugations being disposed as shown in the drawings or in any other manner that will give the greatest strength and offer the most resistance to external or internal pressure. Around the upper edge of the body A, I construct an angular iange C, of corrugated metal, the corrugations of said ange being disposed as represented, or so as to run transversely to the flange. Under the angular flange or in the recess formed around the upper edge of the body of the coflin by the same, I arrange a wrought or cast iron frame D, as shown, so as t-o stien the body and answer another end presently stated. The top B, I also make of corrugated sheet iron, the corrugations being disposed as represented, or in any other manner that will give the greatest strength and stiness or withstand the most pressure both internally and externally. Around the edge of the top, a corrugated flange E, is constructed. The corrugations run parallel with the corrugations of the flange C, as represented, and being so disposed that the convex corrugations of one fiange stand opposite the concave corrugations of the other flange when the top and body are fitted together. The coffin thus constructed, itis believed, will answer all the ends of the heavy cast iron coliins at present in use, and if so, a very important object will have been attained in point of cheapness, lightness and beauty of design.

In the use of the common cast iron cofins, owing to their great weight, the devices employed to sustain them while lowering in the grave and transferring from one point to another sometimes give way and the horrible spectacle of a disflgured corpse exposed to the View of the mourners. To avoid this sad spectacle is one of the designs of my light corrugated sheet metal coffin.

To fasten the top and body together, I employ screws of a symbolical character, such as shown in Fig. 5. These screws pass down through the flanges C, E, and take a firm hold in the wrought metal frame D as represented, and they with the aid of the rubberl or gutta-percha packing a, introduced between the corrugated flanges O, E, form a perfectly air-tight joint; the rubber being crimped by the pressure of the screws and made to conform to the corrugations of the lianges, as represented. In order to afford a chance for friends to view the corpse after the Collin is thus closed the ordinary glass window Z), is provided in the top B. The glass plate is suspended between an angular flanch c, projecting down from the top B, all around the window space and another angular shaped flanch CZ, screwed or attached to the flanch c, as shown. Thus arranging the window relieves the packingr piece of all up pressure. To pack the window air-tight an india-rubber gasket is placed between two plates which are moved apart or brought together by a screw, such as shown in Fig. 5. By inserting the packing device in the window space as shown and screwing up the screws, the plates will be caused to compress the rubber, force its edges against the sides of the window space so as to pack the window air tight.

I propose, in carrying out my invention on a large scale, to have a section or sections of the top at e, or other point made separate fromv the other portion and to match said section or sections by means of a dovetail or other similar method With the main portion. By this cortruction, emblems or symbolical ligures or others of appropriate character may be readily introduced. I also propose/:n order to prevent any damage to the exterior of the colii/ from the contact of dirt to place a corrugated metal casing of arch form over the coin, said case being open at bottom and closed at sides, ends and top.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure bv Letters Patent, is-

The new article of manufacture herein named, to Wit, a coiin having its bottom, ends and sides Wholly constructed of corrugated sheet metal Which is rolled or stamped into proper form, and surrounded at the upper edge of its body With a Wrought or castiron frame Which serves as a brace to the body and a holdfast for screws, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein described.

H. MARSHALL. Witnesses:

S. H. WALES, WM. TUscH.

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