US38443A - Improvement in metallic burial-cases - Google Patents

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- f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO MARTIN H. CRANE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO CRANE, BREED &

. OO., OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN METALLIC BURIAL-CASES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 38,443, dated Muy 5, 1R63.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARTIN H. CRANE, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Burial-Cases; and I hereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forms such afull, clear, and exact description of the same as will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object, first, the portability of metallic burialcases, so that the sime may be compactly packed for transportation, and thereby facilitate their general introduction. To this end the first part of my invention consists in the production, as a new article of manufacture, of a sectional metallic burialcase-that is to say, a case whose upper and lower shell, or either, are composed of two or more `parts which may be united for use or disunited for transportation, at pleasure.

The object of the second part of my invention is to make the casting of metallic burialcases as light as possible consistently with the strength requisite, and otherwise to facilitate their manufacture', thereby to cheapen the product. To this end the second part of my invention consists in making metallic burialcases with the top, bottom, ends, and sides cast in separate pieces or sections and united at the angles by overlapping flanges.

The third part of my invention has for its object the formation of a perfect and durable joint between the several sections, which either or both the upper and lower shell of a metallic burial-case shall be composed of. To this end the third part of my invention consists in forming upon each section a flange arranged to lap over or under a corresponding section-flange in such manner as to admit of the interposition of a cementing substance.

The fourth part of my invention has for its object the fastening of the covering-lid or upper shell to the lower shell; also, the securing together the several sections of which either shell is composed by means of a screw, or by any other fastening device, so as to afford a hold to the same within the interior of the the lower-shell sections with lugs, or their equivalent, to receive the ends of the screws.

Metallic burial-cases as heretofore made of two parts-i. e., of an upper and lower shellpresent, as an article of manufacture and trade, the disadvantage that they are voluminous, inclosing much empty space, which renders their storage and transportation so expensive as to offer a serious impediment to their general introduction. On the other hand, the casting of so large a piece as the lower shell of a burial-case is a delicate operation, and necessitates that considerable thickness should be given to the casting, the weight ot' which is one of the great objections so metallic burialcases.

My improved metallic burial-case,bein g composed of sections or parts jointed together, can be readily dismembered and compactl y packed for transportation or storage, and may vbe shipped or stored at comparatively little cost, while by casting them in sections the surface over` which the molten metal runs is so reduced that a very light, cheap, yet strong casting may be produced. Thus it will be seen that by my improvement I am enabled to produce a metallic burial casewhich is or may be made lighter and at less cost than any other heretofore in use.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown in Figure l a longitudinal, in Fig. 2 a transverse, section on line A B, Fig. l, of my sectional burial-case, and in Fig. 3 a detail view.

The case is composed of an Lipper and a lower shell, U and L, whose general configuration may conform to those heretofore in use, or may be adapted to any other design or form that may be desirable. The lower shell is here shown as composed of separate plates or sections, the lines of division oi' which are the corners or angles formed by the bottom C, the ends D, and the sides E. These plates or sections are provided along the divisioniine with iiangcs F F, so formed as to overlap each other. In some cases I prefer to form a groove, t, in the anges, as shown, in those of the bottom plate, for the double purpose of properly conning the cementing substance used between the flanges and of preventing the lugs x cast with the corresponding iiange F in the section in contiguity therewith, to form a gap between the two anges. To the upper edge on the inside of side pieces and ends I cast a series of lugs, G, preferably of a spherical or other rounded form. These are screw-threaded, and receive the screws whereby the lid is fastened to the cofn. The screws S are countersunk, so thatA their heads come ush with the surface of the pieces, and into which :it is secured. If the casting be so thin as to afford no depth to properly countersink the head of the screws, I use washers or cast round disks in with the plate in that part thereof which is to contain the heads of the screws. Otherwise the burial-case may be made in the usual manner. Thus a glass plate, P, may be inserted opposite the face part of the coffin, and a removable protecting cover, R, may be screwed over it.

Having thus described my invention and the manner in which the same is or may be carried into effect, I wish to be understood as not conning myself to the execution of de tails herein described, it being obvious that they are susceptible of many modications without departure from the principle ot my invention; but

I do claim- 1. The production, as a new article of manufacture, of a sectional metallic burial-casethat is to say, a case whose lower shell, or both upper and lower shells, is composed of two or more parts which may be united for use or disunited for transportation, at pleasure, substantially as set forth.

2. Makin g the top` bottom, ends, and sides cast in separate pieces or sections, united at the angles by overlapping 11a-ages, substantially as set forth.

3. Forming upon each section a flange arranged to lap over or under a corresponding,` section-ange in such a manner as to admit of the interposition of a cementing substance, substantially as set forth.

4. Providing the anges of the lower-shell sections with lugs, or their equivalent, to receive the ends of the screws, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification before two subscribing witnesses.

M. H. CRANE.

Witnesses:

J AMES UALHOUN, IsAAo C. MAsoN.

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