US922819A - Burial-casket. - Google Patents

Description

v T. SOSNOWSKI.

BURIAL GASKET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 19.08.

Patented May 25, 1909.

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outer wall terminatesin a side wall or flange 26, the lower edge 27 of which is beadedaiid 'ada )ted to fit into the space between the been 14: and the channeled flange 15, which space, in the form of a groove, extends entirely around the casket. In the form shown, the outer wall 01" the cover is shouldered at the ang 28 between theside wall and the top wall or the co vcr, and a strip 29 of wood is entered between the shoulder so formed and the head 27, which reinforces the edge oi? the cover and at tr o same time serves to engage the edge 30 of the inner Wall 25 of the cover, which is preferably soldered to the head 27 at this point. The cover is provided with a Window 31 which is closed by double door panels '1. he cover can he provided with ornamentalpanels 33 which are formed independently oi and secured to the top of the cover by soldering. The cover is secured to the body of the casket by means of clamps 34 which are held in place by Jncai'is of screws 35 entered through the side wall or edge 26 of the cover and into the wooden strip 2.) adj acent thereto.

It is prefcrz-tlily intended to form the inner and outer walls of the casket out "1" zinc which a non-corrodihie metal and one which ren llers tlic soldering operation pccuharly e'llcctivo and run-nuts the corners and The casket so formed that there will be no exposed metallic edges and no *vrsr ble nails or rivets, so that the metal surface can he perfectly :p ined to imitate costly wood, which imitation is so perfect that it is practically inrpossihlc to tell the casket ot' the p resent iur cntion therefrom The arrangement isonc which pernlilsu'ide wtriatiojus in the design and external appcarancc of tho caslqct without departing from the general principle ol the prcscut invention, it will he noted that the design illustrated in Fig. 2 lacks the lower attaching ncclr 3.1., but that it embodies the same -l features which characterize the L .Q a The casket is one which will not heu'arped, rotted or otherwise al iectd loy moisture, will lie impervious to the to be sealed onto the body of the c attack of worms, and whichposscsses all of the ornamental features character stic oi a wooden casket, and, if desired, can be much and an ornamental outer wall in simulation of a wooden casket. Furthermore, the dew ble walled metallic casket of the present 211-- vention permits the use of much lighter metal than could be used int 1e case of a single walled .i'nctallic casket dx-s'gned to accommodate the same weight. he construction, furthermore, is one which permits the cover (ct by jlilling the groove or channel around the upper edge of the casket with solder, cement, or other sealing substance prior to the apph tion of the cover in. place; an d this 0pc on. can he very q'iuicldy performed, especially in the case of a zinc casket, by reason of the ease with which the solder can be applied to' such metallic surfaces.

What i regard as 110 w and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

.l. A casket cormnising an inner iu'talligi: wall and an outer metallic wall of orhain'cntal configuration bent or formed to abut a dust the inner wall at suitable points, and at aching means, as solder, :l'or uniting the "two walls at the adjacent points, substantially as described. f I,

2. A burial casket comprising an inner plain Wall and an outer wall having an ornamental configuration and united with an inner wall along its lower or case edge and provided, near its upper with all, i ttaching neck bent to abut against the in or wall, means, as solder, or uniting the inner and outer walls at their abutting points, the outer Wall terminating in an outwardly pro jccting'ledgc or slicll' beaded around its edge, and the inner wall terminating, at its up'icr cdgc, in an outwardly (attending channe led "flange resting upon the edge of the lodge or.

shell, and a co'vcr provided with an edge adaptcd to it into the space intcrincd'iatc the headed edge of the ledge or shelf andtho channeled iliange, substantially as escribed.

5. A burial casket comprising an inner plain wall and an outer wall having an o rna mental configuration and united with an in uer wall along its lower or base cdgeand providei l, ncar its n .vper edge, with an attaching neck bent to ut against the inner ivall, incans, solder, for uniting he inner and outer walls at their abutting pbiiutsr the outer wall terin'inatinggin an outwardly pro jecting ledge or shell headed around its edge, and the ii'nier wall terlgninsting, air-its upper edge, in an ontwardly ergtendi113; channeled shelfi, wooden anels entorm} into H10 Sim-cc i dmacrihvd. mtermedmtu he Inner and outer \vaa TFQWW M BNQWXKI J '2 k p wooden strip entvrexl intu the channeled;

flange resting upon 3 flange, and a cinublrwalk-d nwtailiu cover "Hncsses:

provlded with an edge adapted to M be- SAMUEL iiAmxzw,

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tween the; bvad i edge of (he edge 0?;- s

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