US1180054A - Glass burial-casket. - Google Patents

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Be it known that we, and VERNIE R. LEIGH, citizens of the United States, residing at Drewryville,in the county of Southampton and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glass Burial-Gaskets; and we hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to burial Gaskets,

and more particularly to caskets made of y glass and hermetically sealed. y

The main object of the invention is to provide an improved casket of the character referred to adapted to be readily locked and hermetically sealed and which shall possess great strength and durability combined with simplicity andeificiency in practical use.`

The invention will first be hereinafter more particularly described, with reference to the accompanying drawings, which form out inthe claims at the end of the description.

lin said drawings, Figure 1- represents a perspective view of a burial casket embodying our invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical'longitudinal sectional elevation of the same.

Referring to said drawings, in which the same reference letters are used to denote corresponding parts indifferent views, the letter A denotes the body of the casket, which may be made of glass by any of the well known methods of glass-making andof any desired size and form. As shown, it is .of oblong box-like form, rectangular in cross section, and may be of any desired dimensions, according to the wlshes of the manufacturer or the requirements 1n practical use. At one end of the casket there is p an opening for the insertion of the corpse, said opening being preferably circular. in form and of such size that the circle deopening will touch the top and bottom walls of the casket, so that the opening at top and bottom will be flush with the interior surface of the casket. The circular opening is preferably formed so that its walls taper inwardly to receive a correspondingly tapered cover. ln other words, the circular openingis bounded by inclined walls and the cover is of circular form and has inclined walls to fit the inclined walls of the end. rlhe inner surface of the opening then pointed may be given a ground glass finish to adapt 1t to receive the lid or cover B, which may consist of molded.r or blown lass of such size and shape as to exactly t within the clrcular opening, and may likewise have a ground glass nish so as tomake the device as nearly air-tight as possible.

lin the process of molding be formed with several transverse shallow grcovesextending entirely, around the same the casket mayy to receive' metallic bands C, fitting snugly in -said grooves'with their outer surfaces flush with the outer surface of the casket.

The casket is also provided on opposite sides thereof with longitudinal shallow grooves in which are fitted metallic bands D, to which may be attached suitable handles E, preferably coincident with the transverse bands C which pass over and hold the bands D firmly in place. The meeting ends of the bands C may be welded together, or overlapped and secured together by bolts or rlvets as desired, and it may yalso be desirable to secure both the longitudinal and transverse bands within the recesses or grooves byv cement or other'adhesive substance.

Thelid or cover has integral lugs or projections b b adapted to engage projecting ears or lugs a on the end of the casket,1 and integral therewith, for securing and locking the cover firmly to itsseat; said lugs a having inturned flanges a1, the inner sides of which are inclined to provide camy surfaces for contact with the lugs on the cover so ythat as the cove'r is turned it will be forced metically sealing the casket may enter the groove and insure a perfect seal, and also prevent the seal from being broken.

To facilitate the insertion of the corpse within the casket, we provide a receivingboard lF, which may consist of a plurality o f strips of metal or other suitable material hinged together at their edges and of such length and width as to provide a board of the width of the interior of the casket, thus forming a foldable false bottom that may be slid in and out as desired through the circular opening. To facilitate handling it may be provided with loops at each side (not shown) and a loop f3 at the front formed of fabric orother suitabl'ellexible material to provide suitable handles on opposite sides and at the front end, as shown. The surface of the body of the casket has preferably a single groove extending longitudinally thereof on a median line at each side and a transverse groove at each 'end and also about midway of its length, the

longitudinal grooves uniting with the end grooves, and the steel bands fitting in the end grooves preferably overlie the longitudinal bands' and hold them in place; but a greater or less number of grooves and bands may be used and any suitable fixtures for handles may be secured to the longitudinal plates on each side for carrying purposes.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A glass burial casket comprising an oblong box-like integral glass body having a circular opening therein bounded byinclined Walls a-tone end and a cover for said end of circular form and havinginclini-.d` walls to t the inclined Walls of the end and having laterally projecting lugs thereon; said body having at its open end integral flanges having inclined cam-surfaces engaging said lugs so that when said cover is turned it will be forced tightly to its seat.

2. A glass burial casket comprising an oblong box-like integral glass body having a circular opening therein bounded by inclined walls at one end and a cover for said -circular form and having inclined walls to fit the inc'lined Walls of the end and having laterally projecting lugs thereon; said body having integral end langeswith camA surfaces engaging said lugs so that when said cover is turned it will be forced tightly to its seat, and also having beside said circular opening an interior annular y hollow glass body .said body,

groove to receive material used for hermetieally sealing the casket so as to insure a perfeet seal and Vprevent it from being broken.

3. A burial casket comprising an oblong box-like glass body having at one end an opening for the insertion of the corpse and a removable cover for said opening together with means for locking the cover to its seat; said body also having exterior transverse grooves with metal bandstted therein and longitudinal grooves with metal bands iitted therein underlying said transverse bands; said longitudinal bands having suitable handles thereon at each side of the casket for carrying purposes. Y

4. A burial casket comprising an oblong open at one end and having exterior transverse grooves and longitudinal grooves in its sides, metal bands seated in said transverse grooves encircling and metal bands seated in said longitudinal grooves underlying the transverse'bands and having handles thereon for carrying purposes, and a detachable cover for said open end with provision for her- I'netically sealing the same.

5. A `glass burial casket having a circular opening in one end bounded by inclined Walls, a circular cover closely fitting said opening and having inclined Walls to it the Vinclined Walls of the end, and an interior annular groove beside the outer Wall of the cover adapted to receive material for hermetically sealing the saine.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own, We aiix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE H. LIGH. VERNIE R. LEIGH.

Witnesses:

E. WALKER COBB, BEssIE M. WELLS.

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