Improvements in metal coffins / [Max Hüttenmüller].

  • Hüttenmüller, Max.
Date:
1893
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Credit: Improvements in metal coffins / [Max Hüttenmüller]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    N° 14,695 A.D. 1892 Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1892 Complete Specification Left, 6th May, 1893—Accepted, 10th June, 1893- PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. Improvements in Metal Coffins. I, Max Huttenmuller of Oberhausen, in the Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :— The present invention relates to improvements in coffins stamped out of metal, 5 preferably sheet-iron, and which are so constructed that they can be hermetically sealed, without the aid of screws, bolts, etc. For this purpose I provide the lower part or body of the coffin with a fold or lap round its upper edge in which is inserted a band of india-rubber, or other elastic material. A flange provided round the edge of the lid or upper part of the coffin 10 is sprung into the fold and pressing against the elastic band produces an hermetic closure. 15 Dated the 15th day of August 1892. ERNEST de PASS, Chartered Patent Agent, 78, Fleet Street, London, and 6, Victoria Street, Nottingham, Agent for the Applicant. COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. Improvements in Metal Coffins. I, Max Huttenmuller, of Oberhausen, in the Kingdom of Prussia, German 20 Empire, Manager do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :— The present invention relates to improvements in coffins stamped out of metal, 25 preferably sheet iron, and which are so constructed that they can be hermetically sealed without the aid of screws, bolts, etc. For this purpose, I provide the lower part or body of the coffin with a fold or lap round its upper edge in which is inserted a band of indiarubber or other elastic material. 30 A flange, provided round the edge of the lid or upper part of the coffin, is sprung into the fold, and pressing against the elastic band produces an hermetic closure. In the accompanying drawings is shown, by way of example, one mode of carrying my invention into practice, Fig. 1 being a vertical longitudinal section, 35 and Fig. 2 a cross section on line 2, 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows on an enlarged scale a part of a coffin lid with the packing fixed to its flange. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the underpart of the coffin body which contains the packing in its hollow lap, or fold. 40 Fig. 5 shows the lid and the underpart or body of the coffin connected together. The upper edge of the lower part or body of the coffin is so bent or shaped as to form all round a hollow lap or fold a, and the lid is provided, at its lower edge, with an outwardly projecting ledge or flange h. Around this flange h is arranged, as clearly shown in the partial cross section Fig. 3, an elastic packing or strip c, 45 which is caused to adhere thereto by means of a suitable adhesive material. This packing or strip, instead of being placed over the flange h, may be arranged within f Price 8d.]