ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY COFFIN

Abstract

The environment-friendly coffin according to the invention comprising a box assembly and a profiled lid assembly covering said box assemblies, with both assemblies being connected to each other by means of connecting elements, is characterised in that the coffin's box assembly (1) comprises a casing (3) made of natural stone plates, plate-shaped flats (10) with tapped bores (11) made in them, fixed to inner or outer surfaces of longer plate side walls (5) of said casing, plate-shaped metal washers (12) with tapped mounting bores (13) fixed to these inner side walls (5) and a tubular element (15) mounted inside casing (3), said element tubular being made of glass fibre mat or metal and fastened to inner surfaces of plate side walls (5) and to bottom (4) made of natural stone slab or made of natural stone slab and plate (27) made of a made of a wood-base material and fixed to said stone slab by means of glue-based sealing mass (17), whereas the profiled lid assembly (2) of the coffin has an outer casing made of natural stone in the form of a solid with bottom cascade-shaped cavity (23) or with trough-shaped cavity (32) with a profile of the truncated pyramid, with a lower side offset in the form of a slab frame (29), where in the inner surface of said casing there is insert (30) made of a wood-base material with the same profile fixed by means of a glue to which glass fibre mat (31) is glued.

Claims

1. An environment-friendly coffin comprising the box assembly and the profiled lid assembly covering it, said assemblies being connected to each other by means of connecting elements, where said box assembly is equipped to feet fastened to its bottom and grip handles attached to both of its longer sides characterised in that the coffin's box assembly (1) comprises a casing (3) made of natural stone plate, plate-shaped flats (10) with tapped bores (11) made in them, fixed to inner or outer surfaces of longer plate-shaped side walls (5) of said casing, plate-shaped metal washers (12) with tapped mounting bores (13), fixed to these inner side walls (5), and a tubular element (15) planted inside the casing (3), said tubular element being made of glass fibre mat or a metal, fixed to inner surfaces of plate-shaped side walls (5) and to bottom (4) made of natural stone slab or made of natural stone slab and plate (27) made of a wood-base material fixed to said slab by means of glue-based sealing mass (17), whereas the profiled lid assembly (2) of the coffin has the outer casing made of natural stone in the form of a solid with bottom cascade-shaped cavity (23) or trough-shaped cavity (32) with a profile of the truncated pyramid, with a lower side offset in the form of a slab frame (29), whereas to the inner surface of said casing there is an insert made of a wood-base material (30) with the same profile attached by means of a glue to which glass fibre mat (31) is glued.

2. The coffin according to claim 1 characterised in that inside the box assembly (1) mounted are flat-bar U-shaped stirrups (14) made of glass fibre, vertical elements of which fit tight to inner flats (10) and metal washers (12), and a tubular element (15) is placed in said stirrups.

3. The coffin according to claim 1 characterised in that to the bottom made of natural stone of the box assembly (1), angle-section shaped feet (7) made of natural stone are fastened in its corners and Tee-shaped feet (8) made of natural stone are fastened opposite each other at half of its length.

4. The coffin according to claim 1 characterised in that the inner surface of the tubular rectangular element (15) is provided additionally with two horizontally oriented slat rectangular frames (33) and (34) fastened to said inner surface, of which one frame is situated on perimeter of the upper end of said element so that its upper face (35) is flushed with upper face (36) of cuboidal element and with upper face (37) of box (1), and the second slat rectangular frame (34) is situated on perimeter of the lower end of the tubular element (15) so that its lower face (38) is flushed with lower face (39) of said elements which together fit tight to plate bottom (4) of box (1), where both of the two slat rectangular frames (33) and (34) are topped together in their corners by means of vertically oriented slat angle-section shaped elements (40) fitting tight also to walls of the tubular rectangular element (15), whereas each of both of longer lower opposite slats (41) and (42) of the slat frame (34) is provided with three angle-section shaped elements (43) evenly distributed along their lengths fastened to the plate bottom (4) and to said slats, whereas to the upper face (35) of one longer slat (44) of the slat rectangular frame (33) fastened are horizontal members (45) of angle hinges (46) upper revolving members (47) of which are fastened to inner side surface of lid (2) of the box (1) via plate-shaped rectangular elements (48) fastened to said lid, and moreover three sets of gas springs (49) are fastened to side surface of the longer slat (44) and to said rectangular elements fastened, where ends (50) of piston rods (51) of said gas springs are fastened to side surface (52) of longer slat (44), and ends (53) of cylinders (54) of said gas springs are attached do plate-shaped rectangular elements (48).

5. The environment-friendly coffin according to claim 4 characterised in that the angle hinge (46) comprises a rectangular lower horizontal element (45) ended with sleeve element (55) with a pin (56) mounted in said element, and an angle upper element (47) ended at its bottom also with a sleeve element (57) which is planted rotationally on pin (56) of the lower element (45).

6. The environment-friendly coffin according to claim 4 characterised in that its box (1) with bottom (4) and lid (2), as well as slat rectangular frames (33) and (34) are topped together by means of angle-section shaped elements (40) of tubular rectangular element (15) are made of a hard material.

Description

[0018] The subject of the invention is illustrated by means of example embodiments shown in the drawings of which

[0019] FIGS. 1-5 present the first version of embodiment of the environment-friendly coffin with a flat lid, whereas

[0020] FIG. 1 shows the coffin in a perspective view,

[0021] FIG. 2the same coffin in the top view,

[0022] FIG. 3the same coffin in the longitudinal cross-section along line A-A,

[0023] FIG. 4the same coffin in vertical cross-section along line B-B, and

[0024] FIG. 5the same coffin with its component elements disassembled in a perspective view;

[0025] FIGS. 6-10 present the second version of embodiment of the environment-friendly coffin also with a flat lid, whereas FIG. 6 shows the coffin in the perspective view,

[0026] FIG. 7the same coffin in the top view,

[0027] FIG. 8the same coffin in the longitudinal cross-section along line C-C,

[0028] FIG. 9the same coffin in the vertical cross-section along line D-D,

[0029] FIG. 10the same coffin with its component elements disassembled in a perspective view;

[0030] FIGS. 11-15 present the third version of embodiment of the environment-friendly coffin with a lid in the form of a truncated pyramid, whereas

[0031] FIG. 11 shows the coffin in the perspective view,

[0032] FIG. 12the same coffin in the top view,

[0033] FIG. 13the same coffin in the vertical longitudinal cross section along line E-E.

[0034] FIG. 14the same coffin in the vertical transverse cross-section along line F-F,

[0035] FIG. 15the same coffin with its component elements disassembled in a perspective view; further,

[0036] FIGS. 16-20 present the fourth version of embodiment of the environment-friendly coffin with a lid also in the form of a pyramid, whereas

[0037] FIG. 16 presents the coffin with component elements of its box and lid disassembled in a perspective view,

[0038] FIG. 17the same coffin in the top view,

[0039] FIG. 18the same coffin in the vertical longitudinal cross-section along line G-G.

[0040] FIG. 19the same coffin in the vertical transversal cross-section along line H-H,

[0041] FIG. 20the same coffin with all its component elements disassembled in a perspective view;

[0042] FIG. 21 presents the fifth version of embodiment of the environment-friendly coffin with the inner cuboidal element made of glass fibre mat and localised in the coffin's box casing by means of slat rectangular frames with all its basic elements disassembled in a perspective view,

[0043] FIG. 22detail R of the corner formed by the element made of glass fibre mat and slat elements in a view toward the inner corner,

[0044] FIG. 23detail S of the connection of a angle-section shaped element with the box bottom and with longer lower slats of the lower rectangular frame attached to the inner cuboidal element made of glass fibre mat,

[0045] FIG. 24 the same connection in the vertical cross-section along line K-K;

[0046] FIG. 25a variant of the coffin shown in FIGS. 1-5 with its lid in open position and hinges and gas spring sets connecting the box and the lid in a perspective view;

[0047] FIG. 26detail T showing an enlarged view of one of these hinge sets and gas springs sets connecting lid and coffin box elements;

[0048] FIG. 27an angle hinge connecting the box of the coffin with its lid in a perspective view;

[0049] FIG. 28upper element of the hinge in the front view;

[0050] FIG. 29the same element of the hinge in the side view;

[0051] FIG. 30lower element of the angle hinge in the front view; and

[0052] FIG. 31the same lower element of the hinge in the side view.

[0053] The environment-friendly coffin according to the first version of its embodiment shown in FIGS. 1-5 comprises the box assembly 1 and the flat lit assembly 2 covering it, whereas the box assembly 1 is a cuboidal casing 3 made of natural stone plates the bottom 4 of which, made also of a natural stone plate, is connected with plate side walls 5 of said casing by means of metal fixing pins 6 planted tightly in bores made in, said walls, and said box assembly rests on four angle-section shaped feet 7 made of natural stone, connected permanently to and situated in corners of said bottom, and on two Tee-shaped feet 8 made of natural stone, situated opposite each other in the central portion of the plate bottom 4. Further, to each of the two inner surfaces 9 of longer side walls 5 of the casing 3 in upper portions of said walls there are two plate-shaped flats 10 fastened opposite each other, with tapped bores 11 made in them, and below said flats, in central portion of each of said side walls, there are three plate-shaped metal washers 12 fastened opposite each other with tapped bores 13 made in them and situated opposite mounting, bores 13 made in both plate side walls 5 of casing 3. Moreover, each of said washers is pressed by means of a U-shaped flat bar reinforcing stirrups 14 made of glass fibre mat resting also on the plate bottom 4, whereas said stirrups hold a cuboidal element 15 having a rectangular cross-section, made of glass fibre mat and connected with said washers and flats by means of resins and glues, and the circumferential slit 16 formed between them is filled with glue-based sealing mass 17, including also the plate bottom 4. Further, to each of the two longer plate side walls 5 of casing 3, through bores 14 in said walls and tapped bores 13 in plate-shaped washers 12, three grip handles 18 are attached by means of bolts.

[0054] Further, the flat lid assembly comprises an outer casing made of natural stone, formed by a lower rectangular plate frame 19 with external dimensions analogous to those of the box assembly 1, provided on both of its longer sides with mounting holes 20 situated opposite tapped bores 11 in flats 10 of said box and further comprises a second rectangular plate frame 21 fixed to upper surface of frame 19 but having smaller external dimensions, and inner rectangular openings of both frames are covered from the above with a rectangular plate-shaped element 22 with external dimensions smaller than those of the plate frame 21 to the upper surface of which it is secured. Moreover, to lower surface of the cascade-shaped cavity 23 constructed from the above-described elements attached is, by means of the resin-glue mass 24, glass fibre mat 25 with profile identical to this of the cavity. The box assembly 1 of the coffin is connected with the flat lid assembly 2 by means of metal bolts 26, into which, through mounting holes 20 in plate frame 19 of the lid assembly are screwed into tapped bores 11 in flats 10 of the box assembly 1.

[0055] An improved version of the coffin is provided additionally with two vertically oriented slat rectangular frames 33 and 34 fastened to it, of which one is situated on perimeter of the upper end of said element so that its upper face 35 is flushed with its upper face 36 and lower face 37 of box 1, and the second slat rectangular frame 34 is situated on perimeter of the lower end of the tubular rectangular element 15 made of glass fibre mat so that its lower face 38 is flushed with lower face 39 of said element which together fit tight to the plate bottom 4 of the box, where both of the two slat rectangular frames 33 and 34 are topped together in their corners by means of vertically oriented slat angle-section shaped elements 40 fitting tight also to walls of the tubular rectangular element 15, and moreover each of lower longer opposite slats 41 and 42 of slat frame 34 is provided with three angle-section shaped elements 43, evenly distributed along their lengths and situated opposite each other, fastened to the plate bottom 4 and to said slats, whereas to the upper face 35 of one longer slat 44 of the slat rectangular frame 33 fastened are horizontal members 45 of angle hinges 46 evenly distributed along its length, and upper revolving members 47 of said hinges are fastened to inner side surface of lid 2 of the box 1 via plate-shaped rectangular elements 48. Further, three sets of gas springs 49 are fastened to side surface of the longer slat 44 and to said rectangular elements next to angle hinges 46 so that ends 50 of piston rods 51 of said gas springs are fastened to side surface 52 of the longer slat 44, and ends 53 of cylinders 54 of these gas springs are attached to plate-shaped rectangular elements 48. The angle hinge 46 comprises a rectangular lower horizontal element 45 ended with sleeve element 55 with pin 56 mounted in it and an angle upper element 47 ended at its bottom also with a sleeve element 57 which is mounted rotationally on pin 56 of lower member 45.

[0056] The environment-friendly coffin according to the second version of its embodiment shown in FIGS. 6-10 comprises also the box assembly 1 and the flat lid assembly 2 covering it, whereas the box assembly 1 represents a cuboidal casing 3 made of natural stone plates, to the plate bottom 4 of which, made also of natural stone, glued is board 7 made of wood-base material and connected with plate side walls 5 of said casing by means of metal fixing pins 6 mounted tightly in bores made in said walls; said box assembly rests on four angle-section shaped feet 7 made of natural stone, situated in corners of said bottom, and on two Tee-shaped feet 8 made of natural stone situated opposite each other in the central portion of the plate bottom 4, where all the feet are permanently connected to said bottom. Further, to each of the two inner surfaces 9 of longer side walls 5 of the casing 3 in upper portions of said walls there are two plate-shaped flats 10 fastened opposite each other, with tapped bores 11 made in them, and below said flats, in central portion of each of said side walls, there are three plate-shaped metal washers 12 fastened opposite each other with tapped bores 13 made in them and situated opposite mounting bores 14 made in both plate side walls 5 of casing 3. Moreover, each of said washers is pressed by means of a U-shaped flat bar reinforcing stirrup 14 made of glass fibre mat resting also on the plate bottom 4, whereas the stirrups hold a cuboidal element 15 having a rectangular cross-section, made of glass fibre mat connected with these washers and flats by means of resins and glues, and circumferential slit 16 formed between them is filled with glue-based sealing mass 17, including also the plate bottom 4. Further, to each of the two longer plate side walls 5 of casing 3, through bores 14 in said walls and tapped bores 13 in plate-shaped washers 12, three grip handles 18 are attached by means of bolts.

[0057] Further, the flat lid assembly 2 in this version of the coffin, shown in FIGS. 6-10, has a structure identical to this described above for the flat lid employed in the first version of the environment-friendly coffin shown in FIGS. 1-5.

[0058] The environment-friendly coffin according to the second version of its embodiment shown in FIGS. 11-15 comprises the cuboidal box assembly 1 and the pyramidal lid assembly 2 covering it made in the form of a hollow truncated rectangular pyramid, where the box assembly 1 includes a cuboidal casing 3 made of natural stone plates, to the plate bottom 4 made also of natural stone glued is board 27 made of wood-base material, such board being connected with plate side walls 5 of said casing by means of fixing pins 6 planted tightly in bores made in such walls and rests on angle-section shaped feet 7 made of natural stone, connected permanently to and situated in corners of said bottom, and on two Tee-shaped feet 8 made of natural stone, situated opposite each other in the central portion of the plate bottom 4. Further, to each of the two inner surfaces 9 of longer side walls 5 of the stone casing 3 in upper portions of said walls there are two plate-shaped flats 10 fastened opposite each other, with tapped bores 11 made in them, while to each of inner surfaces of said two side walls, in central portions thereof, fastened are three plate-shaped metal washers 12 situated opposite each other with tapped mounting bores 13, situated opposite mounting bores 14, made in both plate side walls 5 of casing 3, inside which a cuboidal element 28 is located having a rectangular cross-section, made of wood-base material, longer walls of which fit tight to surfaces of flats 10 and washers 12, and within said cuboidal element there is an analogous cuboidal element 15 having a rectangular cross-section, but made of glass fibre mat, assembled with the use of resins and glues, whereas circumferential slit 16 formed between them is filled with glue-based sealing mass 17, including also a double plate bottom 4 and 27. Moreover, to each of the both longer plate side walls 5 of the casing 3, three grip handles 18 each are attached by means of bolts through bores 14 made in said walls and threaded bores 13 in plate-shaped washers 12

[0059] Further, the pyramidal lid assembly 2 comprises an outer casing made of natural stone composed of rectangular plate frame 29 made also of natural stone, inner side walls of which are rigidly connected with trough-shaped element 30 with a profile of the truncated pyramid with a rectangular frame-shaped base, made of a wood-base material, to inner walls of which glued is glass fibre mat 31 by means of resins, whereas to the outer surface of the trough-shaped element 30 and to rectangular frame 29 of the assembly, glued is an analogous trough-shaped element 32 with a profile of the truncated pyramid but made of natural stone, where on the upper surface of rectangular frame 29 through mounting holes 20 are made situated opposite the tapped bores 11 made in outer flats 10. The box assembly 1 of the coffin is connected with the pyramidal lid assembly 2 by means of metal bolts 26, which, through holes 20 in rectangular plate frame 29 of said lid, are screwed into tapped bores 11 in outer fiats 10 of the box assembly 1.

[0060] Further, the environment-friendly coffin according to the second version of its embodiment shown in FIGS. 16-20 comprises a cuboidal box 1 and a lid 2, also pyramidal in this versions, made in the form of a hollow truncated rectangular pyramid, where the box for this version of the environment-friendly coffin has a structure similar to this of boxes of the first and the third version of the environment-friendly coffin shown in FIGS. 1-5 and FIGS. 11-15. The difference between these coffins consists only in that in the fourth version of embodiment of the environment-friendly coffin, plate-shaped flats 10 of the box assembly 1 with tapped bores 11 made in them are fastened to outer surfaces of both longer side walls 5 of the casing 3 made of natural stone, and its cuboidal element 15 having a rectangular cross-section fixed to inner surface of said stone casing is made of metal, in view of which this version of embodiment lacks the cuboidal element (insert) 28 made of a wood-base material, whereas the pyramidal lid assembly 2 has construction identical to this of the pyramidal lid assembly 2 according to the third version of embodiment of the coffin, and the difference between them consists only in that its trough-shaped element 30 with a profile of the truncated pyramid is made of sheet metal. An improved version of the coffin, apart from applying in its structure a trough-shaped element 32 of lid 2 and side walls 5 of casing 3 and bottom 4 of the box assembly 1 made of a hard material, its inner surface having the form of the tubular rectangular element 15 made of glass fibre mat is additionally equipped with horizontally oriented slat rectangular frames 33 and 34 fastened to it, of which one is situated on perimeter of the upper element so that its upper face 35 is flushed with upper face 36 of cuboidal element and upper face 37 of box 1, and the second angle-section slat rectangular frame 34 is situated on perimeter of the lower end of said tubular rectangular element 15 so that its lower face 38 is flushed with the lower face 39 of said element which together fit tight to plate bottom 4 of box 1, whereas both of said slat rectangular frames 33 and 34 are topped together in their corners by means of vertically oriented slat angle-section shaped elements 40 fitting tight also to walls of the tubular rectangular element 15, and each of the two longer lower opposite slats 41 and 42 of the slat frame 34 is equipped with three angle-section shaped elements 43 evenly distributed along their lengths, attached to the plate bottom 4 and to said slats, as shown in FIGS. 21-24.

[0061] The environment-friendly coffin in its improved according to the second version of its embodiment shown in FIGS. 21-24 comprises a cuboidal box 1 and a pyramidal lid 2 covering it made in the form of a hollow truncated rectangular pyramid, where the box for this version of the environment-friendly coffin has a structure similar to this of the box in the first and the third version of embodiment of the coffin shown in FIGS. 1-5 and FIGS. 11-15, and moreover both the outer trough-shaped element 32 of lid 2 as well as side walls 5 of casing 3 and the bottom 4 of the box assembly 1 are made of a hard material. The difference between these coffins consists in that in this version of embodiment of the environment-friendly coffin, the plate-shaped flats 10 of the box assembly 1 with tapped bores 11 made in said flats fastened to outer surfaces of both longer side walls 5 of casing 3 are also made of a hard material and therefore this version lacks the cuboidal element called the insert and made of a wood-base material, whereas the pyramidal lid assembly 2 has the structure identical to this of the pyramidal lid assembly 2 according to the third version of embodiment of the coffin, and the difference between them consists only in that its trough-shaped element 30 with a profile of the truncated pyramid is made of sheet metal.

LIST OF DESIGNATIONS USED IN FIGURES

[0062] 1. box assembly [0063] 2. flat lid assembly [0064] 3. cuboidal casing, stone plate [0065] 4. casing bottom, stone plate [0066] 5. casing side walls, stone plate [0067] 6. metal locking blocks [0068] 7. angle-section shaped feet, stone [0069] 8. Tee-shaped feet, stone [0070] 9. inner surfaces of the casing's longer walls [0071] 10. flats [0072] 11. tapped bores in flats [0073] 12. plate-shaped plastic washers [0074] 13. mounting bores [0075] 14. reinforcing stirrups [0076] 15. tubular rectangular element made of glass fibre [0077] 16. circumferential slit [0078] 17. glue-based sealing mass [0079] 18. grip handles [0080] 19. plate rectangular stone frame [0081] 20. mounting bores [0082] 21. plate rectangular stone frame [0083] 22. rectangular plate element [0084] 23. cascade-shaped cavity [0085] 24. resin glue mass [0086] 25. glass fibre mat [0087] 26. metal bolts [0088] 27. board made of a wood-base material [0089] 28. cuboidal element [0090] 29. plate stone frame [0091] 30. trough-shaped element made of a wood-base material [0092] 31. glass fibre mat [0093] 32. stone trough-shaped element [0094] 33. upper slat rectangular frame, [0095] 34. lower slat rectangular frame, [0096] 35. upper face of the upper slat rectangular frame (33) [0097] 36. upper face of the cuboidal element (15) [0098] 37. upper face of box (1) [0099] 38. lower face of the lower slat rectangular frame [0100] 39. lower face of the cuboidal element (15) [0101] 40. slat angle-section elements in corners of frames (33 and 34) [0102] 41. longer slat of the lower frame (34) [0103] 42. longer slat of the lower frame (34) [0104] 43. three angle-section shaped elements [0105] 44. one longer slat of frame (33) [0106] 45. angle hinge horizontal elements [0107] 46. angle hinges [0108] 47. revolving angle-section shaped upper elements of angle hinges [0109] 48. plate-shaped rectangular elements attached to lid (2) [0110] 49. three sets of gas springs [0111] 50. lower ends of gas spring rod pistons [0112] 51. gas spring rod pistons [0113] 52. side surface of longer slat (44) [0114] 53. gas spring cylinder ends (upper) [0115] 54. gas spring cylinders [0116] 55. sleeve element of lower hinge member [0117] 56. hinge pin [0118] 57. sleeve element of upper hinge member