FR2830439A1 - Coffin has sections mounted on pivots which allow it to be converted to form tomb with cover slabs and headstone - Google Patents

Abstract

The coffin (1) has sections mounted on pivots (7) which allow it to be converted to form a tomb with cover slabs (5) and headstone (6). Several coffins may be combined to from a larger tomb.

Description

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 The present invention relates to a device for coffins or transformable and foldable vaults.

 The construction and installation of traditional coffins and vaults involve problems and high costs of transport, handling, earthworks, maintenance, in cemeteries limited in places due to demographic changes, with sometimes difficult access Large volumes, as well as earth-moving machinery or handling equipment.

transformation les impératifs techniques ou l'esthétique désirés, avec un minimum de volume, de poids, et d'équipement necessaire à sa mise en place. The device according to the invention makes it possible to limit and lower this implementation. the execution time of the works and the number of participants It allows in a preferential form to provide an element usable for a first function, to make it compatible with a second function, while respecting in this

transformation of the technical requirements or aesthetics desired, with a minimum of volume, weight, and equipment necessary for its implementation.

The invention allows, in a preferential form of circular folding vaults, the installation of a rotary casket positioner in front of the access doors, in order to reduce the work or the relative inconveniences, for concession purposes, legal intervention or the establishment of new occupants.

 The device is represented in preferential forms, the geometry of all the elements and volumes which compose them and the position of the folding axes are only limited, by values of conformities, conventional dimensions and traditional aesthetics.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention:
Figure 1 shows in a preferred form the folded device.

Figure 2 shows the device in the deployment phase
Figure 3 shows the device in the final transformation phase.

Figure 4 shows the folded double stacked device
FIG. 5 represents the double device superimposed in the final phase.

Figure 6 shows the device in section and juxtaposed
Figure 7 shows the folded device juxtaposed and superimposed.

 FIG. 8 represents the device in section with the device juxtaposed and superimposed in the final phase with its accessories and equipment.

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 FIG. 9 represents the device folded in a circular shape in a slice.

FIG. 10 represents the device in a circular shape. assembled with its accessories and equipment
With reference to these drawings, the device comprises a compartment (2) around or in which elements necessary for a technical transformation are positioned on axes (7) for folding retractable or foldable elements, which act as external finishes, for formwork ballast (3) upper and (8) lower, anchors (4), slabs (5) of copings or tombstone (6). to form a single or multiple cellar.

 The folded device can be directly used in the form of a coffin equipped with a liquid recuperator (9) and a support (11) of body and internal fittings. It can also for traditional reasons receive a traditional coffin (10). In the deployed or installed position, the various elements of the device are used as formwork (3) with an exterior finish, with earth, concrete, pebble or gravel ballasting elements to prevent the device from rising, in the event of underwater pressure floor in relation to the volume occupied. The volume and the weight of these weights can be limited by the lower anchors (4), self-locking to the walls of the pit dug on the axes (7) of folding, with a shape limiting their stroke, pressing on the module ( 2) or by stop pads (16). The plates (5) and and (12) covering the supperator access (17) ensure the finishing of the assembly. The stelae (6) are retractable or foldable and arranged in front of or behind the device to individualize and nominate the occupants.

 In a circular form of the device it can receive a rotary system, on axes (13) a support with branches (15) ensures the distribution of the pendulum supports (14) of the coffins (10). The bases of the pendulum supports (14) also serving as an individual recuperator (9) of decomposition liquid The access doors on this model can be upper (17) or front (18).

 The device according to the invention is particularly intended to be constructed of light, corrosion-resistant materials, plastics, fiberglass, stainless steel, aluminum, zinc. All of the compartments (2) without joint or joint plane are welded or glued during manufacture for long-term sealing, with the exception of access doors with mechanical fasteners according to the standards in force.

Claims (5)

1) Coffin device (1) transformable into a vault, characterized in that it comprises foldable elements on axes (7) of variable geometry shapes and positions to create volumes with technical and dimensional configurations adapted to the relative characteristics to the desired function and aesthetics with finishing covers (5) and (12).  2) Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the elements foldable on themselves by the axes (7) around a module (2) act as ballast formwork (3) and (8) dalage (5) of headstone (6) and anchor (4) in the deployed position 3) Device according to claim 1 or claim 2 characterized in that the device is equipped on the removable liquid collector (9) with a perforated plate (11) capable of directly receiving the occupant and the internal ornaments or a conventional coffin (10) 4) Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it can comprise a rotary positioning of the pendulum supports (9) on the axis (13) and the cross (15) in a spherical version of vault carrying coffin (10) to present them in front of the upper access plate (17) or the front door (18).  5) Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that to limit the ballasting of the deployed formwork (3) upper or (8) on the lower assembly, the device is equipped with mooring anchors (4) at its base supported by a stroke limitation on the module (2) or on the stops (16)