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SAAC C SHULER OP AMSTERDAM NEW YORK
CONSTRUCTON OF SHEETMETAL COFFNS
Specification of Letters Patent No 25 dated September 6 1859
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To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that  SAAC C SHULER Of
Amsterdam in the county of Montgomery and State of New York have invented
5 divers mprovements in SheetMetal Coffins and that the following is a full clear and exact description of the same reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification and in
10 which a coffin with my improvements is represented as vertically and longitudinally bisected
The chief peculiarity of this coffin where
in it differs from other sheetmetal coffins
15 and which  specially desire to secure by
Letters Patent is that it opens at the bot
tom rather than at the top presenting a
readier and more refined method of in
closing a corpse With this object in view
20  construct a shallow tray (j) with a pro
jecting flange (o) upon which flange the
main body of the coffin rests and to which
it is soldered air tight when the corpse is
inclosed The upper part of the coffin is
constructed entire the sides (a) and the top
(D) being connected by a scrolled joint (b)
stiffened on the inside by a light frame (d)
The upper angle of the top (D) is stiffened
on the inside and on the outside by the
30 frames (e) and (d) The lower edges of
the sides (a) are stiffened by the strips of
metal (h) and (i) soldered or riveted there
to Just above the inside strip (h) is an
other inside frame (g) all around the sides
Just below the scrolled joint (b) is another
stiffening frame (c) passing entirely around
the coffin The main body of the coffin be
ing set down upon the tray in a position
for soldering the ornamental adjustable
basemolding (ic) is slid over the joint em 40 bracing the flange of the tray beneath and running in a groove in the top of the stiffening piece (i) This basemolding may be bisected in the middle of the sides or at the ends  or it may be made in several pieces and put on with screws the general intention being to conceal the joint The top of the coffin is perforated for a window (1) with a metallic blind The whole may then be painted according to the taste prevalent
Having thus described my coffin as herewith constructed  am aware that it may be varied by bringing the sides of the tray (j) on the outside of the walls (a) thus 55 carrying the joint higher up even to the middle of the sides  therefore deem it necessary for my protection to make the following claims :
1  claim the construction of a sheetmetal coffin in two sections stiffened with frames or straps and in dividing the coffin into two sections  do not confine myself to any particular locality on the sides for making the joint but claim forming the 65 joint on the side of the walls at any convenient point between the flange (o) and the rim (b) and concealing the same with an adjustable molding
2  claim the frames (c d e f g h and 70 i) for stiffening the coffin substantially as described and also the scrolled rim or joint (b)
SAAC C SHULER Witnesses :
CHARLES P WNEGAR SAAC SOULES
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