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US 2011/0225855 A1Published application
Positioning and rotating apparatus for interring screw-in and self digging burial containers
OwnerDonald E. Scruggsinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus by which screw-in and self digging burial containers may be picked up, maneuvered into a desired position and pressed, rotated and or agitated for the purpose of interring such burial containers at nearly any angle into earth, sand, snow or other receiving material on dry land, wet land or under water.
Claims1
Apparatus for interring screw-in and self digging burial containers, comprising:
- a first support frame having a horizontally extending member, a second support frame having an extending member fitted around said horizontally extending member of said first support frame for rotation of said second support frame around said horizontally extending member of said first support frame, a fixture mounted on said first support frame onto which is attached a linear actuator, said actuator comprising a fixed outer end portion and a retractable/extendible/rotatable inner end portion and, a fixture mounted on said second support frame on which is attached the opposite end of said linear actuator from the first support frame for controlling the angular relationship between the said first support frame and the said second support frame, a motor mounted on said second support frame, said motor having an outwardly extending rotary output shaft, a wrench device to fit the headpiece of a screw-in or self digging coffin on said outwardly extending rotary output shaft of said motor mounted on said second support frame, at least one pivoting frame mounted on said second support frame, at least one linear actuator, said actuator comprising a fixed outer end portion and a retractable/extendible/rotatable inner end portion and coupled between said second support frame and said pivoting frame for controlling the angular relationship between said second support frame and said pivoting frame, at least one holding arm mounted on said pivoting frame for the purpose of said holding arm closing around a screw-in or self digging coffin, at least one linear actuator comprising a retractable/extendible/rotatable inner end portion and a fixed outer end portion mounted between said pivoting arm and said holding arm for the purpose of controlling the relationship of said pivoting arm and said holding arm, to where said holding arm can be raised above the bottom edge of said socket wrench to provide clearance for said wrench device to contact the surface of the ground during burial container interment.
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