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Title:
STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATION OF A CEMETERY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/076648
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Structural configuration of a cemetery for burial of corpses, enclosed into coffins which are buried into earth diggings having adequate sizes and shapes, effected on determinate areas of the cemetery field, comprising a series of cases (12) joined to each other by a lower base (13), which are prefabricated with concrete or other suitable solid and resistant material, and made with different numbers and arrangements, wherein into each of said cases (12) it is inserted a container (14) made of plastic material, containing the coffin (15) with the corpse and being able to be closed by an upper cover (16) always made of plastic material, said cases (12) and said containers (14) being associated respectively with air circulating means (40) and filtering and valve means (44), respectively adapted to ventilate the interior of the same cases and to filter and dispose of outwards in an adjustable way the volatile compounds of gas deriving from the dead decomposition. Moreover, said cases (12) are closed at their upper side with a cover (17) adapted to support the desired funeral monuments (18) and are joined to each other by joining means (34, 35) adapted to support plates (35') of hard material, which may be finished at their upper sides in order to create some paths which can be trampled on by the persons, or some flower-beds (36) interposed among the various graves.

Inventors:
CASTELLANI LUCA (IT)
DEL PUPPO IVO (IT)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2009/007912
Publication Date:
July 08, 2010
Filing Date:
December 28, 2009
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
CASTELLANI LUCA (IT)
DEL PUPPO IVO (IT)
International Classes:
E04H13/00
Foreign References:
FR2760034A11998-08-28
Other References:
None
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
DALLA ROSA, Adriano (Pordenone, IT)
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Claims:
CLAIMS

1. Structural configuration of a cemetery for burial of corpses, enclosed into coffins which are buried into earth diggings having adequate sizes and shapes, effected on determinate areas of the cemetery field, characterized by a series of cases (12) joined to each other by a lower base (13), which are prefabricated with concrete or other suitable solid and resistant material, and made with different numbers and arrangements, wherein into each of said cases (12) it is inserted a container (14) made of plastic material, containing the coffin (15) with the corpse and being able to be closed by an upper cover (16) always made of plastic material, said cases (12) and said containers (14) being associated respectively with air circulating means (40) and filtering and valve means (44), respectively adapted to ventilate the interior of the same cases and to filter and dispose of outwards in an adjustable way the volatile compounds of gas deriving from the dead decomposition, and characterized in that said cases (12) are closed at their upper side with a cover (17) adapted to support the desired funeral monuments (18) and are joined to each other by joining means (34, 35) adapted to support plates (35') of hard material, which may be finished at their upper sides in order to create some paths which can be trampled on by the persons, or some flowerbeds (36) interposed among the various graves.

2. Structural configuration according to claim 1, characterized in that said coffin (15) is laid on to at least a biological vessel (46) of biodegradable type, which is disposed on the bottom of said container (14) and is made with materials withstanding the corrosive action of the corpse sewages deriving from the dead decomposition.

3. Structural configuration according to claim 2, characterized in that said cover (17) of said cases (12) can be made with different shapes and sizes and may be covered partially also by plates with decorative materials of various kind. 4. Structural configuration according to claim 2, characterized in that said air circulating means comprise piping (40) made of PVC or similar materials, passing through corresponding holes (41) of said cases (12) and communicating with the exterior and in case also with at least a drainage sump pit (38) to drain the meteorological waters, which is arranged among the various cases (12) and is communicating with a relative absorbing well (39) introduced into the earth (19).

5. Structural configuration according to claim 4, characterized in that in the interior of said piping (40) there may be introduced additional piping (42) with reduced sizes, terminating into said containers (14), so as to introduce into these latter some hygienic liquids or liquids increasing the dead decomposition. 6. Structural configuration according to claim 4, characterized in that said filtering and valve means (44) are secured in the interior of and below said covers (16) of the containers (14), and are joined at the other end portion thereof to the outside by means of a piping (45).

7. Structural configuration according to claim 4, characterized in that said joining means are formed by a set of overturned T shaped section bars (34, 35) joined transversally to said cases (12) by per se known means.

8. Structural configuration according to claims 1-7, characterized in that it foresees some computerized columns (54), arranged onto one or more areas of the cemetery and set with preset programs adapted to allow to locate quickly the tombs to be visited.

Description:
"STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATION OF A CEMETERY"

The invention relates to a structural configuration of a cemetery for burial of corpses, which is easy to be realized and maintained, thanks to its modular structure and to the practical assembling of the various prefabricated modules thereof.

At the present time, the cemeteries are specific well delimited zones of ground, into which there are effected some excavations for inserting the coffins of the dead (interment), which are subsequently covered with earth and on to which the funeral monuments are positioned. The so realized cemeteries have some inconveniences in their use, in that they require to perform a series of excavation works, with appropriate excavator means and/or manually with special personnel, for providing new graves for burial of corpses and for disinter thereof, which circumstances make long and expensive the excavation operations and the ground moving and/or replacement, involving long work times and considerable number of personnel each time that such operations are needed. Moreover, the ordinary rotation operations in the traditional cemetery cause some troubles such as long times for settling down of the ground before the same be re-used, and re-measuring and alignments of the graves determining a "cemetery standstill". For these reasons, the various tombs aren't always well detectable and easily reachable by the operators and visitors. The object of the present invention is to overcome and eliminate the above mentioned inconveniences of the currently used cemeteries, by means of a cemetery having a new structural and aesthetical configuration, which is realized with such new criteria as to simplify and make easy the burials, the ordinary rotations and maintenances. This fact requires a single first excavation in the established area for assembling prefabricated and not prefabricated components composing the cemetery, in accordance to a rational arrangement thereof which facilitates and makes more fast the moving/visitablity and the detection/identification of the tombs, ranged by sectors and years of existence, by means of a colour plan and an alphanumeric code thereof. This new structural and aesthetical configuration of the cemetery (with interment in the ground) according to the invention is realized with the constructive characteristics substantially described, with particular reference to the enclosed claims. The present invention will be better understood by the following description, given by way of example only, and with reference to the accompanying drawings in which :

- Fig. 1 shows a perspective front view of the structural modular configuration of cemeteries according to the invention, with a series of tombs adjacent to each other, with and without upper covering ;

- Fig. 2 shows a perspective front view of the tombs of the structural configuration of Fig. 1 , on the opened condition thereof and without coffins and upper closing structures ;

- Figs. 3 a) and b) show a respective front and side view of a first embodiment of one of the tombs of Fig. 2 ; - Fig. 4 shows a cutaway side view of the tomb of Fig. 3, containing a coffin and provided with other component parts of the same tomb ;

- Fig. 5 shows a plan view of one of the tombs of Fig. 2, with some cutaway components thereof ;

- Figs. 6 a) and b) show a respective front and side view of a second embodiment of one of the tombs of Fig. 2 ;

- Fig. 7 shows a cutaway side view of the tomb of Fig. 6, containing a coffin and provided with other component parts of the same tomb ;

- Fig. 8 shows a plan view of one of the tombs of Fig. 6 with some cutaway components thereof ; - Fig. 9 shows a cutaway side view of an item common to the embodiments of Figs. 3 and 6 ;

- Fig. 10 a) and b) show a respective cutaway front and side view of a component of the tombs of the structural configuration according to the invention, acting as coffin container ;

- Figs. 11 a) and b) show a respective plan and cutaway side view of the entire structural configuration of Fig. 1, with its various component parts and fittings ;

- Figs. 12 a) and b) show a cutaway front view of Fig. 11, with the various component parts thereof respectively during the installation and in the installed condition ;

- Figs. 13 a) and b) show a respective cutaway side view and plan view of a first version for ventilating the inside of the various tombs of the structural configuration of Fig. 1 ; - Figs. 14 a) and b) show a respective cutaway side view and plan view of a second version for hygienizing the inside of the various tombs of the structural configuration of Fig. 1 ;

- Figs. 15 a) and b) show a respective cutaway side view and plan view of a third version for hygienizing/decomposiiig (biodegradable product) the inside of the various tombs of the structural configuration of Fig. 1 ; - Fig. 16 shows a perspective front view of the structural configuration according to the invention, with a determinate arrangement of some component parts thereof ;

- Fig. 17 shows a perspective front view of the structural configuration according to the invention, with another arrangement of some component parts thereof ;

- Fig. 18 shows a perspective side view of the structural configuration according to the invention, with some component parts of the first embodiment of Fig. 3 ;

- Fig. 19 shows a perspective front view of the structural configuration according to the invention, with another arrangement of some component parts thereof of the second embodiment of Fig. 16 ;

- Fig. 20 shows a plan view of three different types along the Y-axis of the arrangements of the different tombs of the structural configuration according to the invention ; - Fig. 21 shows a plan view of three different types along the X-axis of the arrangements of the different tombs of the structural configuration according to the invention ;

- Fig. 22 shows a typical perspective environment of a preparation for a cemetery, with the sectors put in evidence and assigned for a green area, info-point area, and pedestrian paths dimensioned in accordance to regulations for eliminating architectural barriers, etc... ;

- Fig. 23 shows a plan view of an example of a cemetery obtained with the structural configuration according to the invention, with the sectors put in evidence assigned for receiving some additional buildings acting as crematoriums and other fittings, memory garden and burial areas distinguished in accordance to the pertaining religion. The above Figures represent the structural configuration for preparing a modular cemetery according to the invention, which is easy to be realized, maintained, managed and organized.

Such structural configuration 10 is of modular type and composed mainly of a first component element 11 (see Figs. 1 and 2) constituted by a set of cases 12 supported by a horizontal flat base (floor slab) 13, which are prefabricated and made of concrete or other suitable solid and resistant material, into each one of which a container 14 made of plastic material or other material is introduced, which container is able to hold the coffin 15 of the dead, and is opened at its upper part for being subsequently closed by an upper over 16 made always of plastic material or other material, said cases 12 being also closed at their upper part with a cover 17 made of concrete, adapted to support the desired tombstones or monuments 18. In the illustrated example, the cases 12 are four, arranged aligned two by two to each other on to two contiguous rows connected to each other by the lower base (floor slab) 13, but the arrangement and number of cases may also be changed, thus without departing from the protection sphere of the present invention. In particular, once the area in which such structural configuration 10 has been detected, into it an excavation of the earth 19 with adequate sizes and shapes is effected, into which the component element 11 will be subsequently introduced, in such a way that the upper edge 20 of the cases 12 be uncovered, so that the covers 17 and afterwards the tombstones or monuments 18 may be laid thereon by a single operator with a common elevator truck (not shown). The flat base 13 of the component element 11 will be then laid on to the excavation of the earth 19, together with said cases 12 of parallelepiped form equally spaced away from each other, which, in a first embodiment thereof (see Figs. 3-5), have their upper edge 20 shaped like an external peripheral step 21 of the same height, on which the relative closing cover 17 engages, which is formed by a flat plate with an internal lower step 22 along all its perimeter, which is fixed perfectly with the external step 21 of each case 12, and an upper internal step 23 will engage the flat base 24 of the tombstones or monuments 18. In a second embodiment (see Figs. 6-8), in the case in which the tombstone or monument 18 has dimensions smaller than those of the case 12, this latter is provided with an external step 25 along its upper rear edge 26 and a part of the two upper side edges 27 and 28, and • an internal step 29 along the remaining portions of side edges 27 and 28 and the upper front edge 30, and in such a case the closing cover 31 is shaped like the previous cover 17, however with such dimensions as to adapt itself to the edges 26, 27 and 28 and to be able to be joined with a flat shaped further cover 32, which is laid on to the remaining free portion of the case 12, and is provided with an upper rear step 33 which will engage said cover 31.

Besides, it is noted that all the cases 12 are joined transversally to each other by a set of reverse T shaped section bars 34 (see Fig. 16), which in turn may have additional reverse T shaped section bars 35 situated transversally thereof, for reinforcing them further on and, as shown in the Fig. 9, they are inserted between the steps 21 and 22, and secured to the base with the step 21 by means of per se known fixing systems, such as for example screws and/or small blocks, and are able to house some flat plates 35' of hard material, such as for example concrete, plastic or metallic material, stone, etc..., which may be finished at their upper part, in order to create some paths which can be trampled on by the persons, or to create simply some flower-beds 36, interposed among the various tombs. A polygonal shaped through hole 37, for example of squared form (see Figs. 2 and 11), is created in the base (floor slab) 13 of the cases 12, on to which a concrete sump pit 38 is installed, which arrives at the height of the steps 21 and is provided mainly for dripping the meteorological waters, and ventilating and hygienizing, and below such sump pit 38 a per se known absorbing well with holed rings 39 is inserted in the earth 19. Some horizontal pipings 40 made of PVC or similar materials are inserted in the cases 12, which pass through corresponding prefabricated holes 41, for circulating air in the interior of the same cases 12, which may be also inserted in the sump pit 38, in such a manner that from this latter air can be forced for making easier the re-circulation thereof. Inside said pipings 40 it is possible to insert additional pipings with reduced dimensions 42, such as for example flexible tubes of rubber, which terminate inside the cases 12 and the containers 14, thanks to some prefabricated holes in the covers 16 of the same containers, in such a manner that hygienizing liquids or liquids accelerating the decomposition of the dead bodies (biodegradable products) may be injected or sprayed by means of nozzles 43 therein, so that it isn't necessary to wait many years before making the ordinary rotation for the corpses interment and/or disinter.

Moreover, inside and below the covers 16 there are secured some filter-valves units 44, which are connected at their other ends outside the structural configuration 10 by means of a vertical piping 45 passing inside additional prefabricated holes (not shown), and provided for filtering and valve regulated passage of the volatile compounds of the putrefaction gases of the dead decomposition, in order to discharge outside such filtered compounds and to allow air to be introduced for accelerating the corpse decomposition. Inside each container 14, the relative coffin 15 is laid on to a biological vessel 46 of biodegradable type, which is disposed on to the bottom of the same container and made of a material resistant to the corrosive action of the corpse sewages released by the dead during its decomposition, which may be recovered during the disinter step for being disposed of. As it may be noted in the Figs. 20 and 21, the cases 12 may be realized/disposed, depending on the dimensions and shape of the cemetery in which the structure 10 will be applied, with different arrangements both along the horizontal X axis and the vertical Y axis, in a binary 47, 48, ternary 49, 50 or quaternary 51, 52 etc... arrangement. In order to subdivide the cemetery into more areas detectable by sight, and to make easier the visitors to find the desired tombs, it is possible to insert along the upper perimeters of the cases 12 and the covers 17, 31 and 32 some frames made of squared shaped or L-shaped section bars 53, which are coloured with different colours in such a way that each area (of the cemetery) is distinguished by rows and years. Furthermore, it is possible to equip one or more areas within the cemetery with computerized columns 54 (info-points), provided with touch screens or the like (not shown), with pre-installed programs, giving the possibility to display the pre-loaded plan of the various areas delimited by the section bars 53, so as to make easier the localization of the tombs to be visited and to manage a register with the names of the deads. Thanks to the modular arrangement of the structural configuration 10, it is possible to create some additional zones such as green areas 55 and info-point areas 56 with computerized columns 54, areas for receiving the memory garden 57 and an area 58 devoted for additional buildings for crematorium and other fittings. Therefore, with this structural configuration 10 there are eliminated the problems involved by the continuous excavations each time the deads must be buried and/or disinterred, and this operation may be effected by a single operator only thanks to a per se known elevator truck.

Besides, also the need to put into a hole the funeral monuments 18 is avoided and, thanks to the computerized system, it is possible to check and therefore manage more easily the entire cemetery.