System for treating residues resulting from the combustion of a casket containing the body of a deceased person

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-09-12
EURO METAL CONCEPT - EMC
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This patent describes a device that detects metals among other materials and controls a valve to move the materials in a sorting process. The device reduces noise and dust during grinding by separating metals from body remains.

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Consequently, the volume of the urn does not make it possible to place all of the residues therein, as a result of which the urn cannot contain all of the ashes resulting from the body of the deceased, which is not desirable.
However, the recovery of the metals in all of the ground residues is complex and expensive, since the metals are in the form of shavings and difficult to separate from the rest of the ground residues.
Furthermore, the fact that the urn also contains metal shavings is not satisfactory, as those metals cannot be recovered.

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[0043]The treatment system 1 according to the invention includes several devices arranged successively—or in parallel—from upstream to downstream, from the outlet of the cremation furnace toward an urn, said devices making it possible to sort and grind residues resulting from the combustion of a coffin containing the body of a deceased person.

[0044]When these residues are collected at the outlet of the furnace, they are incandescent and therefore cannot be treated directly. They therefore first undergo a cooling step. To that end, the residues are placed in an autoclave 2 having a cover 3 that can be closed by a push ram 4. A vacuum pump 5 makes it possible to extract a large portion of the air present in the autoclave 2, so as to stop the combustion. A refrigerated unit 6 coupled to a fan 7 then makes it possible to cool the residues quickly. As an example, the residues may go from a temperature of approximately 800° C. to a temperature of approximately 100° C. in about 15 min. Onc...

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The system comprises:—a device (9) for sorting residues transported from the outlet of a cremation furnace to an urn, capable of separating the metallic elements and the bone remains;—a device (20) for grinding the portion of the residues that contain the bone remains without metallic elements, positioned downstream of the sorting device;—a container (18) for collecting the metallic elements, and an urn (23) for collecting the ground bone remains. Metal detection means (19) control the movement of a valve (16) between a closed position of a window (15) that opens toward a container (18) for collecting metallic elements, and a position where the metallic elements may drop through this window.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a system for treating residues resulting from the combustion of a casket containing the body of a deceased person.BACKGROUND[0002]When a deceased person is incinerated, his or her body is placed in a coffin—or casket—that is introduced into a furnace to be burned. At the end of the cremation, which lasts approximately 2hours, the residues are collected and brought to a receptacle called an ash pit. These residues comprise body remains, i.e., products of the combustion of the body that did not have time to be reduced to ash and therefore assume the form of pieces. These residues also comprise metal elements that come from any prostheses of the deceased (dental and / or joint prostheses), metal parts of the coffin (in particular the handles) and, if applicable, clothing or accessories worn by the deceased during the cremation. These metal elements also assume the form of pieces, which may be partially melted.[0003]Currently, these re...

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IPC IPC(8): F23J1/00
CPCF23G1/00F23J1/00F23J2900/01003F23J2900/01002F23J2900/01001
InventorPIAZZA, LOUIS
OwnerEURO METAL CONCEPT - EMC