OPS - CHAPTER 7 - Cap Openings, Shell Designs & Closure Methods

SQUARE CORNER OR MITER

. A casket shell designed which the sides and ends are at right angles to each other

Non gasket casket closures

1. Latch Closure 1. Threaded fastener

Cap Opening Styles

1. Perfection full couch 2. Perfection half-couch 3. Single Hinge Panel 4. Slip Panel

locking mechanisms found on gasketed caskets

1. Sliding Lock Bar 2. Levor Lock

Where is the Key insertion point is most likely found

1. foot end of casket (end lock) 2. middle front (side lock or front lock)

Single Hinged Panel

A casket in which the cap is in two pieces, the rim (ogee) and foot panel is one piece which is hinged to the top body molding and the head panel being the second piece which is hinged to the rim (ogee).

threaded fastener

Is a screw type fastener gasket compression is achieved by tightening screws that secure the cap to body. Utilized by Zieger Case

Vertical side

a casket body style with the body sides at a 90 degree angle to the bottom

Elliptic style

a casket having ends in the shape of half circle

Perfection Half Couch

a casket in which the rim (ogee), crown, and pies are formed as one unit with a transverse cut in the cap, forming a two piece lid for the casket.

Perfection full couch (styles of cap design)

a casket in which the rim(ogee), crown and pies are formed as one unit and which raises as 1 piece

Flaring square design

a casket shell in which the side and end of the casket body flare out from bottom to top; it is narrower and shorter at the bottom than at the opening

hermetically sealed

airtight; impervious to external influence; completely sealed by fusion or soldering ex. zieger case

Urnside casket

casket design in which the body panels display the shape of an urn

Octagon Style

casket having 8 angles or corners and therefore has eight sides or body panels

Round corner design

casket having curved corner profile

Slip Panel (Slip Top, Priest Casket)

head cap completely removed to view from both sides. the remains may be viewed from either side of the casket

Threaded Fastener

screw type fastener, achieved by tightening screws that secure the cap to the body; used to close hinged-cap caskets

Latch closure

uses a simple spring-loaded latching mechanism similar to that found in a jewelry box; used on wood caskets and inexpensive metal caskets