Lesson 3.2 - Casket Components

That part of the casket handle that attaches the bar to the lug

Arm

The common name for a simple Jewish casket made complete of wood and contains no metal parts

Aron (or Aaron)

A single handle in which the lug, arm, and bar are combined in one unit

Bail handle

The part of the casket handle, attached to the lug or arm, which is grasped by the casket bearer

Bar

Molding along the lowermost edge of the body panels

Base molding

The portion of the casket upon which the deceased human remains are placed.

Bed

That portion of the casket shell containing the top body molding, body panel, base molding, and casket bottom

Body

The horizontal portion of the top body molding (body ledge) where the gasket is placed on gasketed protective caskets

Body ledge flange/top body molding flange

A molding along the uppermost edge

Body ledge/top body molding

Compose the sides and ends of the casket shell

Body panels

Component part of the casket lid that is constructed into cut-top caskets; provides strength/rigidity at the pont of the transverse cut

Bridge/header/cap filler

Caskets increase in width in increments of?

2 inches

Caskets increase in length in increments of?

3 inches

What is the normal width of the inside dimension of a wood casket?

3 inches

Infant caskets increase in increments of?

6 inches

What is the normal length of the inside dimension of a metal casket?

78 inches

The casket component that allows the cap to remain in an open position; not to be confused with the casket hinge which attaches the cap to the body

Cap bracket

The top most part of the casket shell, including the ogee, crown, pie, and header

Cap/lid

The most expensive hardware production method in which molten metal is poured into a mold, allowed to cool, and is then removed from the mold

Cast hardware

Any product consisting of a unit or a series of units which are designed or intended to be used together as both a casket and as a permanent burial receptacle. Commonly seen in a polymer or plastic infant casket/vault combination

Combination unit

An optional part of the hardware that is attached to the four corners of the body panel

Corner

The uppermost part of the cap, extending from rim to rim; everything above the rim

Crown/swell

The part of the casket handle that is attached to the casket body

Ear/lug/escutcheon

A casket having ends in the shape of a half circle

Elliptic

A casket shell design in which the sides and ends of the casket body flare out from the bottom to the top; a casket shell design that is narrower and shorter at the bottom than at the opening of the top

Flaring square

On what type of casket would you find a gasket channel?

Found on cut-top gasketed caskets

Found on cut top gasketed caskets; is an integral part of the foot panel header on gasketed caskets; the function is to hold the transverse gasket to seal the space between the head and foot caps

Gasket channel

The handles, ornamental fixtures and their fittings that are attached to the casket shell

Hardware

Component part of the casket lid that is constructed into cut-top caskets; provides strength/rigidity at the pont of the transverse cut

Header

The turned under edge or horizontal portion of the header

Header flange

Airtight; impervious to external influence; completely sealed by fusion or soldering

Hermetically sealed

Hardware that attaches the casket cap to the casket body and allows the cap to open and close; not to be confused with the cap bracket, a piece of hardware that simply allows the cap to remain in an open position

Hinge

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).

Hinged panel/single hinged panel

Functional or ornamental covering that usually covers the foot end of the casket in the full couch casket; may be located at both the head and foot of the full couch casket

Inner panel

Non-gasketed caskets use what types of closure methods?

Latch closure or threaded fastener

A casket having eight angles or corners and therefore has eight sides or surfaces on the side of the body panel

Octagon

An "S" shaped molding that is a component part of the casket cap

Ogee (Rim)

The turned-under edge or horizontal portion of the rim which comes into contact with the gasket or body ledge flange (top body molding flange)

Ogee flange (Rim flange)

The cap is composed of what components

Ogee(rim)| crown| pie(fishtail)| header (bridge,cap filler)|ogee flange(rim flange)| gasket channel (transverse gasket channel) | header flange (bridge flange and cap filler flange)

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

Perfection full 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 half couch

The wedge shape portion of the lid at the head and foot end of the casket

Pie or fishtail

A method of molding plastic by injecting molten plastic into a die

Plastic extrusion molding

A casket opening style in which the cap or lid at the head end of the casket is completely removed from the casket for the purpose of viewing; the remains may be viewed from either side of the casket

Priest casket/slip panel/slip top

The component parts that compose the cap (lid) and body of the casket

Shell

Name the different types of locking devices used for gasketed caskets.

Sliding lock bar | lever lock | threaded fastener

A hardware production method of lesser expense whereby the casket hardware sections are pressed out on a hydraulic press

Stamped hardware

non-movable

Stationary bar

A moveable casket handle with a hinged arm

Swing bar

A screw type fastener

Threaded fastener

The decorative or ornamental part of the casket handle that covers the exposed ends of the bar

Tip

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

Urnside

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

Vertical side

A single handle in which the lug, arm and bar are combined in one unit

bail handle

That portion of the handle on to which the casket bearers hold

bar

This type of hardware is the most expensive type of hardware to make

cast hardware

A casket having ends that are shaped in a half-circle

elliptical

When a flat rubber material is located on the top body molding flange of the casket shell, the casket is said to be of this style

gasketed

Which method of closure is impervious to external influences and is completely sealed by fusion?

hermitically sealed

Which type of non-gasketed closure method is said to be sealed?

hermitically sealed

How is the cap connected to the body of the casket shell?

hinge

The component parts of the casket (such as handles or fixtures) that are attached to the body/shell are known as?

lug

The chemical compound closure method is usually found on what types of caskets?

non-gasketed

A casket having eight angles or corners is said to be this style

octagon

What is the most expensive shell design to produce?

rounded corner

The cap and body of a casket compose this portion of the casket

shell

A casket shell design in which the sides and ends are at right angles to each other

square cornered

A casket handle that is moveable with a hinged arm

swing bar

Which non-gasketed closure method uses a screw-type device?

threaded fastener

The decorative part of the casket handle which covers the exposed ends of the bar

tip

The style of casket on which the sides of the casket form an urn pattern

urnside

A casket which the side body panels are at right angles to the bottom

vertical side casket