US1069470A - Burial-vault. - Google Patents

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J. HECTOR.

BURIAL VAULT.

;;- APPLICATION FILED NOV.21. 1912. v

1,069,470 Eatented Au 5, 1913.

. offset, its inner separating and which will present a neat appearance at the ]01nt between the mem- .bers, the arrangement-being such that the together.

able material such as concrete.

JESSE RECTOR OF ALBIA, IOWA,

ASSIGNOR {1'0 WILLIAM EECTQR, QF ALEXA, IOWA.

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Application and November 21,

specification of Letters iatent.

Patented Aug. 5,12%)13.

mic. serial no. waves.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, Jnssn Known, citizen of the United States, residing at Albia, in the county of Monroe an tate of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial-Vaults, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an in burial vaults.

The primary objectof the invention is to provide a burial vault which, while sufficiently substantial for the purpose intended, may be conveniently handled, the con struction being such that the sections of which the vault is formed are of practically the same weight, the upper or'lid member providing an equal portion of the side walls with the lower receiving member.

A further object of the invention is to provide sealing grooves in the members so disposed as to lock the members against improvementsealing material may be readily placed in position even though the meeting" edges of the sections are disposed at a point intermediate the top and bottom of the-vault.

In the drawingsrFigure 1 is a perspective view of the top section; Fig. 2 is a per spective view of the bottom section; and Fig, 3 is a'transverse section taken through the sections when assembled and cemented drawings 10 designates the base section which is formed of suit- The section is substantially rectangular, being of theproper configuration to receive a cas 'et. -A

flange 11 is formed at the edge of the cas- In the or receiving ing, extending above and at right angles to v the edge 19. on which the lower edge 12 of the upper section 13 rests. The flange is face 14 being spaced from the side wall 15 of the upper section. The face of the side wall 15 of theupper section is provided with grooves 16 and 17 arranged one above the. other and extending completely around the section. A groove 18, which is deeper than the grooves 16 and 17 is formed above the groove 17 and the upper edge of the flange 11. The flange 11 on its inner face 1 1 is provided with grooves 19 and 20 which are disposed to aline with the grooves 16 and 17 of the upper section. A groove 21 is formed in the flange adjasealing compound, it "may be poured along the side of the upper shortening of cent its face remote from the section 13, the grooves 21 and 18 being disposed at right .angles. These grooves receive the being noted that it section, passing along the outer face of the side wall ot the upper section, one face 0 the flange 11 entering the alined grooves 16 and 17 of the upper section and the grooves 19 and 20 of the lower section, the sealing compound being interposed between the sections. After the space between the sections has been filled with the sealing compound 22, the compound is poured between the flange and the upper section,

being sloped in toward the outer face of the flange, the compound entering the grooves 18 and 21. By this construction it will be noted that the outer faces of the side walls of the two sections are practically continu ous, the sealing compound at thepointwhere the sections are connected being of sufficient width to withstand any inclinatiori of -the sections to separate. The sealing coi'fipound so connects the sections that vertical movement of the upper section is prevented, the material locking movement by. entering the alined grooves of the sections. It will also be noted that any tendency toward lateral movement of the sections will be prevented by the thick the angle between the sections. and lower sections are of practically the same height and are of substantially the same weight, the flange 11, however, slightly adding to the weight of the lower section which is in part compensated for by the the side wall of the lower section ad acent the flange. The advan tages of constructing the vault in this manner will be apparent, as it will be noted that in handling the sections one may be moved as readily as the other, which is not the case where a hea ty bottom or receiving section must be inserted within the ground or placed upon the shelves of the receiving vaultand a lid section then attached. It will also be seen that the casket may be placed in the section properly positioned, the desired portion of the casket being exposed until the top section is applied, the lower section merely embracing the base of the casket. It will thus be noted that will practically be concealed until it is dein the angle ridge of the compound which is disposed in The upper the sections against this lower section and the upper the lower section sired to close the vault, the sealing of the vault being accomplished in a much sim her manner than where a sealing compoun is interposed between a lid member and an upstanding side wall of a receiving member. Having thus'described the invention, what I claim as new is:

A biirial vault comprising upper and lower sections, the lower section being formed with a flange, the upper section having its edge portion embraced by the flange, the outer faee of the upper section and the inner face of the lower section being formed oeaevo with grooves, there being a deeper groove formed in'the upper section at a point above where it e'ontacts "with the lower section, the flange being formed with a groove, and a sealing compound disposed to enter "the grooves of the up er and lower sections.

In testimony Wnereof I aflix my signature 20 in presence of two witnesses.

J. T. MCGUIRE, GUS W. Hei er.

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