US1023118A - Cement vault. - Google Patents

Description

W. H. B'ALES.

CEMENT VAULT.

YAPELIOMION FILED AUG.2'1,1911.

1,023, l 1 8. Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

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\ W. H. BALES.

CEMENT VAULT.

PPLIGATIoxr FILED AUG. 21, 1911.

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WILLIAM H. BALES, OF FABMLAND, INDIANA.

CEMENT VAULT..

To all whom 'it may concern:

useful Cement Vault, of which the follow` ing is a specification.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a burial case, the sides and ends of whichv are connected in a novel manner, by means of a dove-'tailed construction, whereby the sides and the ends will be drawn together automatically, to 'secure' the corners of the case. r

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means, for preventing water from leaking through the lid of the case.

A further object ofthe invention is to provide a burial case which may be lowered into the grave piece-meal, the construction being such Athat the burial case may -be assembled readily in the grave.

With the' foregoing and other objects-in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the vdetails of construction hereinafter described and claimed, `it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment .of invention herein disclosed can be made within the sco e of what is claimed without departing rom the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1 shows the invention in sectional side elevation-Fig. 2 is an end elevation; Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section upon the line sides 2, the sides 2 being interengaged with ends 3, the ends 3, of course, coperatmgy with the sides 2 in supporting the top 1, the

ends 2 and thesides 3 being supported upon the bottom 4. l l

The bottom 4 (see Fig. 5) is transversely divided to form sections 5. The bottom 4,

considered as an entity,is provided with a central upstandin` rib 6, about which the sides 2 and the en s 3 to define a flange 7 about the perlphery of the bottom 4, and upon this iange 7 the The rib serves' Specication of Letters Patent. Patented Apr, 16,1912 Application led August 21, 19,11.

Serial No. 645,072.

sides 2'and the ends 3 rest. the sections 5 of the bottom 4 there is an upstanding lug 8, adapted to support the coflin '1n spaced relation with respect tothe bottom Upon each of i 4. The-sections 5 of the bottom 4 are provided along their meeting edges with overlapping `lips 9, preferably, although not necessarily, of rectangular construction.

The top 1 consists of sect-ions 33, similar in extent to the sections 5 of thebottom 4.

These sections 33 are equipped t their ends with overhangin lips 10. T e abutting faces 11 of the lips 10 are diagonally dis- 'posed with respect to the plane of the top 1, the construction being such that in one of the sections 33 there is fashioned a groove 12, extended thevfull width of the top 1. Any moisture finding its Way into the groove 12, will be conductedtransversely `of the burial case, and will be delivered beyond the contour of the case, instead of trickling down upon the coilin. The Vinterior of the case is maintained, further, in a dry condil tion, by reason of the .fact that the upper edges of' the sides2 and of the ends 3 'will slant downwardly and outwardly, as shown at 14. Into the angles defined by the slant edges 14 and by the lower face Fof the top 1, cement 15 may be inserted; and, indeed, it will be understood without further reference, -that all of the interstices in the case may be cemented, if desired.

Four duplicate structures are provided, each of which serves to unite one end of one of the sides 2 with one end of the end members 3. But one of these structures will be described. The side' 2 is cut away as shown at 16, uponits inner face 17, to define a primary shoulder 18 and a rectangularly disposed secondary shoulder 19, there being an inwardly projecting lower lug 20 located adjacent the bottom of the side 2, in the angle defined by the primary shoulder 18 and the secondary shoulder 19. .The upper face 21 of the lug 20 4slants downwardly and outwardly, the secondary shoulder 19 t/er'- minating as shown at 22, short of the upper edge 23 of the side 2. The secondary/shoulder 19 is provided with a downwardly and outwardl slanting upper face 24, the face 24 exten ing'throughout a portion only of the length of the shoulder, to dene an upper lug 25. The end 3 is provided in its end wall 26 with a lower notch 27 and with an ,upper notch 28, the lower faces 29 of both of which, slant inwardly and upwardly, the

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lower notch `l27 defininga lug 3l), adapteditJo.

engage with the lower lug 20 of the side 2,

\- andrthefupper notc`h`28 defining a lug 31 adapted to engage over the upper edge of the secondary shoulder 19, behind the upstanding lug 25. The lug 31 is equipped with a recess 32, adapted to receive the upper lug 25 of the side 2. It will be seen that, owing to the foregoing construction,

the side and the end of the burial case will be held securely together at their points of juncture.

The burial case may beplaced, piece by piece, within the grave, by one person, and

may be assembled in the grave, thereby obviating the necessity of employing cumbersome hoisting mechanism, or the necessity for calling into requisition, the services of more than one person.

.Having thus described theinvention what is claimed Ais:-

. A burial case lncluding a 51de cut away upon its inner face to define a prlmary shoulder and a rectangularly disposed sec' ondary shoulder, there -being an inwardly projecting lower lug located adjacent the bottom of the side, in the angle defined by nto engage over theupper edge o ondary shoulder behind the upper lug,"t'he the'primary and secondary shoulders, the' upper 'face of the lug slanting downwardly and outwardly, the secondary shoulder terminating short of the upper face ofthe side,

and having its upper face slanted downwardly and outwardly for a' portion of its length only, to define an upper lug; and an end adapted to abut laterally against the primary shoulder and to abut terminally against the secondary shoulder, the end being provided'in its end wall with a lower A notch and with an upper notch, the lower faces of both of which slantinwardly and upwardly, the lower notch defining a lug adapted to engage the lower lug of the side, and the upper notch deining a lug adapted the sec-

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