US1936122A - Cover seal for vaults - Google Patents

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NOV. 21, 1933. c STRElB 1,936,122

COVER SEAL FOR VAULTS Filed July 26, 1932 INVENTOR BY awaj m a ATTOR N EY Patented Nov. 21, 1933 PATENT OFFICE UNITED STATES,

COVER SEAL FOR VAULTS' Charles J. Streib, New Castle, Pa. Application July 26, 1932. Serial No. 624,799 1 Claim. (01. 27-17) The object of this invention is the provision of a metal burial vault and a metal lid or cover for the vault in which these parts are shaped or formed to permit of the same being connected together by a suitable cement to establish a firm,

substantially air-tight and practically unbreakable joint therebetween.

A further object is to provide a metal vault with oppositely extending flanges adjacent to the open top thereof and a metal lid or closure having inner and outer depending continuous flanges at and adjacent to its edges to afford therebe-' tween a trough for a plastic cement, and which flanges rest upon the flanges of the vault to spread and cause the cement to adhesively secure the lid or cover on the vault.

To the attainment of the above broadly stated objects and others which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the improvement further resides in certain novel features of construction, combination and operative association of parts, one satisfactory embodiment of which is disclosed by the accompanying draw- In the drawing: Figure 1 is a transverse sectional View through a metal vault and lid in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail longitudinal sectional view through the lid and the upper portion of the vault.

Figure 3 is-a transverse sectional view approximately on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

The body of the vault is preferably constructed from a single sheet of copper bent to rectangular formation and having its confronting edges welded. The lower edges of the body 1 are flanged inwardly to aiford supports for the bottom 2 which is welded to the said flanges. The vault body is reinforced by metal braces which are welded thereto and by a frame-like member 3 that is supported on the said braces and which is dispose-d in a line with and slightly below the open top of the vault.

Welded to the upper edges of the vault there is a cross sectionally round wire member 4 and this wire is surrounded by a central and rounded portion 5 of a metal plate whose sides 6 are in contact with the inner and outer faces of the vault body and which sides 6 merge into oppositely extending flanges '7, respectively. The plate is in the nature of a continuous member, wholly surrounding the opentop of the vault, and the flanges 7 project both inwardly and outwardly with respect to the vault. The substantially inverted T-shaped continuous member or plate is welded to both the innerand outer faces of the vault body. The top or lid for the vault, indicated by the numeral 8 is also in the nature of a copper plate and the said cover has its edges formed with a continuous downwardly extending flange 9 whose lower portion is rounded inwardly, as at 10. Parallel with but spaced from the flange 9 there is welded to the inner face of the lid or cover 8 another plate 11 whose lower edge is rounded inwardly, as at 12. The plate or flange 11 is also continuous, and the flanges 9 and 11 afford a trough therebetween. The flanges 9 and 11 are reinforced by continuous angle metal plates 13 which are welded to the respective flanges and to the, top 8, and the horizontal elements of these angle plates 13 are spaced away from each other to afford a continuous depression or groove 14 therebetween.

The trough afforded by the continuous flanges 9 and 11 is packed with a plastic cement 15, such as iron furnace cement and the inwardly directed or rounded ends 10 and 12 of the said flanges hold the cement in the trough. The lid is placed over the vault to permit of the, upper or open top of the vault being received in the trough. The lid is compressed in the direction of the vault, causing the cement to spread against the inner walls of the trough, into the continuous groove 14 and against the top, sides and flanges of the continuous reinforcing metal member at the top of the vault, the compression being sufficient to cause the outer edges of the flanges 9 and 10 to contact with or to be brought almost into contact with the flanges '1 or the continuous reinforcement for the top of the vault body.

With my improvement it the lid or cover may be easily and quickly attached to the vault to comprise a practically integral partthereof. The cement renders the joint between the lid and vault air and water-proof. The holdwill be apparent that ing cement is not exposed when the lid is arranged on the vault, and the copper construction of the vault and its lid produces a rust proof body.

Having described the invention, 1 claim:

A cover seal for vaults including a body having vertical walls and a cover, a wire like element fixed to the upper edges of the walls, a plate bent to conform to said element and into engagement with the inner and outer faces of the walls and fixed thereto, said plate having portions bentto extend a right angles to the inner and outer faces of the walls to provide oppositely extending supporting flanges, inner and outer depending plates on the cover to straddle the first-named plate and having their lower edges curved inwardly towards each other to form a trough, cement filling the trough and adhering to the supporting flanges and filling the spaces between the latter and the free edges of the depending plates.

CHARLES J. STREIB.

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