US1484896A - Concrete casket vault - Google Patents

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Feb.. 2s, 1924., l 1,4s4896 J. MANNIX CONCRETE GASKET VAULT Original Filed April 4. 1922 j .1. J0 W A LD ...Q J3 JOD ATTORNEY Patented Feb., 26, i924,

Ubliilq@ STTS JOSEPH MANNIX, OF SAB/ANAS LAKE, NEW YORK.

CONCRETE GASKET 'VAULT.

Application led April 4, 1922, Serial No. 549,484. Renewed December 14, 1923.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, Josnrii MANNIX, a citizen of the United States, residing at Saranac Lake, in the county of Franklin and State e of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Concrete Casket Vaults, of which the following is a speciiication.

rlhis invention relates to burial vaults and one of the objects is to produce a device ci this nature having a composition which shall be water-proof.

Another object is to produce a device of this nature made in sections and provided with connecting flanges of such shape as to ne prevent breakage where there is movement of the parts relatively to each other.

Another object is to provide means whereby the various sections may be readily lowered into place and which will also serve as 2@ neans for elevating the coiiin from the lower oor.

Another object is to produce a device oiE this kind in which any iron utilized in the construction will be so placed as to be prevented from deterioration.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this nature with sectional overlapping covers whereby the strength of the device is greatly increased.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel construction and combination and arrangement of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure is a side elevation of my improved burial vault.

Figure 2, is a top plan view of the same with parts removed.

Figure 3, is a central longitudinal sectional view.

Like characters of reference, refer to like parts in all views.

The present invention contemplates the provision of a burial vault constructed particularly of concrete, and as it is desirable to have these vaults waterproof, l prefer to make the vault herein described of a composition comprising two parts of liquid enamel to every one hundred pounds of cement used in the mixture.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, l() and 11 reiresent two base members which are formed with side channels 12 and end channels 13, the same being inclined toward the center so as to tend to throw the walls toward the center and prevent their falling apart. A plurality of lugs or eyes 14 are formed on the floor or secured thereto and these may be utilized for lowering the members 10 and 11 to place in the grave and afterwards will form suitable supports for holding the coln above the floor of the vault. t will be noticed that the contiguous ends of members 10 and 11 are beveled and lap each other so that bv the addition of a little cement, at the time of laying, the same may be tirmly secured in place. i rlhe upright structure comprises side members 15 and 16 and corner members 17 which extend half way across the end and also at right angles for distances along the respective sides. The various members are provided with round lugs 18 and grooves 19, the purpose of the rounding of these portions is so that a limited amount of relative movement may be indulged without breaking the tenon. If desired, hooked or flanged bars ot iron or steel-may be provided to cap the structure as shown at 20 and 21.

The top is preferably made of three sections which are numbered 22, 23 and 24, and which are beveled at their contiguous faces. Each of the members 22, 23, and 24, is provided with one or more ribs 25, for strengthenina: it, and these ribs are preferably provided with apertures 26, whereby they may be readily lowered to place by means of ropes or straps.

A cover is provided consisting of three parts, 27'. 28 and 29, which overlap the joints between the members 22, 23, and 24. and fit on to the ribs thereof so as to hold the members 22, 23 and 24 against displacement. Members 22, 23 and 24 are also provided with a downward proiection which fits inside the walls of the upright portion so as to hold them against slipping. Eyes or rings 30 may be provided in the members 27, 28 and 29, fr the purpose of lowering the same to ace.

p While l have described what I deem to be the most desirable embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that many of the details may be varied without in any way departing from the spirit of my invention, and therefore do not limit myself to the exact details cf construction herein set forth nor 310 to anything less than the Whole of my invention, limited only by the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is l. A vault of the class described comprising a pair of base members each provided With a groove and With a plurality of eyes on its upper surface, a body structure constructed to lit into said grooves and including a plurality of sections joined by rounded tenons and grooves, a lid comprising a plurality of overlapping sections having ribs each having apertures therein, and a cover comprising sections Which overlap the joints in said lid, and Which include counter sinks for receiving said ribs.

2. A vault` characterized by being made of a composition of enamel. and cement and comprising, a sectional base, lsectional sides,

sectional ends, a sectional lid, and a sectional cover, the side sections having portions Which 20 it in recesses in the base, each side section having a portionvvhich ts in arecess in said lid, leach end section being of angular formation, certain of they end sections having portions Which it respectively in recesses in con- 25 tiguous side sections and end sections, certain of said end sections having a recess Which accommodates a portion of a contiguous end section and a portion which fits in awrecess in a contiguous side section, and the cover 30 JOSEPH MANNiX.

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