US1922218A

US1922218A - Monument

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Publication number: US1922218A
Application number: US509619A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ritter George
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1930-06-23
Filing date: 1931-01-19
Publication date: 1933-08-15
Anticipated expiration: 1950-08-15

Description

G. RITTER MONUMENT Aug. l5, 1933.

Vorigimii Filed June 25,1950

HES%ER @fro/@MSK `Patented ug. 15, 1933 PATENT oFFlcE MoNUMENT George Ritter, Pinokneyviuo, 111.

original application June 2s, 1930, serial No.` 463,109. Divided and this application January 19, 1931. serial No. 509,619

1 Claim.

My invention has relation to improvements in monuments and it consists in the novel features of construction more fully set forth in thespecication and pointed out in the claim. Y

The subject matter of the present invention has been divided out of my co-pending applica` tion on Concrete monuments and methods o manufacturing the same, led June 23, 1930,A

under Ser. No. 463,109.` v

The principal object of thepresent invention is the building of monuments for grave markers, and equivalent purposes, of concrete sections assembled into a closely knit structure very nearly resembling the customary monolithic block. The concrete monument made according to myinvention can be manufactured at approximately one-third of the cost of a cut stone of high quality and is equally as durable. The advantage of` building the monument in sectionsV is that the sides and ends of the monument may be molded face .downward and the cement troweled sufliciently to expel excess moisture, thusV obtaining a product of greater density thancould be obtained ifthe entire monument were molded as a single unit. A further object of individually molding the slabs that constitute the sides of the monument is that suitable dies may be employed in the mold for casting any suitable inscrption in the slab. p l

My invention also contemplates molding the slabs with a suitable recess instead or an inscription, and molding separately an inscribed `plate which is adapted for insertion into the recess of` the slab. I am thereby enabled to make up a suitable stock of monument slabs in advance, providing the inscribed plates as needed. These advantages, together with others, inherent in the invention will be better apparent from a'detailed description thereof in connection with the `accompanying drawingV in which:`

Figure `1` is a perspective view of a monument made according to my improved method; Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section taken through the monument on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross-section through the monument taken on the line 3-3 of Fg.,1; and Fig. 4 is a (Cl. 'l2-7.2)

at the inner corners as shown at e, e to receive the ends of slabs 4 and 5 cemented therein. A cap 8 of any desired shape is set on the upper edges of the side and end slabs and cemented to said slabs as shown by the joints 9. The

slabs

4, 5, 6, and 7 are set upon the base 2 and cemented thereto asindicated by the joints 10. The

joints

3, 9, and l0, as well as those in the recesses e, are preferably tooled in such a manner as to give the appearance of cut stone.

In molding the

slabs

4, 5, 6, and 7, eyes, or staples, 11 may be placed in them '(as shown Fig. 3) and after the sides have been erected, and before cap 8 is in place,va wire 12 may be 70 stretched between the eyes in the

slabs

6 and 7, and

wires

13, 13 may be stretched between opposite eyes in slabs 4 and 5;

weights

14, 15, 15 may be hung from the respective wires so as to exert-an inwardly acting force on the s1abs,75 thereby holding them rmly together during the period that the cement is soft. Pressure may be temporarily employed from the outside of the slabs while the cement is hardening in lieu of the weights within. In molding the front slab 5 a recess 16 is formed in it and a name plate 1'7 is set into said recess and cemented therein, tooled joints 18 being formed around the plate 17 to give the appearance of a cut border. TheA inscrption`19 on the plate 17 is 85 cast into said plate in a manner described in my co-pending application abovereferred to.

Having described my invention I claim:

A monument comprising a suitable base, ndividual slabs erected on said base to form the sides of the monument, said slabs being in abuty ting relation at the corners of the monument, a

Vsuitable `cap disposed on the sides, tie members connecting opposite sides, and a Weight connected with the tie members and suspended therefrom for exerting tension inwardly on said tying members.

GEORGE RITTER.

perspective View of a name plate with the name cast in it. Y 1

Referring to the drawing, 1 represents a concrete slab that forms the sub-base of the monument, 2 is the molded base resting thereon and cemented thereto as shown by the joint 3; Slabs 4 and 5 form the rear and front Walls `of the hollow monument and

rslabs

6 and 7 form the end walls thereof, whichend walls are recessed