US589722A

US589722A - Taylor

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Publication number: US589722A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1897-09-07
Anticipated expiration: 1914-09-07

Description

(No Model.)

W. A. HAMMOND 8a R. W. TAYLOR.

TO'MBSTDNB 0R MONUMENT.

Patented Sept.. '7, 1897.

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NiTno STATES PATnNT Tries WILLIAM ALBERT HAMMOND AND ROBERTV. TAYLOR., Ol? ST. LOUIS,

MISSOURI.

TOMBSTONE'OR MONUMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,722, dated September 7, 189'?.

Application tiled April 19, 1897. Serial No.. 632,879. (No model.)

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Be it known that we, WILLIAM ALBERT HAMMOND and ROBERTW. TAYLOR, of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tombstoncs or llIonum-ents, ot' which the following is a full, clear, and 'exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

Our invention relates to tombstones or monuments; and it consists of .the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

Figure l is a side elevation of our improved tombstone or monument. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken approximately on the line 2 2 of Fig. l.. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken approximately on the line 3 3 of Fig. Fig. 1i is a View in perspective of a croWs-.t'oot or anchor of which We make use.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, G is a granite or limestone base of any desired size or shape. The glass plates 7 are placed in vertical positions upon the base 6 and form a rectangular inclosurc. Anchors 8 have their heads seated in the base 6, and said anchers extend upwardly and outwardly to positions at the upper corners of the plates 7, and the metallic plates il are attached to the outer upper ends of said anchors 8 and engage the outer surfaces of the glass plates 7. The glass plates l0 are placed together end to end with their lower edges resting upon the upper edges of the glass plates 7, said plates l0 being inclined in cross-section inwardly to an angle of approximately fortyiive degrees relative to the plates '7. After the plates l0 are 4placed in position the metallic plates 9 engage their outer surfaces, as required, to hold said plates inv position. The space within the inclosurc formed by the plates and l0 is filled with plastic granitoid l1 or other suitable substance which will form a solid artificial rock when hardened.

Glass plates l2 are placed together side by side and their lower ends are inserted through the opening formed bythe upper edges ot' the plates 10, and said lower ends are embedded in the granitoid. Two or more of the glass plates 'l2 may be used, and said plates may be cemented together, and they may be of any desired thickness or of any desired outline. Inscriptions may be painted or otherwise indicated upon the inner surfaces of the outer ones of said plates.

The metallic strap I3 is substantially as Wide as the double thickness of the glass plates l2, and said strap is placed in position to cover the exposed edges of said glass plates l2, one end of said strap being inserted into the granitoid ll and said strap passing upwardly entirely around the exposed edges of the glass plates I2 and the opposite end of said strap being inserted in the granitoid ll at the opposite side of theglass plates. The ends of the strap 13 may be out into strips and said strips separated, thus forming the crows-feet 14, as shown in Fig. 4.

In order to form secure connections between the stra-p 13 and the granitoid, the part-s thus far described are all placed in position While the granitoid is in a plastic state, and when the granitoid is hardened it is obvious that the parts will be held securely together.

The ears l5 may be formed integral with or attached to the edges of the strap 13, and said ears may be bent inwardly to closely engage the outer side surfaces of the glass plates 12, as shown in Fig. l, thus holding the upper portions ot' the glass plates in position relative to the strap i3.

In Fig. 2 the edges oli' the glass plates l2 are cut at right angles to their sides and the strap 13 is flat.

The base (j may be seated in the ground, as required to expose only the glass portion of the monument, or said base may be set above the ground, as desired. Itis, however, mainly intended as a foundation upon which to build the glass mon u men t.

In a tombstone, a suitable base, the glass plates '7 placed in vertical positions and end to end upon said base and forming a rectangular inclosurc, the anchors S having their heads anchored in said base and extending upwardly and outwardly to positions at the upper corners of said plates '7, the metallic plates 9 attached to the outer upper ends ot" said anchors 8 and engaging the outer sur- 'faces ot' said plates 7, the glass plates l0 placed IOC together end to end with their lower edges resting upon the upper edges of the glass plates 7, said plates l0 being inclined in Wardly, the plastic material ll Within the glass inelosure and upon. the bese, the glass plates l2 plaeed together side by side with their lower ends inserted through the opening formed by the upper edges of the plates l0 and embedded iu said plastid material, the metallic strap 13 placed in position to @over the exposed edges of said glass plates and having its ends embedded in said plastic nmterial, und the ears l5 projecting from said metallic strap upon opposite sides ol' said glass plates, substantially as speoilied.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM ALBERT HAMMOND. ROBERT YV. TAYLOR.

lllitnesses for Hammond:

WM. R. KARSTETER, ELM() CHENNE.

\Vltuesses for Taylor:

MAUD GRIFFIN, S. G. WELLS.