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US912414A
US912414A US44984108A US1908449841A US912414A US 912414 A US912414 A US 912414A US 44984108 A US44984108 A US 44984108A US 1908449841 A US1908449841 A US 1908449841A US 912414 A US912414 A US 912414A
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  • . ing is a specication.
  • This invention relates to burial vaults, and has for its object to provide a portable burial vault which will be air and water tight, the vault being of that type which is open at the bottom to permit the insertion of the casket, and air tight so that when set in place, water will not rise into the air space within the same, and consequently the casket will loe kept from water, being suspended in the air space free from contact with the ground.
  • the vault consists of a casing open at the bottom and preferably made in one piece of cement, molded to the desired shape, the particular shape being immaterial. This vault so molded is indicated at 6. Its sides are inclined outwardly and downwardly and it is open at the bottom to permit the casket 7 to be inserted within the same.
  • the wall of the mold may be made solely of cement, or the cement may be molded over a sheet metal plate or form 8, the latter being preferable, as the vault will thereby be made more airtight than if cement alone is used.
  • the casket is suspended within the vault by means of metal hooks 9 which are fasi tened at their upper ends in or to the inside of the vault and their hooked lower ends are properly positioned to catch under the edge of the casket.
  • metal hooks 9 which are fasi tened at their upper ends in or to the inside of the vault and their hooked lower ends are properly positioned to catch under the edge of the casket.
  • a suiiicient number of these hooks are used to support the casket, and, as
  • the casket may be conveniently inserted in the vault by blocking up the former and then lowering the vault over the same, until the hooks, which may be made of strap met-al of su'liicient strength, engage under the lower edge of the casket.
  • the casket will then be suspended within the vault, and in position to be lowered into the grave.
  • the vault is provided on the top with loops l0 through which straps or loops may be put, and held at opposite sides of the grave.
  • the bottom of the grave is preferably provided with a layer of sand Il, and when the vault is lowered into the grave the lower edge thereof will seat or enter into the sand, which will exclude vermin of various kinds.
  • the entrance of water is prevented by the air confined in the space in the vault, and the casket thus remains suspended in an air space and free from the injurious action of the earth and from various other disadvantages attending the covering of a casket with earth.
  • the casket will also be practically inaccessible and protected from grave robbers.
  • a burial vault consisting of a casing with top and side walls molded of cement in one piece and open at the bottom, and hangers attached at their upper ends to the side walls of the casing and depending within the same and having hooked lower ends, to support the casket.
  • TWILLIAM C. REINMILLER. FRANK L. CAMPBELL.

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W. C.' REINMILLER & L. CAMPBELL. BURIAL VAULT.
APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 22,1908.
912,414. Patented Feb. 16, 1909.
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM C. REINMILLER AND FRANK L. CAMPBELL, OF ATLANTA, ILLINOIS.
BURIAL-VAULT.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Feb. 16, 1909.
Application filed. August 22, 1908. Serial No. 449,841.
. ing is a specication.
This invention relates to burial vaults, and has for its object to provide a portable burial vault which will be air and water tight, the vault being of that type which is open at the bottom to permit the insertion of the casket, and air tight so that when set in place, water will not rise into the air space within the same, and consequently the casket will loe kept from water, being suspended in the air space free from contact with the ground.
With these and other advantages in view, the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the eX- terior of the vault; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view illustrating the manner of its use.
The vault consists of a casing open at the bottom and preferably made in one piece of cement, molded to the desired shape, the particular shape being immaterial. This vault so molded is indicated at 6. Its sides are inclined outwardly and downwardly and it is open at the bottom to permit the casket 7 to be inserted within the same. The wall of the mold may be made solely of cement, or the cement may be molded over a sheet metal plate or form 8, the latter being preferable, as the vault will thereby be made more airtight than if cement alone is used.
The casket is suspended within the vault by means of metal hooks 9 which are fasi tened at their upper ends in or to the inside of the vault and their hooked lower ends are properly positioned to catch under the edge of the casket. A suiiicient number of these hooks are used to support the casket, and, as
will be seen, they hold the same some distance above the lower edge of the vault. The casket may be conveniently inserted in the vault by blocking up the former and then lowering the vault over the same, until the hooks, which may be made of strap met-al of su'liicient strength, engage under the lower edge of the casket. The casket will then be suspended within the vault, and in position to be lowered into the grave. For this purpose the vault is provided on the top with loops l0 through which straps or loops may be put, and held at opposite sides of the grave.
As shown in Fig. 2 the bottom of the grave is preferably provided with a layer of sand Il, and when the vault is lowered into the grave the lower edge thereof will seat or enter into the sand, which will exclude vermin of various kinds. The entrance of water is prevented by the air confined in the space in the vault, and the casket thus remains suspended in an air space and free from the injurious action of the earth and from various other disadvantages attending the covering of a casket with earth. The casket will also be practically inaccessible and protected from grave robbers.
vWe claim:
A burial vault consisting of a casing with top and side walls molded of cement in one piece and open at the bottom, and hangers attached at their upper ends to the side walls of the casing and depending within the same and having hooked lower ends, to support the casket.
In testimony whereof, we aHiX our signatures in presence of two witnesses.
TWILLIAM( C. REINMILLER. FRANK L. CAMPBELL.
litnesses J. L. PERRY, M. M. HoosE.
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