US941986A - Grave-vault. - Google Patents

Description

S. FRY.

GRAVE VAULT.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 1a, 1908.

Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

" gnvenl or Sines Fry I flttoznu STILES FRY, OF WESTERVILLE, OHIO.

GRAVE-VAULT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

Application filed March 18, 1508. Serial No. 421,909.

To all whom "it may concern:

U iown that I, Srrnns FRY, a citizen United States, residing at \Vesterville, the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, 'c invented new and useful Improve IS in Grave-Vaults, of which the follou is a specification.

at n relates to the construction of l or other subterraneous chanu won. .nch 1t is desired to exclude water a to prevent the inroads of burrowing animals, and has for its object to simplity and cheapen this class of structures and to provide for the ready assemblage and tying of the parts.-

Another objectof the invention is to construct a vault in sections so arranged'and constructed that each of the parts will serve as a bond to the remaining parts with which it engages, and whereby earth placed around the vault will serve to more tightly secure the sections of the vault. v

With these objects in view the invention resides in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a vault constructed in accordance with the invention, the top or cover being slightly elevated from the body to more clearly illustrate the details of construction. Fig. 2 is an elevation of one of the side slabs. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the-side slabs. is a perspective view of oneof the end slabs.

This improved vault is adapted to be constructed in sections, and comprises a top 1, bottom 2, sides 3 and ends 4-. The top and bottom 1 and 2 are provided with spaced depressions 5, extending or positioned adjacent their edges. The sides 3 are provided with spaced tongues 6, adapted to engage the depressions 5 on the longitudinal edges of the top and bottom 1 and 2. The ends 4, have their top and bottom edges provided with projections 7, adapted to engage the depressio; 5 in the top and bottom slabs adjacent their ends. The vertical sides of the ends 4: are also provided with rojections or tongues adapted to engage epressions 9 formed adjacent the vertical edges of the sides 3.

The slabs -;,:nprising the vault are preferably constructed of concrete, but it is to be Fig.

understood that they may be constructed of stone,'metal or any desired material.

Tn assembling the slabs, the base 2 is first positioned within the opening provided for the reception of the vault, cement or mortar in a liquid state is deposited within the depressions 5, it being understood that the depressions provided within the slabs do not extend to the outer surface of the slabs. The side walls 3 are positioned upon the bottom wall, the projections (S being engaged within the recesses 5. The ends 4 are now positioned upon the bottom slab so that the depressions 5 are engaged by the projections 7, the side slabs 3 are tilted to allow the ends at to be positioned in a vertical line, and ce-- ment having been deposited in the depres sions 9 of the side slabs 3, the slabs are.

forced toward the end slabs 4 until the projections 8 engage the depressions 9. Dirt is now placed around the sides and ends of the vault to force the sides and ends into locked engagement with each other and the sides and ends firmly against the base 2. The depressions 5 of the top are provided with ce-.

ment and the top 1s positioned upon. the' sides and ends sothat the depressions 5ongage tue pr- pjections 6 and 7. When the cement is set the device becomes effectively sealed.

' It will be noted by reference to the drawings that the ends 4 are positioned sli htly away from the edges of the sides an top and bottom, and that the longitudinal edges of the top and bottom are spaced a the v slight distance away from the sides 3. If desired these projecting portions may be provided with a coating of cement, which will hermetically seal the vault.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing it will be noted that the end members 4 of the device have their tops and bottoms provided with a single centrally arranged projection 7 and their sides providedwith a pair of projections 8. It will be further noted that the said walls 3 have their ends provided with a pair of openings adapted for the reception of the projections 8, while their top and bottom edges are provided with the outer projections 6 alining with a central projection 7 of the ends. By this arrangement it will be seen that theprojecperfect alinement with each other, so that when the top 1 and bottom 2 are positioned upon the sides and ends their depressions or recesses 5 will engage the central projections 6 of the sides 3, thus securely engaging both'the sides and ends and. forcing the said sides and ends into close contact witheach other. v

By constructing the different members comprising the vaults with tongues upon their edges and with grooves adapted to receive the tongues, it will be noted that a single member 3 may be positioned upon the bottom slab 2 without necessitating the cn'iployi'nent of braces or other devices for retaining the said side in its set-up position, thus-greatly facilitating the work of placing the sections in proper. position upon each other. This is also true of the end members l, and from the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be noted that the device is of an extremely simple formation and requires only a minimum amount of physical exer-,

tion in properly placing the members together.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed. as new is:

A grave vault comprising separable sides and ends and top and bottom, the top and the bottom being each provided with spaced depressions having beveled alls adjacent their inner edges, the sides having their top and bottom edges provided with spaced projections having their Walls beveled and their ends adjacenttheir inner faces provided with beveled depressions, the end members having their top and bottom edges each provided with a central projection and their side edges each provided with a plurality of beveled projections, the side projections being adapted to engage the recesses provided Within the side members of the vault, the central projection adapted to en-' gage within the central depressions of the top and bottom to aline with the end pro jf' iions upon the sides, the bottom proje tion of the sides engaging the depressions upon the bottom slab, and the depressions of the top slab adapted to engage the projections of the sides and ends. I

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

' STILES FRY. Witnesses:

BELLE S'rRoH'M, W, W. FULLER.

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