US950112A - Burial-vault. - Google Patents

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J. B. MURRAY BURIAL VAULT APPLICATION FILED APE 1.1909

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

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,UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BRUFF MURRAY. OF ADRIAN, OHIO. ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT MESNE ASSIGNMENTS. TO JOSEPH BURIAL-VAULT.

E. MYERS. on oAnnv (mm,

ramiml Feb. 22, 1910.

Application file-d April 1, 1909. Serial No. 487,369.

' the invention being to provide a generally improved burial-vault of this class whicli'lov l l reason of the reinforcement of its walls atfd the particular arrangement and configuration of the latter will be better adapted to its intended purposes than any other vault of the same class with which I am acquainted.

The invention relates more particularly to the means and method of reinforcing the rectangular main body portion and lid or cover of the vault whereby a vault; of generally improvcd reinforced construction is provided.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a self'sealing lid or cover of improved construction provided about itsperipheral 0'" marginal edges with a rectangular shaped depending flange, and a case ody provided with a peripheral outwardlyprojecting lid-supporting portion or ledge having a rectangular shaped seal-receiving1 groove adapted to receive and contain sai .depending flange of the lid or cover when the latter is placed in osition.

With the above mentioned objects in View, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in one of its embodiments in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the ap pended claims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1, is a perspective view of a burial-vault constructed in accordance with this invention. -,\Iiig. 2, is a cross sectional view of the same with the lid or cover in an elevated position. Fig. 3, is a detail perspective view of the improved reinforcing frame for reinforcing the lid or cover. Fig. 4, is a. detail perspective View of the improved reinforcing frame for reinforeing the vault or case body.

Similarnumerals of reference like parts drawings.

designate throughout all thetfigj res of the The improved vault. comprises a rectangular shaped main body portion consisting of side and end walls 1, and 2, preferably paneled as shown and reinforced or strengthened by means of peripheral or man ginal strengthening panels 3. 'lhe side l walls may be further strengthened by means of an upright intermediate panel 4, and diagonally disposed panels 5. The side und end walls of the vault or vase body are formed or built up of cement or concrete in a well known manner and have embedded therein a rectangular shaped reinforcing wire frame which will now be described.

As shown. mostv clearly in Fig. 4, of the drawings the reinforcing frame embedded in the case body comprises a plurality of horizontall vextending rectangular members (3, and a plurality of wall reinforcing mem bers consisting of horizontally-extending intersecting bottom portions 7, terminating in verticallyextending side and end Wall rein forcing'portions S, intersecting said rectangular members 6, all of said reinforcing members being secured by a. Welding at the intersecting portions thereof as at 9, said welding being preferably formed by the electric welding process. By reason of the relative disposition and arrangement of the members (3, 7, and 8, and the manner of securing the intersecting portions thereof together a generally improved reinforcing frame of great strength and rigidity is re duced. The reinforcing frame for rein orc ing the lid or cover comprises a plurality of longitudinally and transversely (intending intersecting members 10, and 11, res ectivcly, said transversely extending mem ers being preferably arched as shown and the intersecting portions of said members 10, and 11, being welded together in a manner similar to the intersecting portions of the reinforcing frame for the case body above described. The reinforcing frame for the lid or cover is provided at its sides with wire loop eyes 12, adapted to project above the lid or cover 13, as shown most clearly in Fig. 1, of the drawings.

The bottom of the vault or case body is provided with a centrally located raised rectangular shaped panel portion 14, having its marginal edges horizontally-spaced from the straps surrounding the latter to be readily removed when the casket is placed in the vault. The side and end walls of the vault body terminatoat their upper portions in a peripheral outwardly pro ecting lid supporting portion or ledge 15 of substantially triangular shape in cross section and providing a broad u-pper bearing surface and containing a rectangular shaped seal-receiving groove 16 (see Fig. 2) said seal receiving groove being preferably provided with an inverted V-shaped PIOJQCtlOll 1G. The groove 16, is adapted to receive the plastic cement or sealing material so to herinetically seal the lid or cover when the latter is placed in position as hereinafter described. The seal receiving groove 16, is horizontallyspaced from the outer peripheral edge of the lid supporting portion 15, thus providing an outer lid supporting ledge 15, to be covered by an overhanging ledge of the lid or cover when the latter is placed in position thus protecting the plastic seal from earth and foreign matter during the filling of the grave.

The lid or cover 13, is provided with a depending flange 17 adapted to take into and normally rest within the seal receiving groove 16, said depending flange 17, being similar in shape and contour to the seal receiving groove 16, and being provided with an inverted V-shaped groove 17; adapted to receive and take over-the similarly shaped projection 16 when the lid or cover is placed in position in the sealing, operation. The de )ending flange 17, is iorizontally spaced f rom the outer peripheral edge of the 11d or cover thus providing an overhanglng ledge 18, adapted to register with and take over the outer lid supporting ledge 15, of the case body when the lid or cover is placed in position as shown most clearly in Figs. l, and 2, of the drawings.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,- I

A burial vault, comprising a rectangular body provided with a peripheral outwardly pro3ecting lid-supporting ledge, of triangular shape in cross section, about the upper marginal edges of its side and end walls, aid ledge having a broad upper bearing surface and provided with a rectangular shaped seal-receii 'ing groove surrounded by an outer lid-supporting bearing portion, and a cover provided with an overhanging ledge adapted to register with and cover said outer lidsupporting bearing portion and having a rectangular shaped dependin flange extending from the inner margina edges of said overhanging ledge and normally seated in said seal receiving groove, said groove being pt'ovided in its base portion with an inverted V-shaped projection and said depending flange being provided with a similarly shaped groove taking over said projection after the initial insertion of said depending flange in said seal-receivin roove.

In testimony whereof mve affixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN BRUFF MURRAY. Vitnesses C. M. CHESEBROUGH, J. E. MYERS.

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