Burial Vault.
Year: 1891

page_text: being date of first Foreign Application (in
United States of America),
14011 Ap
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 13th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 13th Nov., 1891-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1892
United States of Allieriva),
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 13th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 13th Nov., 1891-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Burial Vault.
We, GEORGE CHARLES WYATT, Inventor, and JOSEPH KLIPSTINE
WILLIAMSON, Inventor, both of Rome, in the County of Floyd, and State of
Georgia, in the United States of America do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to burial vaults, and has for its object the production of a
new and improved vault which shall be perfectly air and water-tight and secure
from the molestation of vandals, and which shall be inexpensive and capable of
being readily and easily constructed either above or beneath the ground.
The invention comprises a vault having an upper continuous groove or recess
the walls of which have coincident recesses or indentations, and a cover provided
with a continuous tongue corresponding with and designed to fit in said groove or
recess and having transverse holes or openings extending therethrough and located
coincident with the recesses or indentations in the walls of said groove or recess
whereby liquid cement will firmly lock said cover in place, substantially as
hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claim.
In the accompanying drawing:-
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Figure 1 is a central longitudinal sectional view. Figure 2 is a transverse
sectional view taken at right angles to Figure 1. Figure 24 is a detail view
showing a portion of the connecting tongue and coincident holes or recesses or
indentations the same being taken on the line x-x, Figure 2. Figure 3 represents
a groove forming bar employed in making the base for the vault.
Referring to the drawing, A designates the body or main portion of our vault
which is composed entirely of cement, the ordinary Portland cement being
preferably employed. The body A consists of two side and two end-walls
forming a central chamber or compartment a wherein the box containing the
casket is designed to be placed. In the upper end of body A is formed a
continuous groove or recess a¹, and in the parallel side-walls a² thereof are
formed opposite recesses or indentations a³.
B is the arched cover also composed entirely of cement, and from its lower edge
projects a continuous tongue which corresponds with the groove or recess a¹
wherein it is designed to snugly fit. In this tongue are formed transverse holes or
openings which when the cover is in position are coincident with the recesses or
indentations a³ in the walls of said groove or recess. Before placing the cover in
position liquid cement is poured into the groove or recess a¹ and thus when the
tongue enters said groove or recess the liquid cement will pass through the holes or
openings and be forced into the recesses or indentations a³, and when the same
hardens the cover is firmly locked or held in position.
Our improved vault is applicable for use both above and beneath ground. In
Figure 2 we have shown the same as being built beneath the earth's surface. In
thus building the vault the course pursued is as follows:
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The grave is made in the ordinary way, the opening being somewhat larger than

page_text: usual. We first prepare a bed or base C of cement by placing the same between
two horizontal parallel L-shaped bais D located at the sides of the grave. The
bars D are beveled or inclined on the upper surfaces of their horizontal portions
so that when the cement becomes sufficiently hard they can be readily removed,
thus leaving grooves or recesses in the under surface of the bed or base C.
While the cement is hardening grooves or recesses d', d², are formed in the upper
surface of the bed or base parallel with the sides and ends thereof. The box
containing the casket is then lowered onto the bed or base, and the body A of the
vault is built up around it by pouring in the cement which composes the same, said
cement entering the grooves or recesses d, d', d², in the under and upper surfaces
of the bed or base, and thus the body A is firmly locked to the latter. Before the
cement comprising the body hardens the groove or recess a¹ is formed in its uppe:
end, and the recesses or indentations a³ are chiseled out from the walls of sai
groove or recess. Liquid cement is then placed in this latter groove or recess and
the cover is then put in position, its tongue snugly fitting said groove or recess and
being firmly locked by the liquid cement entering the transverse holes or openings b
and the recesses or indentations a³. The same course is followed when the vault is
to be located above the ground, save that a fence or boarding must be employed to
hold the cement composing the body A in place during the formation of the latter.
The advantages of our invention are apparent, and it will be especially observed
that as constructed the vault is solid, and air and water-tight; is much cheaper
than any other known form of vault; can be quickly made; is permanent, secure
and durable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
The herein described improved burial vault, having its body composed entirely
of cement and provided with an upper continuous groove or recess, the walls of
which have opposite recesses or indentations, and a cover also composed entirely
of cement and having a depending tongue fitting said groove or recess and provided
with transverse holes or openings coincident with said recesses or indentations,
substantially as set forth.
Dated this 12th day of November 1891.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.