Improvements in or connected with Memorial Monuments or Tomb-stones.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 7th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 7th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 1st Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Memorial Monuments or
Tomb-stones.
I, JOHN CARRINGTON SELLARS, of 68, Bridge Street, Birkenhead, in the
County of Chester, Manufacturing Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
According to this invention I construct memorial monuments or tomb-stones of
solid or hollow blocks, or in sections, of cement concrete, said blocks or sections
being moulded to the shape and design required, and so formed that they can be
interlocked or keyed together to form memorial monuments or tomb-stones.
The memorial monument or tombstone so formed may take the shape of a curb,
and side and end stones enclosing a portion of ground which can be used as a
flower bed or be surmounted with a glazed frame and having an openwork roof, said
frame being suitable for containing growing plants, or cut flowers or wreaths and
being locked up, or the case may be used for enclosing urns containing cremation
remains.
The cement blocks or sections may also be arranged to receive granite, marble,
earthenware, wood-work, metal, or other ornamental facings and name tablets, which
can be attached to the concrete blocks or sections by dovetailed bolts or rivets, or
interlocked therewith.
Vertical monuments or tomb-stones are constructed by placing the cement
concrete blocks or sections one upon the other and interlocking them together to
form the required design, which design may be of any suitable nature, such as a
cross, column, or stepped stones etcetera.
By forming memorial monuments or tombstones of cement concrete blocks or
sections interlocked, a great saving in skilled labor is effected as the blocks or
sections can be moulded to any suitable pattern or design, and can be made in
multiple without resorting to skilled masonwork; also by being made in blocks
or sections and afterwards interlocked and cemented together they are very
portable.
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CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON, Fels. Chart. Inst. P.A.,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Memorial Monuments or
Tomb-stones.
I, JOHN CARRINGTON SELLARS, of 68, Bridge Street, Birkenhead, in the
County of Chester, Manufacturing Chemist, 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 :--
According to this invention I construct memorial monuments or tomb-stones of
solid or hollow blocks, or in sections, of cement concrete, said blocks or sections
being moulded to the shape and design required, and so formed that they can be
interlocked or keyed together to form. memorial monuments or tombstones.
The memorial monuments or tombstones so formed may take the shape of a curb,
and side and end stones enclosing a portion of ground which can be used as a
flower bed or be surmounted with a glazed frame and having an openwork roof, said
frame being suitable for containing growing plants, or cut flowers or wreaths and
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page_text: being locked up, or the case may be used for enclosing urns containing cremation
remains.
The cement blocks or sections may also be arranged to receive granite, marble,
earthenware, wood-work, metal, or other ornamental facings and name tablets, which
can be attached to the concrete blocks or sections by dovetailed bolts or rivets, or
interlocked therewith.
Vertical monuments or tomb-stones are constructed by placing the cement
concrete blocks or sections one upon the other and interlocking them together to
form the required design, which design may be of any suitable nature, such as cross,
column, or stepped stones etcetera.
By forming memorial monuments of tombstones of cement concrete blocks or
sections interlocked, a great saving in skilled labor is effected as the blocks or
sections can be moulded to any suitable pattern or design, and can be made in
multiple without resorting to skilled masonwork; also by being made in blocks
or sections and afterwards interlocked and cemented together they are very
portable.
Having thus described the object and nature of the invention I will now proceed
to describe it with reference to the sheet of accompanying drawings, in the various
figures of which the same parts are designated by the same letters and they
correspond with those used in the following explanation.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of an upright tomb-stone constructed of four
hollow blocks of cement concrete and illustrating the improvements under my
invention.
Figure 2 is a plan of a horizontal memorial slab and curbing illustrating the
improvements under this invention.
Figure 3 is an end view, and Figure 4 is a plan, shewing the keying together of
the end and side parts forming the curbing shewn in Figure 2.
Figure 5 is a sectional elevation shewing a portion of a cement slab with a veneer
of stone and under this invention.
Figure 6 is a sectional elevation shewing a portion of a cement slab with an
ornamental face of tiles and under this invention.
Figure 7 is a perspective view shewing a glazed frame having an openwork roof,
said frame being adapted to fit over a memorial slab and curb under this invention
and to contain flowers or plants.
With reference to Figure 1 of the drawings, the vertical tomb-stone shewn is
formed of four hollow blocks or parts of cement concrete a a¹ a² a³ each block being
constructed to ship into the one below it and rest upon a ledge as shewn at 6 the
several blocks being cemented together as they are placed in position.
With reference to Figure 2 of the drawings, the memorial slab a is enclosed in a
cement concrete curbing d d' the end parts d and the side parts of which are
keyed together, the cement curbing being provided in moulding with the inter-
locking parts such as ce, see Figs. 3 & 4 for this purpose, the parts, when
brought together, being secured by cement. The curbing à d³ may be faced with
a veneer i of stone such as marble, in which case the veneer is provided with stone
or other bolts or studs having roughened shanks, the veneer being first placed in
the mould and then the cement run or put in, the bolts holding into the cement
and holding the veneer thereto. This plan is shewn in Figure 5. Rubber washer
or spring washer or soft metal washer may be placed around the bolt so as to allow
for unequal expansion of the surface veneer, for instance of the veneer should be of
opal glass. The veneer of granite marble, glass, or ordinary stone may be keyed
on after the cement casting has been made. Holes may be in the cement or hard
concrete casting at the time it is moulded ready for veneering.
The curbing
d may be faced with ornamental tiles i in which case the tiles are
roughened or provided with projections or holes in the back as shewn in Figure 6
to secure them to the cement.

page_text: In Figure 7 k designates a glazed frame having an open roof k¹ and adapted to
fit over the curbing d d¹ and to contain flowers or plants or urns.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The herein described improved memorial monuments or tomb stones consisting
of a plurality of moulded cement blocks, or pieces having keying or interlocking
portions or provisions by which said blocks or pieces are connected together; sub-
stantially as herein set forth respectively with reference to and as shewn in, the
different figures of the drawings.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON, Fels. Chart. Inst. P.A.,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.