US4068425A
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Modular mausoleum
Assignee: PERMACRETE PRODUCTS Corp A DE CORP
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Filing: 1977-04-05
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Granted: 1978-01-17
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Expires: 1997-04-05
Abstract
Abstract A multiple crypt or vault burial mausoleum features precast concrete modules each having a horizontal shelf and depending vertical walls to define plural crypts when in stacked relationship with other modules in a multiple level arrangement. Each vertical module wall contains an embedded steel leg structure near the forward and rear quarter points of the module extending from top to bottom thereof. In the multiple tier mausoleum constructed from stacked modules, steel support and bearing legs extend continuously from top to bottom in the structure. Rectangular steel shims are intervened with the embedded legs of each module to render the entire leg structure continuous. The arrangement greatly minimizes settlement normally encountered with shim and grout supports and reduces the binding of shutters dependent on the system for support. The solid block shims can also resist shear stresses caused by lateral forces which grout cannot resist.
Inventors
- 👤 Edward S. Czorniak
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 14:52
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/348; E04B1/34815; E04B1/34823; E04H; E04H13/00; E04H13/006
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
111 words
In a modular multi-level concrete structure formed from vertically stacked cast concrete modules, each module having a vertical load bearing wall in alignment with like walls of other modules in said structure, the improvement comprising a continuous top to bottom load bearing leg structure within said aligned vertical walls of the multi-level structure, said leg structure comprising at least one vertical rod embedded in the vertical wall of each module and extending substantially from the top to the bottom thereof, and a load bearing shim interposed between the opposing ends of the rods in adjacent modules to form therewith said continuous leg structure from top to bottom of said multi-level structure.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
111 words
In a modular multi-level concrete structure formed from vertically stacked cast concrete modules, each module having a vertical load bearing wall in alignment with like walls of other modules in said structure, the improvement comprising a continuous top to bottom load bearing leg structure within said aligned vertical walls of the multi-level structure, said leg structure comprising at least one vertical rod embedded in the vertical wall of each module and extending substantially from the top to the bottom thereof, and a load bearing shim interposed between the opposing ends of the rods in adjacent modules to form therewith said continuous leg structure from top to bottom of said multi-level structure.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
116 words
In a modular structure as defined in claim 1, said leg structure comprising a pair of side-by-side spaced vertical rods in the vertical wall of each module, a horizontal cap plate joining the tops of said rods in each module near and below the top face of each module, said top face being rabbetted adjacent to said cap plate to expose the cap plate, and a foot plate joining the bottoms of said rods in each module near and above the bottom face of said vertical wall and having a recessed portion forming a seat for said shim with the shim disposed between the foot plate and the opposing cap plate of the next lowermost module.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
54 words
In a modular structure as defined by claim 2, and wherein said shim comprises a rectangular cross section bar-like shim extending across said side-by-side spaced vertical rods, said cap plate and foot plate being elongated in the direction of said shim and across said rods and somewhat beyond the outward sides of said rods.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
50 words
In a modular structure as defined by claim 3, and said cap plate being a flat plate, and said foot plate having a channel-like center portion forming said seat and a pair of side flanges spaced laterally of the channel portion and lapping the bottom edges of said vertical wall.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
64 words
In a modular structure as defined by claim 1, wherein each module in said multi-level structure comprises a horizontal shelf and plural laterally spaced vertical load bearing walls defining front-to-back horizontal crypts in said structure, and a pair of said continuous top to bottom load bearing leg structures within said aligned vertical walls substantially at the fore and aft quarter points of the modules.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
In a modular structure as defined by claim 2, and said cap and foot plates joined to said vertical rods by welding to thereby form a unitized load bearing leg section embedded in each module.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
47 words
In a modular structure as defined by claim 6, and said shim being a rectangular cross section block-like element having flat and parallel top and bottom faces, said cap and foot plates having coacting flat horizontal faces directly abutting the top and bottom faces of the shim.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
55 words
In a modular structure as defined by claim 7, and the shim having a vertical thickness whereby a slight gap is provided between the top face of each module and the bottom face of the module immediately thereabove in said multi-level structure, said gap adapted to be sealed after the erection of the multi-level structure.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
45 words
In a modular structure as defined by claim 1, and said shim having a vertical thickness sufficient to create slight gaps between the tops and bottoms of adjacent modules in said structure, said gaps adapted for sealing or grouting after the erection of said structure.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
In a modular structure as defined by claim 9, and said vertical rod and shim formed of steel.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
124 words
In a modular structure as defined by claim 9, and a channel-like foot plate fixedly secured to the lower end of each vertical rod and having an open side facing downwardly, a cap plate fixedly secured to the upper end of each rod in opposing relation to said downwardly facing open side of the foot plate, said cap plate disposed at the bottom of a rabbet in the top of each module, said shim comprising a block-like element of precise size positioned between said foot plate and cap plate and entering the downwardly opening channel recess of the foot plate and said rabbet, whereby grout may be introduced around said shim to fill the rabbet and the downwardly open recess of the foot plate.
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