Vault

[A burial] An underground vault comprising an elongated hollow chamber having at least one open end, an end plate closing said open end, [an annular] a resilient seal interposed between said chamber and end plate for sealing the space therebetween, said seal having a pair of opposed side faces in engagement with said end plate and chamber and inner and outer faces extending between said side faces, said inner and outer faces having opposed grooves formed therein and extending the lengths of said inner and outer faces, a rigid rim carried in said seal, a plurality of first bolts extending through said end plate, rim, and seal and received in said chamber for rigidly interconnecting said end plate to said chamber, and a plurality of second bolts extending through said rim and seal and received in said end plate for fixedly mounting said seal on said end plate.

[A burial] An underground vault, comprising a concrete chamber having a plurality of side walls interconnected at one of their ends by an end wall and open at their opposite end, a concrete end plate closing said opposite end, [an annular] a resilient seal interposed between the adjacent faces of said end plate and chamber, the adjacent faces of said end plate and chamber each having a plurality of threaded sockets mounted therein, a rigid [annular] rim carried in said seal, a plurality of first bolts extending through said end plate, rim and seal and received in the sockets in said chamber for mounting said end plate on said chamber, and a plurality of second bolts extending through said rim and seal and received in the sockets in said end plate.