Facade support system
AssigneeColumbia Insurance Company
InventorRonald P. Hohmann, Jr.
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Abstract
A veneer tie for use in a wall to join a veneer wall to an inner wall. The veneer tie includes an attachment portion and an insertion portion. The attachment portion has a loop defining an opening configured to receive a fastener to secure the attachment portion to the inner wythe. The attachment portion is compressively reduced in a direction that is generally normal to the opening. The insertion portion is fixed to the attachment portion and extends in a direction transverse of the attachment portion. The insertion portion is configured for attachment to the veneer wall.
Claims19
A veneer tie for use in a wall to join an inner wythe and an outer wythe of the wall, the outer wythe formed from a plurality of successive courses of masonry units with a mortar-filled bed joint between each two adjacent courses, the veneer tie comprising:
- an attachment portion including a loop defining an opening configured to receive a fastener to secure the attachment portion to the inner wythe, the attachment portion being compressively reduced in a direction that is generally normal to the opening;
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- an insertion portion fixed to the attachment portion and extending in a direction transverse of the attachment portion, the insertion portion being configured for disposition in the bed joint.
A veneer tie for use in a wall to join an inner wythe and an outer wythe of the wall, the outer wythe formed from a plurality of successive courses of masonry units with a mortar-filled bed joint between each two adjacent courses, the veneer tie comprising a unitary wire formative deformed to include:
- a loop defining an opening sized and shaped for receiving a fastener therethrough to connect the veneer tie to the inner wythe, the loop including a circumferential discontinuity and being compressively reduced in a direction that is generally normal to the opening;
- connecting portions extending from the loop on opposite sides of the circumferential discontinuity in the loop;
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- free end portions located at respective ends of the connection portions, the free end portions extending in a direction parallel to the loop and away from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.