Wall system fastener with seal member
AssigneeAltenloh, Brinck & Co. US, Inc.
InventorsJason R. Wigboldy, Mitchell B. Mahler
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Abstract
A wall fastener assembly for use with a building wall system, with the wall fastener assembly including a fastener and an elongated, semi-rigid seal member. The fastener includes a shaft and a head, with the fastener configured to be secured to the wall system. The seal member includes opposed first and second ends, and a center bore that extends along the length of the seal member and is configured to receive the shaft of fastener. When the fastener is secured to the wall system the first end of the seal member is configured to compress against a portion of the wall system to form a first seal and the opposite second end of the seal member is configured to form a second seal to thereby seal the wall fastener assembly against the wall system.
Claims18
A wall anchor system comprising:
- a wall anchor, said wall anchor comprising a screw configured to secure said wall anchor to a wall;
- said wall anchor further comprising a unitary single piece elongated, semi-rigid, non-metallic tubular seal having a center bore extending along a length of said tubular seal and configured for receiving said screw;
- and said wall anchor system further comprising a channel disposed alongside the wall and secured to the wall by said wall anchor, wherein said channel comprises an aperture through which said wall anchor is disposed;
- wherein said tubular seal is configured to compress at one end against the wall and at the opposite end between and in contact with an underside of a head of said screw and a portion of said channel proximate said aperture wherein said aperture is disposed at a mounting flange of said channel, and wherein a portion of said tubular seal extends beyond an outer surface of said mounting flange of said channel such that as said screw is tightened into the wall said tubular seal compresses between the outer surface of said mounting flange and the underside of the head of said screw thereby creating a seal at the interface of the underside of the head of said screw and said tubular seal and creating a thermal break between said tubular seal and said mounting flange.
A wall fastener assembly for a wall system comprising:
- a fastener having a shaft and a head, the fastener configured to be secured to the wall system;
- a unitary single piece elongated, semi-rigid, non-metallic seal member having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the seal member includes a center bore extending along a length of the seal member and is configured for receiving the shaft of the fastener;
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- a bracket comprising a flange with a hole through which the fastener and the tubular seal are disposed;
- wherein the wall system comprises an insulation layer disposed against a base layer with the flange of the bracket being disposed at a surface of the insulation layer opposite the base layer, and wherein when the fastener is secured to the wall system the seal member extends through the insulation layer with the first end of the seal member compressed against the base layer to form a first seal at the base layer and the opposite second end of the seal member extends out of the hole in the flange, and wherein the second end of the seal member is compressed between and contacts both the flange and the head of the fastener when the fastener is secured to the wall system to form a second seal.
A wall fastener assembly for a wall system comprising:
- a plurality of wall anchors, wherein each wall anchor comprises a fastener and a seal member, with the fastener comprising a shaft with threads and a head and with the fastener being configured to be secured to the wall system, and with the seal member comprising a unitary single piece elongated, semi-rigid non-metallic seal members having a first end and a second end opposite the first end and a center bore extending along a length of the seal member that is configured for receiving the shaft of the fastener;
- a bracket comprising a flange with a plurality of holes through which the wall anchors are disposed;
- wherein the wall system comprises an insulation layer disposed against a base layer with the flange of the bracket being disposed at a surface of the insulation layer opposite the base layer, and wherein when the fasteners are secured to the base layer of the wall system the seal members of the wall anchors extend through the insulation layer with the first ends of the seal members compressed against the base layer to form first seals at the base layer and the opposite second ends of the seal members extend out of the holes in the flange, and wherein the second ends of the seal members are compressed between and contact both the flange and the heads of the fasteners when the fasteners are secured to the wall system to form second seals.
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