Dual pintle and anchoring system utilizing the same
AssigneeMitek Holdings, Inc.
InventorRonald P. Hohmann, JR.
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Abstract
A high-strength dual pintle and anchoring system employing the same is disclosed. The modified veneer tie utilizes ribbon pintles formed from a wire formative construct that is cold-worked with the resultant body having substantially semicircular edges and flat surfaces therebetween. The edges are aligned to receive compressive forces transmitted from the outer wythe. The ribbon pintles hereof, when part of the anchoring system, interengage with receptor portions of a wall anchor and are dimensioned to preclude significant movement lateral with or normal to the inner wythe.
Claims20
A high-strength pintle anchoring system for use in a wall having an inner wythe and an outer wythe in a spaced apart relationship the one with the other and having a cavity therebetween, said outer wythe formed from a plurality of courses with a bed joint of predetermined height between each two adjacent courses, said bed joint being filled with mortar, said system comprising:
- a wall anchor fixedly attached to said inner wythe and having a free end thereof extending into said cavity, said free end of said wall anchor comprising:
- one or more receptor portions disposed in said cavity, said one or more receptor portions being openings disposed substantially horizontally;
- and, a wire-formative veneer tie comprising:
- an insertion portion for disposition in said bed joint of said outer wythe;
- one or more ribbon pintles each forming an interengaging portion for disposition into said one or more receptor portions of said wall anchor;
- and,
- one or more cavity portions each connecting said insertion portion and said interengaging portion.
A high-strength pintle anchoring system for use in a cavity wall formed from a backup wall and a facing wall in a spaced apart relationship with a vertical surface of the backup wall forming one side of a cavity therebetween, said cavity in excess of four inches, said backup wall formed from a plurality of successive courses of masonry block with a bed joint of predetermined height between each two adjacent courses, said high-span anchor and reinforcement device comprising, in combination:
- a wall reinforcement with an upper surface in one plane and a lower surface in a plane substantially parallel thereto, said wall reinforcement adapted for mounting in said bed joint of said backup wall;
- at least one wall anchor fusibly attached at an attachment end thereof to said wall reinforcement, and, upon installation in said bed joint of said backup wall, extending between said plane of said upper surface and said plane of said lower surface from an attachment end thereof to the vertical surface of said backup wall;
- said wall anchor, in turn, comprising:
- an extended leg portion for spanning said cavity, said extended leg portion having a free end contiguous therewith, opposite said attachment end, and having one or more receptor portions therein;
- and,
- a wire-formative veneer tie having an insertion end portion for disposition in said bed joint of said outer wythe and a ribbon pintle forming an interengaging end for disposition into said one or more receptor portions of said wall anchor, said insertion end portion further comprising:
- one or more cavity portions contiguous with said interengaging end;
- one or more hooks set opposite each other, each said one or more hooks contiguous with and extending from said one or more cavity portions and set opposite said interengaging end;
- and,
- an insertion bar contiguous with and connecting said one or more hooks, said insertion bar set opposite said one or more cavity portions.
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