# US 2014/0150373 A1 · Tie system for connecting a veneer wall to a cementitious backup wall > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0150373 A1 - Document ID: US20140150373A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/758,606 - Filed: 2013-02-04 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-04 - Inventors: Michael Hatzinikolas - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140150373A1 ## CPC - E04B 2/00: Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls (connections for building structures in general E04B1/38; insulation for buildings in general E04B1/62; building elements of relatively thin form for parts of buildings E04C2/00) - E04B 1/4178: {Masonry wall ties (with insulation-layer locating devices E04B1/7616; replacing or adding wall ties E04G23/0222)} - E04B 1/7616: {with insulation-layer locating devices combined with wall ties} - E04F 13/0833: {not adjustable (E04F13/0857 takes precedence)} - E04F 13/142: {with an outer layer of ceramics or clays} - E04B: GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of opening in walls, floors or ceilings E06B1/00; {electromagnetic shielding H05K9/0001}) - E04F: FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B) ## Abstract A connector system for a composite wall, the composite wall comprising a back-up wall and a veneer spaced apart from the back-up wall, the connector system comprising a backup wall connector and a spacer mountable on the backup wall connector. The backup wall connector comprising an inner anchoring end and an outer coupling end spaced from the inner anchoring end, the outer coupling end comprising a vertically extending slot. The spacer defines a plurality of vertically fixed positions in which a wall tie is selectively fixedly receivable. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A connector system for a composite wall, the composite wall comprising a back-up wall and a veneer spaced apart from the back-up wall, the connector system comprising: i) a first backup wall connector comprising: (a) an inner anchoring end; and (b) an outer coupling end spaced from the inner anchoring end, the outer coupling end comprising a vertically extending slot; and ii) a spacer mountable on the backup wall connector, wherein the spacer defines a plurality of vertically fixed positions in which a wall tie is selectively fixedly receivable. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein a plurality of recesses are provided on an outward facing side of the spacer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2 wherein the spacer comprises an opening and is slidably receivable on the outer coupling end. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3 wherein the opening has a vertical height that is approximately equal to a vertical height of the outer coupling end. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the wall tie has a thickness, a plurality of recesses are provided on an outward facing side of the spacer and the recesses have a depth between 0.1 and 2.0 times the thickness of the wall tie. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the spacer further comprises inwardly extending spikes on an inner side of the spacer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the vertically extending slot comprises: a. an outward facing inner side; b. an inward facing outer side and, c. the outward facing inner side and the inward facing outer side are spaced apart by a distance sufficient to permit the wall tie to freely slide within the slot. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7 wherein a plurality of recesses are provided on an outward facing side of the spacer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein, when the wall tie is received in the slot and the spacer is mounted on the backup wall connector, the spacer is positioned to abut the wall tie. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein, when the spacer comprises a form connector. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein, the spacer is mountable on the first backup wall connector in a first orientation and on a second backup wall connector in a second orientation and, in the first orientation, the spacer defines a larger number of vertically fixed positions in which the wall tie is selectively fixedly receivable then when the spacer is mounted on the backup wall connector in the second orientation. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11 wherein the spacer has a first opening for receiving the outer coupling end of the first backup wall connector, a second opening for receiving an outer coupling end of the second backup wall connector and a plurality of recesses are provided on an outward facing side of the spacer along at least a portion of each opening. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12 wherein the first opening is longer than the second opening. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12 wherein the first opening has a greater number of recesses then the second opening. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13 wherein the first opening has a greater number of recesses then the second opening.