Anchor for mortarless block wall system

In a mortarless block system, apparatus for attaching facing to the wall that includes

• a structure formed of a plurality of interlocking blocks that are placed one on top of the other in linear courses,
• each block in the structure being a hollow member having a pair of parallel sidewalls and at least one lateral connecting wall positioned between the sidewalls,
• one sidewall in some of the blocks having a pair of laterally extended grooves passing downwardly through the top surface thereof, said grooves being positioned on either side of the latter connecting wall,
• an anchor that includes a U-shaped bracket having a pair of opposed arms that are seated in said grooves and a base leg for joining the arms that passes through the lateral wall, a linear closure key joined perpendicularly to the terminal end of each bracket arm, each key extending downwardly along the front face of said one sidewall in parallel relationsihp therewith, and
• means to attach facing to either of the closure keys.

In a mortarless block wall apparatus for attaching facing to the wall that includes

• a structure formed of a plurality of interlocking blocks placed one on top of the other in linear courses,
• at least some of the blocks in the structure having a pair of parallel sidewalls that are joined by at least one lateral connecting wall,
• one sidewall in said some of the blocks having a first lateral groove passing downwardly through its top surface adjacent to an end face on said connecting wall,
• the other sidewall of said some blocks having a second lateral groove passing downwardly through its top surface adjacent the opposite end face on said connecting wall,
• said connecting wall of said some of the blocks further including a recess formed in the top section thereof that has a bottom surface at about the same elevation as said grooves,
• an anchor for attaching facing to said some of the blocks that includes a linear rod seated in each of the grooves that extend into the block adjacent the opposing end faces of the connecting wall, an arm passing through the recess for joining the back of the two rods, a closure key joined perpendicularly to the front of each rod so that the closure key passes along the front face of each sidewall and
• means for attaching facing to each of said closure keys.

In a mortarless block wall, apparatus for attaching facing to the wall that includes

• a structure formed of a plurality of interlocking blocks placed one on top of the other in linear courses,
• each block in the structure having a pair of parallel sidewalls that are joined by at least one lateral connecting wall,
• each sidewall having a laterally disposed groove passing downwardly through its top surface adjacent to one end face on said connecting wall so that the two grooves are in axial alignment,
• an anchor that includes a pair of rods, each rod being seated in one of said grooves, an arcuate member positioned adjacent to said one end face of said connecting wall for joining the opposing ends of said rods, a closure key perpendicularly joined to the front of each rod so that the keys are parallelly aligned along the two outside faces of the sidewalls
• means for attaching facing to each of the closure keys.