US 5,634,310 A · Surface-mounted veneer anchor

Abstract

A surface-mounted veneer anchor is disclosed. The anchoring system has a unique combination of a masonry anchor, a box tie member, and a facing anchor is provided. The primary components of the veneer anchor are wire formatives and provide a closed loop, wire-to-wire connections therebetween. In one embodiment, the inner wythe is constructed from a masonry block material, the masonry anchor has a baseplate with a wire formative attached thereto having elongated eye wire extensions. The elongated eye wires extend into the cavity between the wythes. Each pair of eye wires accommodates the threading thereonto of a box tie through the open end of the box tie. The box tie is then positioned so that the open end is utilizable as part of the facing anchor. The baseplate of the masonry anchor is surface-mounted onto the masonry block of the interior wythe. The facing anchor has a straight wire run and mounted along the exterior wythe to receive the open end of wire box tie with each leg thereof being placed adjacent one side of reinforcement wire. The facing anchor is embedded in a bed joint of the exterior wythe. As the elongated eye wires have sealed eyelets or loops and the open ends of the box ties are sealed in the joints of the exterior wythes, a positive, closed-loop interengagement results.

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A veneer anchor for use in the construction of wall structures having an inner wythe and an outer facing wythe in spaced apart relationship forming a cavity between the outer surface of said inner wythe and the inner surface of said outer facing wythe, said veneer anchor comprising:

a baseplate substantially planar in form for mounting to the outer surface of said inner wythe;
and,
a wire formative attached thereto, said wire formative, in turn, comprising:
a spaced pair of transverse wire portions extending from said baseplate, each transverse wire portion attached at one end thereof to said baseplate and, when the baseplate is secured to said inner wythe, each of said pair of transverse wire portions extends into said cavity and terminates therewithin;
and,
a pair of elongated eye wire portions formed continuous with each said transverse wire portion and attached thereto at the end opposite the attachment end, said elongated eye wire portion forming an eye adapted, when installed in said wall structure, to be disposed in said cavity and to lie in a plane normal to the inner wythe surface.

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A veneer anchoring system for use in wall structures having an inner wythe of dry wall construction with supporting vertical metal studs and an outer wythe of a veneer facing, said wythes in spaced apart relationship forming a cavity between the outer surface of said inner wythe and the inner surface of said outer facing wythe, said veneer anchoring system comprising:

a baseplate substantially planar in form for mounting to the outer surface of said inner wythe;
and,
a pair of rolled flanges, each rolled flange at an edge of said baseplate and said pair of rolled flanges being rolled atop one surface of said baseplate;
a wire formative attached by each of said rolled flanges holding therewithin a portion of said wire formative, said wire formative, in turn, comprising:
a spaced pair of transverse wire portions extending from said baseplate, each transverse wire portion attached at one end thereof to said baseplate and, when the baseplate is secured to said inner wythe, each of said pair of transverse wire portions extends into said cavity and terminates therewithin;
and,
a pair of elongated eye wire portions formed continuous with each said transverse wire portion and attached thereto at the end opposite the attachment end, said elongated eye wire portion forming an eye adapted, when installed in said wall structure, to be disposed in said cavity and to lie in a plane normal to the inner wythe surface;
and,
aperture means in said baseplate for housing a fastener therein;
attachment means for attaching said baseplate to said metal stud, said attachment means threadingly engaging said metal stud.

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A veneer anchoring system for use in wall structures having an inner wythe of dry wall construction with supporting vertical metal studs and an outer wythe of a brick facing and an insulating layer mounted on the outer surface of said inner wythe, said wythes in spaced apart relationship forming a cavity between the outer surface of said insulating layer and the inner surface of said outer facing wythe, said veneer anchoring system comprising:

a baseplate substantially planar in form for mounting to the outer surface of said inner wythe;
and,
a pair of rolled flanges, each rolled flange at an edge of said baseplate and said pair of rolled flanges being rolled atop one surface of said baseplate;
a wire formative attached by each of said rolled flanges holding therewithin a portion of said wire formative, said wire formative, in turn, comprising:
a spaced pair of transverse wire portions extending from said baseplate, each transverse wire portion attached at one end thereof to said baseplate and, when the baseplate is secured to said inner wythe, each of said pair of transverse wire portions extends beyond said insulating layer into said cavity and terminates therewithin;
and,
a pair of elongated eye wire portions formed continuous with each said transverse wire portion and attached thereto at the end opposite the attachment end, said elongated eye wire portion forming an eye adapted, when installed in said wall structure, to depend downwardly in said cavity and to lie in a plane normal to the inner wythe surface, said eye wire dimensioned to abut and secure said insulating layer;
and,
aperture means in said baseplate for housing a fastener therein;
attachment means for attaching said baseplate to said metal stud, said attachment means threadingly engaging said metal stud.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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