Backup wall reinforcement with T-type anchor
AssigneeMitek Holdings, Inc.
InventorRonald P. Hohmann, Jr.
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Abstract
A hybrid wall reinforcement wall anchoring system is described for use in masonry cavity walls. The reinforcement and anchor is hybrid device installed within the backup wall and interlocked with novel veneer ties. The novel veneer ties are wire formatives and are manually connected and interlocked with the anchor. Once interlocked and installed within the cavity wall, lateral, vertical and front-to-back veneer tie movement is limited, strengthening the cavity wall structure. The inclusion of a reinforcement wire within the veneer tie and the exterior wall provides a seismic structure.
Claims16
An anchoring system for use in a cavity wall having a backup wall and a facing wall in a spaced apart relationship having a cavity therebetween, said backup wall and said facing wall each having an interior side facing said cavity, said backup wall and said facing wall each formed from successive courses of masonry block each with a bed joint of predetermined height between each two adjacent courses and, further, each course of masonry block having an embedment surface lying in a substantially horizontal plane, said anchoring system comprising:
- a hybrid wall reinforcement wall anchor adapted for disposition upon one of said courses of masonry blocks for embedment in said bed joint of said backup wall, said hybrid wall reinforcement wall anchor, further, comprising;
- a pair of side wires with the longitudinal axes thereof disposed parallel the one to the other, said pair of side wires having interior surfaces disposed opposite each other;
- one or more intermediate wires each having a longitudinal axis, said one or more intermediate wires attached to said interior surfaces of said side wires maintaining the parallelism thereof and having the axes of said side wires and said intermediate wires being substantially coplanar;
- at least one wall anchor portion formed from one of said pair of side wires of said wall reinforcement, said wall anchor portion further comprising,
- a buckle portion extending into said cavity, said buckle portion including a receiving space for receiving a veneer tie through said buckle portion, said receiving space being defined at least in part by one of said pair of side wires and one of said intermediate wires;
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- a veneer tie wire formative, said veneer tie further comprising,
- an interengaging portion dimensioned to extend through the receiving space of said buckle portion;
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- a free end portion continuous with said interengaging portion, said free end portion comprising a cavity-spanning portion including at least one leg configured to span the cavity, wherein the interengaging portion includes a top portion configured to overlie the longitudinal axis of the one of said intermediate wires defining the receiving space while the leg of the cavity-spanning portion extends generally parallel to the one of said intermediate wires defining the receiving space.
An anchoring system for use in a cavity wall having a backup wall and a facing wall in a spaced apart relationship having a cavity therebetween, the backup wall being formed from successive courses of masonry block with a bed joint between adjacent courses, the anchoring system comprising:
- a hybrid wall reinforcement wall anchor adapted for disposition upon one of the courses of masonry blocks for embedment in the bed joint of the backup wall, the hybrid wall reinforcement wall anchor comprising;
- a first side wire;
- a second side wire disposed parallel to the first side wire;
- an intermediate wire attached to both the first and second side wires to maintain the side wires in parallel alignment;
- a wall anchor portion formed from the first side wire of the wall reinforcement, the wall anchor portion comprising a t-shape buckle portion configured to extend into the cavity, wherein the intermediate wire divides the t-shape buckle portion into a first receiving space and a second receiving space, each of the first and second receiving spaces being defined by the intermediate wire and the first side wire and configured to receive a portion of a veneer tie.
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