Tie system for connecting a veneer wall to a cementitious backup wall
OwnerMichael Hatzinikolasinventor
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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.
Claims15
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 having:
- (a) an inner anchoring end;
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- (b) an outer coupling end spaced from the inner anchoring end, the outer coupling end having a vertically extending slot defined therein for admission of a wall tie;
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- ii) a spacer, the spacer and the outer coupling end of the first backup wall connector being matingly engageable, the spacer defining a plurality of vertically fixed positions in which to receive the wall tie.
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