Masonry veneer tie
AssigneeMasonry Reinforcing Corporation of America
InventorsGeorge Michael Ripley, Ralph O. Johnson
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Abstract
A veneer tie for connecting together an outer wall and an inner wall spaced-apart from the outer wall and defining a cavity therebetween. The veneer tie includes a screw anchor, including an elongate shaft for penetrating into the inner wall, a head formed on one end of the screw anchor and an opening formed in the head. A pintle adapted for engaging and being carried by the head of the screw anchor is provided, and extends outwardly from the head and bridges the cavity between the outer wall and the inner wall. The pintle has at least one hook for extending through the opening formed in the head for connecting the pintle to the screw anchor.
Claims13
A veneer tie for connecting together an outer wall and an inner wall spaced-apart from the outer wall defining a cavity therebetween, and comprising:
- (a) a unitary screw anchor, including:
- (i) an elongate shaft for penetrating into the inner wall;
- (ii) an enlarged head having an elongate slot for being positioned to extend laterally along the inner wall;
- (iii) an enlarged support ring positioned directly adjacent the enlarged head;
- (iv) an elongate, unthreaded, solid shalt segment having a single, uniform diameter;
- (v) a screw thread segment positioned on the shaft segment remote from the enlarged support ring;
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- (vi) a self-tapping tip segment formed on an end of the shaft segment adjacent the screw thread segment and remote from the enlarged head, the diameter of the screw thread segment being greater than the diameter of the shaft segment and the self-tapping tip segment and smaller than a diameter of the enlarged support ring;
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- (b) a pintle adapted for engaging and being carried by the head of the screw anchor, extending outwardly from the head, adapted for being attached to the outer wall and bridging the cavity between the outer wall and the inner wall, the pintle including at least one hook for extending through the slot formed in the head for connecting the pintle to the screw anchor.
A veneer tie for connecting together an outer wall and an inner wall spaced-apart from the outer wall and defining a cavity therebetween and comprising:
- (a) a unitary screw anchor, including:
- (i) a wire elongate shaft for penetrating into the inner wall;
- (ii) an enlarged head having an elongate slot for being positioned to extend laterally along the inner wall;
- (iii) an enlarged support ring positioned directly adjacent the enlarged head;
- (iv) an elongate, unthreaded, solid shaft segment having a single, uniform diameter;
- (v) a screw thread segment positioned on the shaft segment remote from the enlarged support ring;
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- (vi) a self-tapping tip segment formed on an end of the shaft segment adjacent the screw thread segment and remote from the enlarged head, the diameter of the screw thread segment being greater than the diameter of the shaft segment and the self-tapping tip segment and smaller than a diameter of the enlarged support ring;
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- (b) a wire pintle adapted for engaging and being carried by the head of the screw anchor, adapted for extending outwardly from the head and into a mortar joint of the outer wall, thereby bridging the cavity between the outer wall and the inner wall, the pintle including first and second spaced-apart hooks for extending through the slot formed in the head for connecting the pintle to the screw anchor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.