Abstract: An improved concrete wall structure is provided with an insulation layer sandwiched between concrete layers. The insulation layer includes a vapor film on at least one side. An extruded channel member is fit onto the edge of a sheet of insulation and has a vapor film fit into a longitudinal groove extending along the channel member. The vapor films on the channel members of adjacent wall panels cooperate to bridge the gap between adjacent panels and thereby provide a vapor seal in the space between the adjacent panels.

Abstract: A mortar and debris collection device for a cavity wall construction has a non-water absorbent body formed with circuitous paths therethrough making the body water-permeable. The collection device has a porosity sufficient to permit water to pass therethrough but insufficient to permit mortar and other debris to pass therethrough to weep holes or other water channels covered by the collection debris. The device may be freely placed on the wall base within the cavity to cover the opening of a weep hole, or may also be placed on existing wall ties within the cavity.

Abstract: A component of lightweight structural material to be utilized in the construction of a sturdy wall, the component being elongate and generally in the configuration of a rectangular solid whose height is approximately three to four times its width. The component involves a pair of elongate sidewalls, a pair of end portions, a bottom section, and an upper section. An elongate, trough-like recess is located along the upper section between the elongate sidewalls, and a plurality of elongate, generally vertically disposed apertures are disposed in an essentially parallel relationship below the trough-like recess. The upper end of each of the elongate apertures is directly below the trough-like recess, with the trough-like recess being adapted to receive and contain molten concrete, with some of such concrete being able to flow into and fill the vertically disposed apertures.

Abstract: A composite building system includes a special joist having a lower flange in one embodiment and a special ladder reinforcement in another embodiment, a plurality of special masonry blocks defining a longitudinal trough, the blocks having mutually co-planar upper surfaces and at least one stepped upper edge, the stepped upper edges of the plurality of blocks running substantially transverse the trough in a grid-like pattern, a network of wire lateral reinforcement disposed in at least some of the stepped edges; and a flowable or fluid grout filling the stepped edges and the trough and, when cured, binding the joist or ladder reinforcement and the plurality of blocks to form an integral steel reinforced concrete structure having a substantially planar surface.

Abstract: An anchor for connecting refractory material to a wall or other support structure for a kiln or other vessel is disclosed. The anchor includes a first member having a section along its length that is selectively configured and has a selective cross-sectional shape. The anchor includes a second member having a complementary engaging section. The complementary engaging section has a cross-sectional shape and dimension complementary to the selected configuration of the length of the first section of the first member. The complementary engaging section of the second member further has a selective configuration along its length complementary to the shape and dimension of the selective cross-sectional shape of the first section of the first member such that the two members complementarily engage to enhance heat transfer, while at the same time permitting relative rocking and rotational movement of the members in use.

Abstract: An adjustable radius form assembly is provided which includes a plurality of vertical strongbacks and a plurality of horizontal walers. Each of the walers are pre-rolled to a desired radius. The walers are then connected to one another by ball and socket type adjusters which enable the end to end arrangement of the walers to accommodate an overall form assembly having a wide range of curvatures or radii. The plurality of end to end walers and plurality of corresponding strongbacks may define a gang form length. A number of gang form lengths may be connected to one another to create the desired form assembly for the structure to be constructed. The vertical strongbacks may be placed at desired spacings along the horizontal lengths of the corresponding walers by adjustment of connectors on said strongbacks extending through slotted plates on the walers.

Abstract: A mortar collecting device for being positioned in a cavity between first and second spaced-apart walls, such as masonry walls, and including an anchor for being embedded in a mortar joint of the first masonry wall, a first attachment device carried by the anchor for being positioned in the cavity between the first and second masonry walls, a U-shaped bracket for being positioned at least partially in the cavity between the first and second masonry walls, second attachment device is carried by the bracket and cooperating with the first attachment device of the anchor for supporting the bracket, and a shield for being carried and supported by the bracket in the cavity between the masonry walls.

Abstract: The invention consists of a pair of rectangular concrete facing connected to each other by two or more connecting cross members or webs. Each of the concrete facing members has parallel protrusions which are undercut next to the member and which are connected to the cross members by conforming each end of the connecting cross member to conform to the exterior shape of the corresponding protrusion. The invention permits easier stowage and shipment of the masonry blocks and permits on-site assembly, as well as decreasing thermal conductivity by utilization of non-masonry cross members. The cross members may be configured, or perforated, to allow utility or other service lines to be run horizontally through the walls constructed utilizing the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bitumenised P.V.C. member for incorporation in a cavity wall, including two flanges and a bridging portion, the bridging portion in use spanning the cavity and the flanges being incorporated in respective skins of the cavity wall. The bridging member is prevented from sagging by a support mechanism, in a preferred embodiment a polystyrene block of wedge shape, which abuts the inner skin of the wall.

Abstract: A brick veneer anchor for use in the construction of wall structures is described. The anchor has an L-shaped plate for attachment to a dry wall installation. The L-shaped plate attaches to the outer surface of the inner wythe and has a portion thereof extending beyond an insulative layer into and terminating within the cavity between the inner and outer wythes. An elongated slot in the dry wall anchor accepts a bent stay with one end interlocking with the elongated slot portion and the other end embedded within the outer wythe. The bent stay has a T-head portion with a length greater than the longitudinal axis of the slot. The bent stay also has a neck portion attached to T-head portion which forms shoulders on either side of the T-head portion. The dry wall anchor, upon attachment to the inner wythe, has one end of the bent stay inserted into the elongated slot and the other end of the bent stay embedded in the outer wythe.

Abstract: A multi veneer anchor structural assembly for interconnection between the inner wythe and the outer wythe of an edifice. The assembly includes a pair of base members mounted in spanning relationship with at least vertical channels which form the frame of an edifice. A vertical plate is connected between the base members and has formed thereon a plurality of outwardly projecting vertical members each of which is engagable with a wall tie; with the wall ties being connected to an outer wythe. The assembly forms part of a drywall construction system which includes an insulating strip disposed between adjacent ones of the vertical plates, thereby providing a complete insulating layer for the edifice. In an alternate embodiment, the vertical plate is fabricated with a plurality of locally deformed areas which results in a high degree of stiffness of the veneer anchor structural assembly.

Abstract: A element based wall construction, process of modular construction and apparatus for constructing structures of spaced concrete cylinders and beams and foam insulating blocks. The wall construction includes spaced, vertical concrete cylinders interconnected by horizontal concrete beams, reinforced by centrally located reinforcing bars, with a pilaster projecting inwardly beyond the cylinders and beams to support roof and floor joists or trusses, and insulating foam blocks occupying the spaces between cylinders and beams and projecting outwardly beyond the cylinders and beams to define channels for mounting plumbing and electrical conduits and wiring beneath the sheet rock or siding which abuts the foam block surfaces.

Abstract: A concrete-filled steel bearing earthquake resistant wall which has combined resistance to shearing forces exerted in the surface plane thereof has connecting members (1), a pair of surface steel plates (2 and 2') arranged in parallel spaced relationship to each other and secured by the connecting members (1) so that the space between these surface steel plates is filled with the wall unit concrete (7), and wall unit periphery binding steel reinforcements (8) constructed from inverted U-shaped steel bars or similar material and arranged along the peripheral part of the wall unit at predetermined intervals so as to be embedded in the concrete (7). Slippage preventing members (6) are arranged in a staggered arrangement on the aforementioned surface steel plates (2 and 2').

Abstract: A wall form structure comprises modular components, wherein individual components are fitted together to construct residential or commercial wall structures. The wall form structure has prefabricated inner and outer walls, a connecting member which is positioned between the walls, and column members to hold the walls against the connecting member. The column member is equipped with perpendicular connectors which are inserted into openings of the prefabricated walls. The connectors are sufficiently longer than the thickness of the wall and engage onto the connecting member. The connecting member includes a mesh area to restrict the flow of concrete poured into cavities defined by two walls and a plurality of connecting members. Concrete may be poured into all or selective cavities depending on the use and purpose of the wall structure. The prefabricated wall may comprise a base wall, a mesh, a screen, a brace, an insulation, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: Water damage to buildings which will use masonry cavity wall construction is prevented by placement of a masonry holding fluid conducting medium between the wythes of a masonry cavity wall during construction. The air space of a masonry cavity wall is substantially filled with fluid conducting medium such as a coarse polymer mesh which will hold masonry and prevent construction debris from entering the cavity air space while allowing air and water to flow with minimal resistance. Reliable drainage of moisture from the air space is assured because cavity wall drains or weeps will not become obstructed either during or after wall erection because the potential obstructions are excluded from the cavity air space by the fluid conducting medium. By assuring that the cavity wall air space and weeps do not become obstructed, potentially severe water damage is prevented. Mortar usage will be reduced and productivity increased by use of the mortar holding fluid conducting medium system disclosed by the inventor.

Abstract: A block spacer system for locating and supporting a plurality of blocks arranged end to end in a lateral direction so as to form vertically adjacent lower and upper tiers of a mortarless wall structure. The spacer system includes horizontal and vertical block spacer members where the horizontal block spacer member is secured to a downwardly adjacent block of the lower tier and has a frontal support member proximate a front face of the downwardly adjacent block of the lower tier. The frontal support member has an upstanding locator wall surface facing rearwardly for abutment with the front face of the adjacent block of the upper tier to define a forward locator position, offset the upper tier rearwardly and prevent forward displacement of the upper tier relative to the lower tier. In addition, a spacer web on the forward locator wall surface defines a lateral locator position.

Abstract: The present facade wall consists of superposed courses of tile blocks which rest directly on the underlying tile blocks and which are maintained in front of a building wall with a predetermined gap by different types of clips. The several courses have a shingle lap with each other. The resulting facade is practically weatherproof and is easily erected. Each tile block has a peripheral groove for insertion of the clips and of interconnecting strips. This groove is in a plane parallel to the inside face of the block and nearer the latter than the outside face. The portions of the top and bottom edge faces of the block which are external to the groove constitute rest faces while the portion of the bottom edge face which is internal to the groove is recessed for free passage of the clips which do not support the load of the blocks.

Abstract: An adjustable wall tie for anchoring and tying a masonry veneer to a structural masonry wall having a combination of component parts which includes a tension anchor element disposed in a mortar joint of a structural masonry block wall interconnected with an adjustable double-end hook secured at both ends in adjacent horizontal mortar joints of courses of a masonry veneer wall.

Abstract: The present invention relates to concrete structures and methods for making walls and the like from precast concrete structures. Certain embodiments include an outer wall, and inner wall, and define a region between the walls into which reinforcing concrete may be added.

Abstract: A masonry brick tie is disclosed which includes two discrete members (1) and (10), each in use being adapted to be disposed in a mortar course of a brick wall in a cavity brick structure. The members (1) and (10) are releasable interconnectable at the respective free ends thereof, thereby facilitating installation thereof within a cavity brick wall structure and yet in no way affecting the strength or operating effectiveness thereof.

Abstract: A veneer anchoring system for use in the construction of a wall having an inner masonry wythe and an outer facing wythe is disclosed. A combination of a masonry anchor, a wall tie member, and a facing anchor is provided. The primary components of the system are reinforcing wire and wire formatives providing wire-to-wire connections therebetween. When the inner wythe is constructed from a masonry block material, the masonry anchor has a truss portion with eye wire extensions welded thereto. The eye wires extend into a cavity between the wythes. Each pair of eye wires accommodates the threading thereonto of a wire wall tie through the open end of the wall tie. The wall tie is then positioned so that the open end is utilizable as part of the facing anchor. The masonry anchor is embdedded in a bed joint of the interior wythe.

Abstract: A multi veneer anchor structural assembly for interconnection between the inner wythe and the outer wythe of an edifice. The assembly includes a pair of base members mounted in spanning relationship with at least vertical channels which form the frame of an edifice. A vertical plate is connected between the base members and has formed thereon a plurality of outwardly projecting vertical members each of which is engagable with a wall tie; with the wall ties being connected to an outer wythe. The assembly forms part of a drywall construction system which includes an insulating strip disposed between adjacent ones of the vertical plates, thereby providing a complete insulating layer for the edifice. In an alternate embodiment, the vertical plate is fabricated with a plurality of locally deformed areas which results in a high degree of stiffness of the veneer anchor structural assembly.

Abstract: A masonry connector for a veneer wall has an outer coupling end for connection to a wall tie secured to the veneer. An inner anchoring end of the connector is secured to the back-up wall. Where the back-up wall is masonry wall, the anchoring portion includes a vertical plate, apertured to be keyed into the mortar between two side-by-side, adjacent blocks of the back-up wall, and a laterally projecting, corrugated flange to be keyed into the mortar between two vertically adjacent blocks. A rearwardly facing edge immediately in front of the anchoring end abuts against the outer face of the masonry wall to ensure the positioning of the connector at the proper depth. A low conductivity section of the connector between the coupling end and the anchoring end has a series of holes through it to minimize the thermal transfer along the connector.

Abstract: A bond beam Channel structure and Pilaster Channel structure for use in forming wall structures of blocks are provided. Each Channel structure comprises a pair of Channel members. A plurality of elongated ties connect the two Channel members together, defining a space therebetween. The space allows concrete to be poured between the Channel members, providing structural integrity to the wall structure. Each tie includes a slot configured to receive at least one rebar in a position substantially transverse to the tie, for providing additional structural integrity to the wall structure.

Abstract: A masonry tie formed of a polymeric rigid construction includes an anchor plate arranged for reception within a mortar joint, with the anchor plate having a cylindrical head that is received within a tubular sleeve, that in turn is orthogonally secured to a second anchor plate, with the second anchor plate having a mounting plate for accommodating a wall board thereon in a spaced orientation relative to the mortar joint and associated mortar blocks.

Abstract: A mortar and debris collection device for a cavity wall construction has a non-water absorbent body formed with circuitous paths therethrough making the body water-permeable. The collection device has a porosity sufficient to permit water to pass therethrough but insufficient to permit mortar and other debris to pass therethrough to weep holes or other water channels covered by the collection debris. The device may be freely placed on the wall base within the cavity to cover the opening of a weep hole, or may also be placed on existing wall ties within the cavity.

Abstract: An insulation fastener and method for supporting insulation on a block wall is provided. The fastener has one end that is anchored to a block in the wall and another end that pierces the insulation. The anchoring end is positioned to lie inside a hollow inner core of the block.

Abstract: A mortar and debris collection device for a cavity wall construction has a non-water absorbent body formed with circuitous paths therethrough making the body water-permeable. The collection device has a porosity sufficient to permit water to pass therethrough but insufficient to permit mortar and other debris to pass therethrough to weep holes or other water channels covered by the collection debris. The device may be freely placed on the wall base within the cavity to cover the opening of a weep hole, or may also be placed on existing wall ties within the cavity.

Abstract: A masonry connector for connecting a structural steel stud and an external wythe of masonry units through interposed insulation is provided. The connector includes a substantially "L"-shaped clip, a high profile threaded screw, a first washer, and a tie wire. The "L"-shaped clip has a vertical arm for connection to the structural steel stud and a horizontal arm extending outwardly from the structural steel stud substantially at right angles to the vertical arm. The vertical arm has a first opening for insertion of the high profile threaded screw. The horizontal arm has a second opening, outwardly of the insulation when the insulation is installed for insertion of a tie wire. The high profile threaded screw is inserted through the first opening in the vertical arm of the clip and drilled through the structural steel stud. The first washer is mounted on the horizontal arm outwardly of the insulation for securing the insulation against the structural steel stud.

Abstract: This invention is a structure enabling materials having a dense, stone-like composition to be more easily affixed to wall surfaces. The structure includes a flat plate attached to a wall surface and a backplate attached to the material, the two being connected by fitting hardware.

Abstract: A mortarless wall assembly and method for constructing the wall assembly, the wall assembly comprising a plurality of building blocks, each of the building blocks including a pair of parallel sidewalls interconnected by a web, and a plurality of slots, the building blocks being specially adapted to receive reinforcing rods, pipe, conduit, and the like, and a plurality of restraining members specially adapted to be fitted into the building blocks to prevent relative horizontal movement of the building blocks with respect to one another and to ensure proper alignment of the building blocks in the wall assembly, the restraining members including portions adapted to be housed in the slots in the building blocks.The building blocks, when assembled in the wall, being designed to receive poured concrete to form a solid, voidless wall, the wall including paths for concrete flow so that adjacent building blocks are joined to each other by concrete.

Abstract: A concrete wall form system including a plurality of first and second panels each preferably having grooved portions extending along corresponding top side edges and complementary mating tongue portions extending along corresponding bottom side edges, and having regularly spaced transverse slots extending into the top and bottom side edges thereof. The form system also includes a plurality of ties each having a bridging web portion, interior flanges formed at the opposite extremities of the web portions, and fastening portions also formed at each end of the web portion and including an outwardly extending shank terminating in an outer flange, the shanks of the fastening portions being adapted for disposition in the aligned transverse slots in vertically adjacent form panels, the interior flanges engaging an interior wall of the panels, and the exterior flanges engaging an outer side wall of the panels.

Abstract: Bracket destined to be mounted on a wall to extend therefrom and so designed that a separately manufactured material in the form of sheets, such as a glass wool mat, is suspended on the bracket by pressing the material against the bracket and causing the material to be pierced by the bracket. The bracket is made out of bent wire (121, 122).

Abstract: An alignment and lateral support member for use in laying common concrete blocks. The support member comprises an elongate body piece of rigid material having a length which is greater than the width of concrete blocks with which the support member is to be used. A first appendage extends from a first face of the body piece. The first appendage has a stop surface extending substantially perpendicular to the first face of the body piece, with the stop surface of the first appendage being positioned a distance from the first end of the body piece so that when the stop surface of the first appendage engages an outer surface of the sidewall of a first concrete block, with the first face of the body piece lying adjacent to the first block, the body piece spans from one sidewall of the first block to the other sidewall of the first block. A second appendage extends from a second face of the body piece.

Abstract: The present veneer anchor includes a tie and a plate wherein the lateral movement of the tie relative to the plate is minimized while maintaining a longitudinal sliding motion of the tie relative to the plate. Such lateral movement is minimized by at least two features, including a transverse tie portion with bears against slot-forming edges of the plate and the lateral tie portion which bears against channel-forming inner faces of the plate.

Abstract: A construction method for fabricating structures and a system of building blocks utilized in the method is presented. The blocks are hollow and may be skeletal and formed from heavy gauge strips or molded. They include at least two sub-assemblies joined by interconnecting webs with provisions for single subassemblies to square off wall edges. Each skeletal subassembly includes upper and lower frames joined together by a plurality of structural columns perpendicular to the planes of the upper and lower frames. The upper and lower frames are dimensioned to form interfitting male and female receptacles that permit the blocks to be interconnected. D-lance snap fit structures are provided in the upper and lower frames so that an assembly of blocks with structural integrity may be created by snapping together courses of blocks with each course staggered relative to the adjacent course.

Abstract: A tie assembly is used in a cavity wall having a back-up wall and a brick veneer to secure the brick veneer to the back-up wall. The tie assembly includes a plate that is secured to the back-up wall in a vertical orientation, with an tying portion of the plate projecting towards the brick veneer. A series of tie openings are spaced along the outer edge of the plate to receive a tie bar that projects into the mortar between adjacent brick courses. The tie bar cooperates with the plate to transmit loads oriented in any direction in the plane of the plate between the brick veneer and the back-up wall. This means that shear loadings as well as lateral loads are transmitted between the veneer and the back up wall, so that the two act as a truss structure.

Abstract: A mortar collecting device adapted to be located adjacent a wall surface of a masonry or brick wall under construction and collect excess mortar extruded from between rows of masonry during construction of the wall. Such mortar collecting devices each posses an upper surface means adapted to collect mortar but repel moisture in the form of water droplets which falls on such surface means. Repulsion of water is accomplished by providing an upper surface means having an inclined portion sufficiently inclined to the horizontal when such device is in mortar collecting position so as to cause moisture to slide off, but being insufficiently inclined so as to cause mortar to slide off. Alternatively the mortar collecting device may have a plurality of passageway means extending vertically therethrough of dimensions sufficient to allow moisture to pass therethrough, but of dimensions insufficient to allow mortar to pass therethrough.

Abstract: A strap anchor for metal stud/brick veneer wall construction includes a first end portion adapted to be embedded in a mortar joint of the veneer wall and a second end portion having a specially shaped slot that permits the anchor to be hooked onto the front L-shaped flange of the stud with edges of the slot engaging portions of both lateral surfaces and internal and external portions of the front flange of the stud.

Abstract: A wall tie connector for binding a masonry or glass `veneer` wall to a support frame, having an attachment plate by which it may be fixed to such a support frame, and a twisted tie plate which is closely coupled to a rod passing through an aperture at one end of the tie plate so that the tie plate can slide from side to side along the rod. The rod is in turn connected to the attachment plate by passing through slots in a pair of flanges protruding from the attachment plate. The rod is secured in such a way that it can slide up or down within slots in the flanges of the attachment plate and is also prevented from rotating or twisting relative to the attachment plate by non-rotation structure associated therewith.

Abstract: An insulated wall construction is formed of a pair of parallel, spaced apart foam plastic sheets and a poured-in-place concrete core filling the space between the sheets. The sheets are each formed of numerous smaller panels which are interconnected edge to edge to form their respective sheets. The sheets are secured together, before the concrete is poured, by means of numerous metal tie members. Each tie member is formed of a pair of parallel, elongated, thin, rigid sheet metal plates which are interconnected by thin, narrow, elongated sheet metal strips whose opposite ends are connected to the respective plates and with the strips being twisted along their lengths. Each of the plates are inserted within aligned edge pockets formed in the abutting edges of adjacent panels which assists in aligning and interconnecting the panels. The plates carry tooth-like clips which embed within the pocket walls to hold the panels from moving, due to hydrostatic forces, during the concrete pouring.

Abstract: An anchor for use in association with a mortarless block wall system for attaching facing to the outside of a wall. The wall includes a series of blocks placed in linear courses or rows with each block containing a pair of parallel sidewalls that are connected by lateral walls and at least one upwardly disposed projection for interlocking one block to another. At least one of the sidewalls has a laterally disposed groove formed therein which passes downwardly through the top surface of the block and is located adjacent to an end face on one of the lateral connecting walls. A wire anchor is seated within the groove which has an inwardly extended locking member that engages the connecting wall of the block. The anchor further contains a forwardly extended closure key that is adapted to pass over the outside face of the block. The closure key and locking member coact, in assembly, to hold the anchor securely to the block.

Abstract: One common type of masonry wall is called a cavity wall which is composed of two wythes. This invention relates to a system for structurally connecting the two wythes together by the use of a mortise and tenon arrangement and for a particular type of connector having a flared tenon end and another end adapted for placement in the mortar joint of a wythe.

Abstract: This invention provides an improved and more efficient method and articles of manufacture to construct new bridge decks, or to replace existing bridge decks. This unique method of constructing deck slabs utilizes precast, prestressed concrete form panels that are continuous over the floor beams or supporting walls. A cast-in-place concrete topping is placed on the form panels and finished to the proper grade to become the top surface of the slab. The cast-in-place topping also bonds to the roughened top surface of the precast, prestressed form panels and acts with the panels to create a structural deck slab. In addition, this invention embodies a new method and article of manufacture and installation for precast parapets, safety curbs and traffic divisors which are attached to a precast, prestressed continuous panel positioned on the supporting beams, or a conventional bridge deck.

Abstract: A semi-rigid pool coping form board of the type which is temporarily adhered on the generally vertical surface of a pool mouth-bounding structure to project a uniform height above the generally horizontal upper surface of that bounding structure is provided where its basal feet adjoin its coping inner edge-molding concave surface with an integral bead. At regular intervals, the bead is replaced by a spring clip with a similarly shaped nose. Each spring clip is rooted in the foam board to a standard depth with the aid of a stop shoulder and an adhesive. By locating in, snapping into and filling the liner track channel mouth the bead/spring clip structure automatically locates the form boards heightwise in relation to the pool mouth-bounding structure, provides an easy to use and effective secondary securement system for the form boards and keeps the pool liner track channel so free of cement that any clean-up needed is minor.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for attaching facing pieces to building structures in predetermined horizontal row and vertical tier arrangements. This method and apparatus is particularly well-suited for mounting removable marble face stones to crypt vaults in mausoleums. Anchor blocks are set in the structure in predetermined vertical and horizontal alignment positions and mounting bolts upon which the facing pieces hang are inserted into the anchor blocks. The mounting bolts are characterized by their ability to produce an eccentric motion which is used to cam the facing piece horizontally or vertically and thereby providing means for making small adjustments necessitated by the fact that the building structure and/or the face pieces have slightly irregular dimensions. Shims are used to make adjustments in the third dimension.

Abstract: A curtain-wall masonry veneer anchor system provides tolerances for accommodating installation misalignment and similarly for accommodating in-service load stresses while at the same time preventing loosening in service, even when installed through sheathing/or insulation covering wall structure to which the system is affixed, such as a masonry wall or metal stud or structural steel.

Abstract: An anchorage for attachment of ties to walls, floors and ceilings of various kinds, e.g. for attachment of a facing to a concrete wall, consists of a tubular aluminum section (1) having a longitudinal slot for introduction of one end (6) of the tie (5). The slot of the section is provided with edge portions (4) which are curved outwardly so that their end portions extend about tangentially with respect to the cross section of the section. At the opposite side of the slot the section is provided with attachment flanges (2).The tie (5) consists of a cold-drawn stainless steel wire which at one end is looped to an eye (6), the free end (14) of which being bent transversally and extending some distance outwardly in order to prevent twisting of the tie in the anchorage section. The other end is provided with a transverse portion for securing in mortar or for cooperation with a safeguarding plate (12).

Abstract: A masonry veneer wall anchor formed of an integral metal form preformed as an L-shaped bar has one leg overlying a building frame member for attachment thereto and has an outstanding leg with slotted holes formed therein in selected spaced relation through which a tying member may be inserted for vertical adjustment, the tying member engaging the edges of the slot to provide improved resistance to compressive as well as pulling forces, thereby maximizing functional effectiveness.

Abstract: A device for use in building, particularly for use when bonding bricks in a wall. The device comprises an elongated strip (10) of substantially rigid material forming a main web and having a plurality of flange members (12) projecting therefrom at predetermined distances along the main web. The flange members form, or are capable of forming, substantially a right angle with the main web. The flange members may project from one or both sides of the main web, and may be joined by wires to flange members of an adjacent device.