Patent ID: 6789365
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
A side-welded anchor and reinforcement device for use in a wall formed from a backup wall and a facing wall in a spaced apart relationship having a cavity therebetween, said backup wall being formed from a plurality of successive courses of masonry blocks with a bed joint of predetermined height between each two adjacent courses and, further, having a vertical surface forming one side of said cavity, said bed joint and said vertical surface defining an envelope, said side-welded anchor and reinforcement device comprising, in combination:a wall reinforcement adapted for disposition upon one of said courses of masonry blocks and for embedment in said bed joint of said backup wall, said wall reinforcement being a wire formative, in turn, comprising; a pair of side wires disposed parallel to one another; one or more intermediate wires attached to the interior sides of said side wires maintaining the parallelism thereof in a truss or ladder configuration; at least one wall anchor fusibly attached at one end thereof to said wall reinforcement at the side opposite said interior side of said intermediate wire attachment, and, upon installation, extending into said envelope, said wall anchor comprising, in turn: one or more leg portions extending into said cavity; and, a free end contiguous therewith, said free end disposed in said cavity and adapted to interengage a veneer anchor for mounting in said bed joint of said facing wall.