Patent ID: 6668505
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
A high-span anchor and reinforcement device for use in a cavity wall formed from a backup wall and a facing wall in a spaced apart relationship with a vertical surface of the backup wall forming one side of a cavity therebetween, said cavity in excess of four inches, said backup wall formed from a plurality of successive courses of masonry block with a bed joint of predetermined height between each two adjacent courses, said high-span anchor and reinforcement device comprising, in combination:a wall reinforcement with an upper surface in one plane and a lower surface in a plane substantially parallel thereto, said wall reinforcement adapted for mounting in said bed joint of said backup wall; at least one wall anchor fusibly attached at an attachment end thereof to said wall reinforcement, and, upon installation in said bed joint of said backup wall, extending between said plane of said upper surface and said plane of said lower surface from an attachment end thereof to the vertical surface of said backup wall; said wall anchor, in turn, comprising: an extended leg portion for spanning said cavity said extended leg portion having at least one compressively reduced portion; and, a free end contiguous therewith, said free end opposite said attachment end and adapted to be disposed in said cavity, said free end adapted for interengageing with a veneer tie for said facing wall.