Patent ID: 8904730

Claim:
A high-strength thermally-isolating anchoring system for use in a cavity wall, said cavity wall having a wallboard inner wythe and insulation thereon, anchor-receiving channels therethrough, and an outer wythe formed from a plurality of successive courses with a bed joint between each two adjacent courses, said inner wythe and said outer wythe in a spaced apart relationship the one with the other forming a cavity therebetween, said anchoring system comprising, in combination: a wall anchor adapted for attachment to said inner wythe, said wall anchor further comprising: a stepped cylinder portion with the steps thereof arrayed about a common longitudinal axis having two or more external diameters dimensioned for a press fit relationship with and for disposition in said anchor-receiving channels, said stepped cylinder having a shaftway therethrough to sheath a fastener; and a base portion having an aperture, a mounting surface adjacent said stepped cylinder portion, said mounting surface precluding penetration of air, moisture and water vapor through said inner wythe, and two wings extending substantially normal to said base portion, said two wings each having a veneer tie receptor; a fastener configured for disposition in said aperture of said base portion and for disposition in said shaftway of said stepped cylinder portion to attach said wall anchor to said inner wythe; a stepped cylinder seal disposed about said fastener at the juncture of said fastener and said aperture of said base portion; and a veneer tie interlockingly connected with said veneer tie receptor and dimensioned for embedment in said bed joint of said outer wythe.