Tie assembly for faced masonry wall structures

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION: REINFORCING MEANS ADAPTED TO BE CAST INTO THE MORTAR JOINT BETWEEN COURSES OF FLAT-FACED GENERALLY RECTANGULAR BLOCKS FORMING A BACK-UP WALL, SAID REINFORCING MEANS INCLUDING BIGHT-FORMING PORTIONS PROJECTING FROM AT LEAST ONE FACE OF THE BACK-UP WALL AT LONGITUDINALLYSPACED INTERVALS; ROD MEANS ADAPTED TO BE PASSED THROUGH AT LEAST TWO OF THE BIGHTS PROJECTING FROM THE SURFACE OF THE BACK-UP WALL, SAID BIGHTS BEING LOCATED ONE ABOVE THE OTHER AND COMPRISING PORTIONS OF REINFORCING MEANS CAST IN DIFFERENT COURSES; AND, TIE MEANS ADAPTED TO BE CAST INTO THE MORTAR JOINTS BETWEEN COURSES OF IRREGULARLYSHAPED BLOCKS ERECTED AS A FACING ADJACENT THE SURFACE OF THE BACK-UP WALL HAVING THE RODS SECURED THERETO, SAID TIE MEANS INCLUDING MEANS SECURING SAME TO THE ROD MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLE MOVEMENT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LENGTH OF THE LATTER AND A PORTION PROJECTING FROM SAID SECURING MEANS INTO POSITION FOR INSERTION INTO THE JOINT BETWEEN FACING BLOCKS LAID ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER, SAID TIE AND ROD MEANS COOPERATING WITH THE REINFORCING MEANS TO FASTEN THE FACING BLOCKS TO THE BACK-UP WALL THUS FORMING A UNITARY WALL STRUCTURE IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER THE MORTAR JOINTS BETWEEN COURSES OF THE BACK-UP WALL ARE ALIGNED WITH JOINTS BETWEEN THE FACING BLOCKS.