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US4473984A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Curtain-wall masonry-veneer anchor system

Assignee: DL ENTERPRISES Inc A MD Corp
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Filing: 1983-09-13
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Granted: 1984-10-02
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Expires: 2003-09-13
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Abstract

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. A threaded stud is provided, either coarse-threaded along the length for self-tapping in a pre-drilled hole in masonry, or self-drilling and self-tapping for one-operation affixation in steel studding or in structural steel; a fastener barrel has at one end a threaded hole receiving the stud and surrounded by teeth in a radial face arranged for routing away sheathing or insulation as the threaded stud screws into a wall, preventing crushed sheathing or insulation from causing loosening and backing out under service loads; novel tie configuration connects with an eye in the fastener barrel outer end and accommodates to the various rotational positions at which the fastener barrel may tighten in wall structure.

Inventors

  • 👤 Donald A. Lopez

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 20:57
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B2/00; E04B2/88; E04B2/90; E04B2/94

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 133 words
In a system for anchoring a masonry veneer wall to a supportive wall by means of a stud adapted for affixation in the supportive wall and stud-holding means having an eye engaging a first part of a wire-tie having a second part adapted for embedment by cementitious material of the veneer wall, the improvement comprising: said stud adaptation including the stud having means for self-threading screwing in a hole in the supportive wall, the stud-holding means having a face for tightening against said wall upon said screwing; means permitting adjustment of said anchoring, including: the eye of the stud-holding means having a slot transverse to the axis of the stud and having a portion with substantially uniform width, and the wire-tie having a cross-sectional diameter substantially the same as said substantially uniform width.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 133 words
In a system for anchoring a masonry veneer wall to a supportive wall by means of a stud adapted for affixation in the supportive wall and stud-holding means having an eye engaging a first part of a wire-tie having a second part adapted for embedment by cementitious material of the veneer wall, the improvement comprising: said stud adaptation including the stud having means for self-threading screwing in a hole in the supportive wall, the stud-holding means having a face for tightening against said wall upon said screwing; means permitting adjustment of said anchoring, including: the eye of the stud-holding means having a slot transverse to the axis of the stud and having a portion with substantially uniform width, and the wire-tie having a cross-sectional diameter substantially the same as said substantially uniform width.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 49 words
In a system as recited in claim 1, the supportive wall being of the type having sheathing thereon, and the improvement further comprising means minimizing crushing of said sheathing, including said face of the stud-holding means having toothed means for counterboring a hole through the sheathing upon said screwing.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 32 words
In a system as recited in claim 1, the means for self-threading screwing comprising screwthreads, and same screw threads extending into a threaded bore in the stud-holding means, for holding the stud.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 32 words
In a system as recited in claim 1, means for accommodating to various rotational orientations of said slot, comprising the wire tie having an offset portion between inclined portions, at said slot.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 28 words
In a system as recited in claim 4, the wire tie having substantially a trapezoidal shape with said offset portion being a parallel side of said trapezoidal shape.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 21 words
In a system as recited in claim 4, said offset portion being in squared-"U"-shape and depending integrally from a horizontal "L"-shape.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 40 words
In a system as recited in claim 1, said supportive wall having a steel component, and said stud adaptation further including means for one-operation attachment of said system to said steel component, comprising said stud provided with a self-drilling end.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1987-10-02 1988-04-02 1988-10-02 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1991-10-02 1992-04-02 1992-10-02 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1995-10-02 1996-04-02 1996-10-02 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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