Brick tie anchor

Abstract

The invention is directed to a masonry anchor for tying a masonry veneer wall to a stud back-up wall having an outer covering, the anchor comprising a generally planar anchor plate having an outer coupling end for connection to a veneer tie wire and an inner anchoring end for securement to the back-up wall. In one embodiment, the anchor plate has struck-out tabs extending laterally from the anchor plate, intermediate the coupling end and the anchoring end. The outer coupling end of the anchor is insertable through a slot opening cut into the outer covering adjacent a stud in the back-up wall until the tabs engage the outer covering of the stud back-up wall to provide for proper spacing of the coupling end from the back-up wall. In a second embodiment of the masonry anchor, at least the outer coupling end is of a corrosion resistant material.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:  
     
         1 . An anchor member for an anchor tie for tying courses of masonry veneer to a backup wall of sheet material supported by spaced vertical studs, such anchor member comprising a plate having a nose portion adapted to be projected through a vertical slit in a backup wall sheet material, and an anchor portion to extend rearwardly of the sheet material and to be secured to a stud supporting the sheet material, said nose portion having a vertical tie wire receiving slot therein and having a maximum vertical dimension to accommodate a tie wire receiving slot not greater than the height of a veneer course, said nose portion having a horizontal dimension sufficient to present said vertical slot standing proud of the backup wall sheet material, said anchor portion of said plate being provided with a locating abutment means projecting perpendicular thereto to engage a backup wall surface to fix the projection of said anchor end beyond the backup wall sheet material.  
     
     
         2 . An anchor member as claimed in    claim 1    in which said sheet material is hot dip galvanized steel.  
     
     
         3 . An anchor member as claimed in    claim 1    in which said sheet material is stainless steel.  
     
     
         4 . An anchor member as claimed in    claim 1    in which said abutment means comprises tab members stamped out from said plate to engage the inner face of the backup wall sheet material.  
     
     
         5 . A masonry anchor for tying a masonry veneer wall to a stud back-up wall having an outer covering, the anchor comprising a generally planar anchor plate of corrosion resistant steel having an outer coupling end for connection to a veneer tie wire and an inner anchoring end for securement to the back-up wall, the anchor plate having struck-out tabs extending laterally from the anchor plate, intermediate the coupling end and the anchoring end, the outer coupling end being insertable through a slot opening cut into the outer covering adjacent a stud in the back-up wall until the tabs engage the outer covering of the stud back-up wall to provide for proper spacing of the coupling end from the back-up wall.  
     
     
         6 . A masonry anchor as claimed in    claim 5    wherein the corrosion resistant steel is hot dip galvanized steel.  
     
     
         7 . A masonry anchor as claimed in    claim 5    wherein the corrosion resistant steel is stainless steel.  
     
     
         8 . A masonry anchor as claimed in    claim 5    wherein the anchoring end is provided with holding means for holding of the anchor during installation.  
     
     
         9 . A masonry anchor as claimed in    claim 8    wherein the holding means comprises a ledge formation struck out from said anchoring end and overlying the plane of the anchoring end to accommodate a suitable tool to be inserted into the space between said ledge formation and the plane of the anchoring end.  
     
     
         10 . A masonry anchor as claimed in    claim 8    in which said holding means comprises a tab formed from the material of said anchoring end and extending generally perpendicular thereto to be gripped by a hand.