Masonry connector
CA 2102297 C · Owner: Fero Holdings Ltd. · Inventors: Hatzinikolas, Michael A.; Pacholok, Robert M.
Overview
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A masonry connector for a veneer wall has an outer coupling end for connection to a wall tie secured to the veneer. An inner anchoring end of the connector is secured to the back-up wall. Where the back-up wall is masonry wall the anchoring portion includes a vertical plate apertured to be keyed into the mortar between two side-by-side adjacent blocks of the back-up wall, and a laterally projecting corrugated flange to be keyed into the mortar between two vertically adjacent blocks. A rearwardly facing edge immediately in front of the anchoring end abuts against the outer face of the masonry wall to ensure the positioning of the connector at the proper depth. An insulation section of the …
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- Filed November 2, 1993 and granted January 23, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 2, 2013.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 2, 2015.
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