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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8079189 | Structure system of concrete building for self-heat insulation A structure system of concrete building for self-heat insulation comprises a wall (1), a link beam (2) and a floor slab (3). The wall is composed of a prefabricated concrete wall for heat insulation (11) and a cast-in-place concrete wall ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7752820 | Fast unfolding two-layer temporary flooring structure A fast unfolding two-layer temporary flooring structure consisting of preferably rigid plates (1 to 6), made of a suitable material. The plates (1 to 6) are arranged mutually parallel and cascade-linked by an articulated linking element (... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7565777 | Z-bend, nestable ties A tie for insulated concrete forms that has a Z-bend configuration so that the tie is nestable with similar Z-bend ties in order to optimize the cubic volume and the weight of a container of nested ties for shipment. ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7415803 | Double-wing wing nut anchor system and method A system includes a back up wall and a veneer wall spaced from the back up wall. An anchor shaft has a first end secured to the back up wall, and a second free end of the shaft projects into a space between the back up wall and the veneer wall. A wing nut has a cent... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7325366 | Snap-in wire tie A seismic construction system for a cavity wall is disclosed. The system is shown in three exemplary applications—a masonry backup wall with ladder- or truss-type reinforcement cooperating with a snap-in wire tie; a masonry backup wall with ladder- or truss-type r... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7272914 | Steel joist A joist suitable for use in a composite concrete floor is disclosed. The joist comprises a top chord, a bottom chord; and a vertically extending intermediate web having a top end secured to the top chord and a bottom end secured to the bottom chord. The top chord co... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7225590 | Brick tie A brick tie for interconnecting a brick wall with a back-up wall comprised of a plurality of spaced apart studs and a wall board secured to the studs wherein each stud includes a pair of opposed side flanges and a web formed between the flanges. The brick tie includ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7162845 | Concrete formwork wall serving also as reinforcement Wall made of concrete or similar materials built from an unfold formwork integrated in the wall and including two formwork walls (8,8′,10) placed face to face and connected by connecting elements (1) articulated to the formwork walls by stiffeners ( | 01/16/2007 |
| 7140158 | Composite beam A composite beam is disclosed. The component has spaced pairs of elongate wood members, the members of each pair being in face to face mating orientation. A generally sinuous shaped spacer rod sub assembly having spacer portions connected at junctures is provided. T... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7114695 | Tilt-up concrete wall panel form and method of fabricating same An improved, lightweight, portable, and self-contained concrete form for fabricating tilt-up concrete walls is provided. The form includes a frame made from metal frame members joined at their ends with the frame members forming the sides of the frame. The frame mem... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7082731 | Insulated concrete wall system An insultated wall system comprises a plurarity of foldable blocks, each having two panels of rigid insulated foam, multiple inserts embedded in the panels, and ties between pairs of inserts. Each insert has one or more connectors, each with an end hole that swivela... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7017318 | High-span anchoring system for cavity walls A high-span anchoring system is described for a cavity wall incorporating a wall reinforcement combined with a wall tie which together serve a wall construct having a larger-than-normal cavity. Further the various embodiments combine wire formatives which are compre... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6945000 | Metal foil masonry flashings and termination bar therefor A metal-foil-containing flashing laminate is disclosed which laminate is for flashing cavity walls. The laminate has at least one layer of an elastomeric composite over which is placed a hot melt adhesive layer, a metal foil lamina, and another hot melt adhesive lay... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941717 | Wall anchor constructs and surface-mounted anchoring systems utilizing the same Wall anchor constructs and anchoring systems employing the same are disclosed. Each anchor is a sheetmetal construct utilizable with various wire formative veneer ties. In the wall anchor structures, the junctures of the legs and the base of the wall anchor are loca... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6928780 | Metal foil/scrim flashings A metal foil/scrim flashing laminate is disclosed, which laminate is for flashing cavity walls. The laminate has at least one layer of a modified polymeric coating which is disposed by roll coating onto the central metal foil. In all the embodiments, the metal foil ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6925768 | Folded wall anchor and surface-mounted anchoring A folded wall anchor and an anchoring system employing the same are disclosed. The anchor is a folded sheetmetal construct utilizable with various wire formative veneer ties. The folded wall tie enables the junctures of the legs and the base of the wall anchor to be... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6622444 | Synthetic core construction panel and apparatus for making same The present invention is a synthetic-core construction panel having a polyurethane core encased by a metal grid. The grid system comprises a first series of metal bars disposed in parallel to each other, equally spaced apart around the circumference of th... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6584746 | Masonry flashing system A masonry flashing system is disclosed which includes a laminate for flashing cavity walls and a hot melt adhesive composition for coating the surface of the laminate. The adhesive is selected for compatibility with a peel-and-stick installation and, thus... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6502362 | Anchoring device for components made of concrete An anchoring device for components made of concrete comprises an elongated section which is associable with a concrete component so as to protrude from the component with at least one of its longitudinal sides and with at least one portion of its lateral ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6351922 | Single-end wall tie An adjustable wall tie for securing together spaced wythes such as a masonry veneer wall to a structural masonry wall of block-like construction. The wall incudes a tension anchor and a generally J-shaped single-ended hook adapted to engage the tension fo... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6269607 | Method of insulation and framing A method of construction which produces an air tight structure which is capable of being insulated to high R values. The method comprises the following steps: erecting an inner wall having a footer, a top plate, and spaced upright studs, along an inner ed... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6270915 | Gypsum board/intumescent material ceiling boards A gypsum board/intumescent material ceiling board includes a gypsum board and a fire-resistive barrier. A first major surface of the gypsum board is an upper side for abutting framing and a second major surface of the gypsum board is an underside for faci... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6185890 | Building element To improve sound damping in prefabricated building elements having two parallel welded wire mesh mats 1, 2, interconnected by web wires 7, 7' enclose, therebetween, an insulating body (8) for example of foam plastic. Concrete is then sprayed on both sides... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6182407 | Gypsum board/intumescent material fire barrier wall A gypsum board/intumescent material fire barrier wall includes spaced apart, vertically extending metal or wooden studs with only one layer of gypsum board secured to each side of the studs to form a fire barrier wall with a wall cavity. An intumescent ma... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6145257 | Method and system for forming walls A method and system for forming walls includes a dual-wall cavity. A stud is formed of an outer flange, middle flange and inner flange arranged in an "E" shape configuration. An outer panel attaches to the outer flange, a middle panel attaches to the midd... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5992114 | Apparatus for forming a poured concrete wall Apparatus for providing an insulated, poured concrete wall which will result, when the concrete is poured, in a wall having internal and external insulation, drywall or other surface preparation connecting areas which are continuous of and extending the e... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5819478 | Damp-proof course member The invention relates to a bitumenised P.V.C. member for incorporation in a cavity wall, including two flanges and a bridging portion, the bridging portion in use spanning the cavity and the flanges being incorporated in respective skins of the cavity wal... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5740635 | Enclosure fire-resistive for a predetermined time An enclosure that is fire-resistive for a predetermined period of time including a floor having a structural forging which is covered with a glass wool felt. A platform of wooden plates is affixed to the glass wool felt. Lateral expansion joints are posit... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5636486 | Brick tie A masonry tie is provided for engaging a masonry veneer to an underlying support wall. The tie includes a rod and a stud engagement member engageable to the rod. The stud engagement member comprises first and second clamp members that clampingly engage a ... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5501055 | Method for reinforced concrete construction A reticulated net for use in reinforced concrete construction includes a first plurality of evenly spaced coplanar rods forming an upper rim and a second plurality of evenly spaced coplanar rods forming a lower rim. The rods of the upper and lower rims ar... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5490366 | Adjustable wall tie An adjustable wall tie for anchoring and tying a masonry veneer to a structural masonry wall having a combination of component parts which includes a tension anchor element disposed in a mortar joint of a structural masonry block wall interconnected with ... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5374466 | Former for use in the manufacture of fiberglass articles A former for supporting a layer of settable plastics material while it sets into hollow reinforcing ribs bonded to a laid up article of fibre reinforced plastics material during manufacture of said article, comprising a foraminous sheet (5) wherein the re... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5063721 | Bracket for attachment of wall linings Bracket destined to be mounted on a wall to extend therefrom and so designed that a separately manufactured material in the form of sheets, such as a glass wool mat, is suspended on the bracket by pressing the material against the bracket and causing the ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5029424 | Decorative quoin A decorative quoin which is prefabricated and manufactured for application to corners of a building, such as a home or other structure. Cement, or like material in the form of a square, rectangle or other desired geometrical shape is applied about a wire ... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4955172 | Veneer anchor The present veneer anchor includes a tie and a plate wherein the lateral movement of the tie relative to the plate is minimized while maintaining a longitudinal sliding motion of the tie relative to the plate. Such lateral movement is minimized by at leas... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4875319 | Seismic construction system A seismic construction system for use in anchored veneer wall constructions which utilizes an inner and an outer wythe includes a veneer anchor member which is attached to the vertical channel of an inner wythe, a tie member which is attached to the venee... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4869043 | Shear connector A tie assembly is used in a cavity wall having a back-up wall and a brick veneer to secure the brick veneer to the back-up wall. The tie assembly includes a plate that is secured to the back-up wall in a vertical orientation, with an tying portion of the ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4637184 | Hollow floor A cavity floor is formed by placing on a structural floor bottom a flexible floor mold which has leg forming portions arranged in an array with generally planar portions extending between and surrounding the leg forming portions. A flowable substance is a... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4611450 | Multi-reinforced construction panel A multi-reinforced construction panel comprising a metal wire mesh or plate folded by a press machine to take the shape of acute V formations, square wave formations, natural wave formations, or trapezoidal formations to work structurally as folded plates... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4489530 | Sandwich wall structure and the method for constructing the same Method of making an improved sandwich type insulation wall having internal framework formed by channel bars and transverse members bridging two adjacent channel bars. A plurality of channel bars having lateral wings are erected to form the main skeleton; ... | 12/25/1984 |
