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Anchor and reinforcement devices for a cavity wall are disclosed. The devices are combined with interlocking veneer anchors, and with veneer reinforcements to form unique anchoring systems. All the components of the system are wire formatives, including therewithin truss or ladder reinforcements and

Anchor and reinforcement devices for a cavity wall are disclosed. The devices are combined with interlocking veneer anchors, and with veneer reinforcements to form unique anchoring systems. All the components of the system are wire formatives, including therewithin truss or ladder reinforcements and the eye extensions. The wall anchor portion of the device is fusibly attached to the exterior of the truss or ladder reinforcement by various metalworking techniques. Beyond the portions of the wire formatives inserted in the backup wall, the wire formatives are optionally reduced in height by cold-working thereof. The combined wall anchor and reinforcement devices are compressively reduced in height for spanning insulation mounted on the exterior of the backup wall. The low-profile portions are disposed between thick strips of insulation and maintain the insulative integrity thereof by preventing air leakage.

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1. An anchor and reinforcement device for use in a wall having a backup wall and a facing wall in a spaced apart relationship having a cavity therebetween, said backup wall formed from successive courses of masonry block with a bed joint of predetermined height between each two adjacent courses and,

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An anchor and reinforcement device for use in a wall having a backup wall and a facing wall in a spaced apart relationship having a cavity therebetween, said backup wall formed from successive courses of masonry block with a bed joint of predetermined height between each two adjacent courses and, further, each course of masonry block having an embedment surface lying in a substantially horizontal plane, said anchor and reinforcement device comprising, in combination: a wall reinforcement adapted for disposition upon one of said courses of masonry blocks and for embedment in said bed joint of said backup wall, said wall reinforcement adapted for disposition in said embedment surface, in turn, comprising; a pair of side wires disposed parallel to one another;one or more intermediate wires attached to the interior sides of said side wires maintaining the parallelism thereof in a truss or ladder configuration having, when disposed on said embedment surface, all the longitudinal axes of said side wires and said intermediate wires in a substantially horizontal plane;at least one wire-formative wall anchor attached at one end thereof to said wall reinforcement at the side opposite said interior side of said intermediate wire attachment, and, upon installation, adapted to extend into said cavity, said wall anchor comprising: two leg portions extending into said cavity, said two leg portions attached by non-welding fusible attachment to said side wire at a substantially 90 degree angle with the longitudinal axes of said side wires and said two leg portions being substantially coplanar, said fusible attachment through high pressure compression liquefying the surfaces of said two leg portions and said side wires and being conjoined upon solidification thereof; and,a free end contiguous therewith, said free end disposed in said cavity and adapted to interengage a veneer anchor for embedment in said bed joint of said facing wall. 2. An anchor and reinforcement device as described in claim 1, wherein said wall anchor further comprises a rear leg connecting said leg portions extending into said cavity, said rear leg fusibly attached to said side wire at a substantially 90 degree angle wherein the longitudinal axes of said side wires and said two legs are substantially coplanar. 3. An anchor and reinforcement device as described in claim 2, wherein said rear leg is fusibly attached through high pressure compression, wherein said high pressure causes the surfaces of said wire formatives and said side wire to liquify and upon solidification conjoin. 4. An anchor and reinforcement device as described in claim 1, wherein said free end further comprises one or more veneer anchor receptors of vertically disposed eye wires. 5. An anchor and reinforcement device as described in claim 1, wherein said free end further comprises one or more veneer anchor receptors of horizontally disposed eye wires. 6. An anchor and reinforcement device as described in claim 1, wherein said free end further comprises one or more veneer anchor receptor of vertically disposed eye wires formed from said free end. 7. An anchor and reinforcement device as described in claim 1, wherein said free end further comprises one more veneer anchor receptors of horizontally disposed eye wires formed from said free end. 8. An anchor and reinforcement device as described in claim 1, wherein said backup wall further has an insulative layer mounted thereon in said cavity, said insulative layer being spanned by extension portion of said legs of said wall anchor. 9. An anchor and reinforcement device as described in claim 8, wherein said extension portions are compressively reduced in height up to 75% of the original height thereof. 10. An anchor and reinforcement device as described in claim 8, wherein said insulative layer further comprises a plurality of insulative strips mounted sealingly one against the other having a seam between adjacent ones of said strips, said seams being substantially coplanar with corresponding said bed joint of said backup wall and wherein said extension portions of said legs of said wall anchor are adapted, upon said wall anchor being embedded in said bed joint of said backup wall, to extend across said insulative layer at said seam between adjacent ones of said insulative strips and to have said insulative strips sealingly surround said extension portions of said legs of said wall anchor. 11. A method of making an anchor and reinforcement device for use in a wall formed from a backup wall and a facing wall in a spaced apart relationship having a cavity therebetween, said side-welded anchor and reinforcement device comprising, in combination: forming a wall reinforcement adapted for disposition in a bed joint of said backup wall, said wall reinforcement being a wire formative, in turn, by the substeps of placing a pair of side wires parallel to one another;attaching one or more intermediate wires to the interior sides of said side wires for maintaining the parallelism thereof in a truss or ladder configuration;fusibly attaching through non-frictional high pressure fusion at least one wall anchor at one end thereof to said wall reinforcement at the side opposite said interior side of said intermediate wire attachment, said wall anchor adapted, upon installation, to extend into said bed joint and to have one or more leg portions extend into said cavity; and,providing a free end contiguous with said one or more leg portions, said free end for disposition in said cavity and adapted to interengage a veneer anchor for embedment in a bed joint of said facing wall. 12. A method of claim 11, wherein said wall anchor is a wire formative having two legs extending into said cavity, with said legs connected to one another by a rear leg further including the step of fusibly attaching said wall anchor to said wall reinforcement at said exterior side of said side wire thereof and along the length of said rear leg. 13. A method of claim 11, wherein the wires forming said wall reinforcement and forming said wall anchor are the same gauge and wherein the step of fusibly attaching said wall anchor to said wall reinforcement forms a construct, with the longitudinal axes of said side wires of said wall reinforcement of said legs extending into said cavity, and of said rear leg being coplanar. 14. A method of claim 11, wherein the wire forming said wall reinforcement and forming said wall anchor are different gauges and wherein the step of fusibly attaching said wall reinforcement to said wall anchor maintains the tangential contacts thereof with said bed joint of said backup wall substantially coplanar. 15. A method of anchoring a facing wall to a backup wall, said backup wall and said facing wall in a spaced apart relationship having a cavity therebetween, said method comprising the steps of: embedding a combined anchor and wall reinforcement device in bed joints of said backup wall, said device being a wire formative made by the substeps of: placing a pair of side wires parallel to one another;attaching one or more intermediate wires to the interior sides of said side wires for maintaining the parallelism thereof in a truss or ladder configuration;fusibly attaching, through non-welding high pressure fusion, at least one wall anchor at one end thereof to said wall reinforcement at the side opposite said interior side of said intermediate wire attachment, said wall anchor adapted, upon installation, to extend into said bed joint and to have one or more leg portions extend into said cavity;providing a free end contiguous with said one or more leg portions, said free end sposed in said cavity having one or more veneer anchor receptors;interengaging a veneer anchor with said receptors and disposing said veneer anchor in a bed joint of said facing wall; and,embedding said veneer anchor in said bed joint of said facing wall. 16. A method of claim 15, wherein said backup wall includes insulation mounted thereon in said cavity and said substeps for forming said anchor and wall reinforcement device including the substep of: compressing the portion of said device extending when installed through said insulation to maintain the insulative integrity thereof. 17. A method of claim 15, wherein said wall reinforcement and said wall anchor are of the same gauge of wire, said embedment step, including the substep of maintaining, during installation, said wire components in a substantially coplanar manner. 18. An anchor and reinforcement device for use in a wall having a backup wall and a facing wall in a spaced apart relationship having a cavity therebetween, said backup wall formed from successive courses of masonry block with a bed joint of predetermined height between each two adjacent courses and, further, each course of masonry block having an embedment surface lying in a substantially coplanar manner, said anchor and reinforcement device comprising, in combination: a wall reinforcement adapted for disposition upon one of said courses of masonry blocks and for embedment in said bed joint of said backup wall, said wall reinforcement adapted for disposition in said embedment surface comprising; a pair of side wires disposed parallel to one another;one or more intermediate wires attached to the interior sides of said side wires maintaining the parallelism thereof in a truss or ladder configuration having the upper limits of said pair of side wires disposed in a first plane and the lower limits of said pair of side wires disposed in a second plane, said first plane and said second plane being parallel the one to the other and forming an envelope therebetween;at least one wall anchor fusibly attached at one end thereof to said wall reinforcement in said envelope and at the side opposite said interior side of said intermediate wire attachment through non-frictional high pressure compression wherein said high pressure compression causes the surfaces of said wall anchor and said wall reinforcement to liquefy and upon solidification conjoin; and,said wall anchor, upon installation adapted to extend into said cavity, said wall anchor comprising, in turn:one or more leg portions extending into said cavity; and,a free end contiguous therewith, said free end disposed in said cavity and adapted to interengage a veneer anchor for embedment in said bed joint of said facing wall. 19. A method of making an anchor and reinforcement device for use in a wall formed from a backup wall and a facing wall in a spaced apart relationship having a cavity therebetween, said side-welded anchor and reinforcement device comprising, in combination: forming a wall reinforcement adapted for disposition in a bed joint of said backup wall, said wall reinforcement being a wire formative, in turn, by the substeps of placing a pair of side wires parallel to one another;attaching one or more intermediate wires to the interior sides of said side wires for maintaining the parallelism thereof in a truss or ladder configuration having the upper limits of said pair of side wires disposed in a first plane and the lower limits of said pair of side wires disposed in a second plane, said first plane and said second plane being parallel the one to the other and forming an envelope therebetween;fusibly attaching at least one wall anchor through non-frictional high pressure compression at one end thereof to said wall reinforcement in said envelope and at the side opposite said interior side of said intermediate wire attachment, said wall anchor adapted, upon installation, to extend into said bed joint and to have one or more leg portions extend into said cavity; and,providing a free end contiguous with said one or more leg portions, said free end for disposition in said cavity and adapted to interengage a veneer anchor for embedding in a bed joint of said facing wall.