Mortar collecting device for protecting weep-holes in masonry walls
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Dec 8, 1998
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Jan 12, 1998
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A mortar collecting device for being positioned in a cavity between first and second spaced-apart walls, such as masonry walls, and including an anchor for being embedded in a mortar joint of the first masonry wall, a first attachment device carried by the anchor for being positioned in the cavity between the first and second masonry walls, a U-shaped bracket for being positioned at least partially in the cavity between the first and second masonry walls, second attachment device is carried by the bracket and cooperating with the first attachment device of the anchor for supporting the bracket, and a shield for being carried and supported by the bracket in the cavity between the masonry walls. The shield comprises a deformable elongate sheet for being positioned on the bracket in the cavity and extending along a predetermined length of the cavity in contact with both of the masonry walls to prevent mortar from accumulating in the bottom of the cavity and blocking weep-holes formed in at least one of the masonry walls, and first and second spaced-apart elongate openings formed in the sheet and defining therebetween an elongate web, the bracket for being positioned through the openings with the sheet supporting the bracket on one side thereof and the web supporting the bracket on an opposing side thereof.
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