Seasonal control skylight glazing panel with passive solar energy switching

Patent · Tue Oct 25 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5422623

Miller, J V

A substantially transparent one-piece glazing panel is provided for generally horizontal mounting in a skylight. The panel is comprised of an repeated pattern of two alternating and contiguous linear optical elements; a first optical element being an upstanding generally right-triangular linear prism, and the second optical element being an upward-facing plano-cylindrical lens in which the planar surface is reflectively opaque and is generally in the same plane as the base of the triangular prism.

• Assignee: EDB-84-034872
• Patent Number(s): US 4411493
• OSTI ID: 5422623
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 5 Oct 1981; Other Information: PAT-APPL-308899
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
SKYLIGHTS
DESIGN
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GLASS
PERFORMANCE
PLASTICS
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ENERGY
ENERGY SOURCES
MATERIALS
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SYNTHETIC MATERIALS
140901* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling