Patent information:

Patent:Utility 2,844,998
Patented:July 29, 1958
Applied:October 21, 1954
Title:Glass Building Block Having Light Directing Properties
Description:Glass block that directs light
Category:OI
Assigned to:Owens-Illinois Glass Co.

Patentee Information:

VINCENT, Harvard B. Toledo, OH

Class and subclass information:

Class:359OPTICS: SYSTEMS (INCLUDING COMMUNICATION) AND ELEMENTS
Subclass:593BUILDING INTERIOR ILLUMINATION WITH REFLECTED, REFRACTED OR PREDETERMINED ANGLE OF ENTRANCE OF OUTSIDE LIGHT Unitary light transmitting member comprising plural reflecting or refracting elements Plural members in series;
Class:52STATIC STRUCTURES (E.G., BUILDINGS)
Subclass:306 
Class:52STATIC STRUCTURES (E.G., BUILDINGS)
Subclass:437FACERS E.G., MODULES, MUTUALLY BONDED BY INTERNAL SETTABLE MATERIAL SECTION Section filling opposed channels in adjacent modules;
Class:359OPTICS: SYSTEMS (INCLUDING COMMUNICATION) AND ELEMENTS
Subclass:594BUILDING INTERIOR ILLUMINATION WITH REFLECTED, REFRACTED OR PREDETERMINED ANGLE OF ENTRANCE OF OUTSIDE LIGHT Unitary light transmitting member comprising plural reflecting or refracting elements Elements on two sides of member;

Known specimens:

None known

Drawings:

Drawing page 1

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