Patent information:

Patent:Utility 3,012,378
Patented:December 12, 1961
Applied:December 28, 1956
Title:Light Transmitting Blocks
Description:Glass Block
Category:OI
Assigned to:Owens-Illinois Glass Co.

Patentee Information:

BOYD, Robert A. Ann Arbor, MI

Class and subclass information:

Class:52STATIC STRUCTURES (E.G., BUILDINGS)
Subclass:308ED COMPONENT With preform of nontranslucent material Forming edging for translucent panel;
Class:52STATIC STRUCTURES (E.G., BUILDINGS)
Subclass:417FACERS E.G., MODULES, MUTUALLY BONDED BY INTERNAL SETTABLE MATERIAL SECTION Lapped or bridger strip juncture-type surfacing Dissimilar strip at juncture of facers;
Class:52STATIC STRUCTURES (E.G., BUILDINGS)
Subclass:441FACERS E.G., MODULES, MUTUALLY BONDED BY INTERNAL SETTABLE MATERIAL SECTION Means covering section surface Distinct means separate from module;
Class:52STATIC STRUCTURES (E.G., BUILDINGS)
Subclass:477FACER HELD BY STIFFENER-TYPE FRAME Self-supporting section (e.g., facing) attached to nonload bearing framing Stonelike load bearing-type component;
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;

Known specimens:

None known

Drawings:

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