Tubular skylight with improved dome

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1996-08-09

1997-08-12

Canfield, Robert

Static structures (e.g., buildings)

Cupola or skylight

359591, E04D 1303, G02B 1700

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056553390

ABSTRACT:
A tubular skylight having an improved dome improving the efficiency of the skylight. The dome includes an integral prism in a portion of its outer surface to reflect light downwardly through the skylight. The dome is hemispherical, and the prism includes a plurality of grooves extending along great circles that pass through the apex of the dome. The prism covers only an angular segment of the hemispherical dome; and the grooves stop short of the apex of the dome.

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