A framing device for a floor structure utilizing a glass floor unit having a durable glass portion and a fire-rated glass portion. A support is positioned to exert a force on the glass floor unit. A shield protects the surfaces of the glass floor unit and forms a pocket for the support.

This document describes systems and process for forming processed slabs having embedded optical elements.

This document describes systems and process for forming processed slabs having embedded optical elements.

A daylight illumination system for integration into a building or larger vehicle comprises a translucent facade element (800) containing a glass sheet and a light redirection element (302 or 708), and a light transport channel (801) for guiding light about horizontally into an interior of the building, the light transport channel comprising one opening attached to the interior side of said facade element and at least one opening towards the interior of the building, characterised in that the light redirection element (302 or 708) is formed as a structured polymer film or sheet attached to a glass sheet of the facade element (800) and is configured for changing the direction of incident light into the about horizontal light transport channel.

A daylight illumination system for integration into a building or larger vehicle comprises a translucent facade element (800) containing a glass sheet and a light redirection element (302 or 708), and a light transport channel (801) for guiding light about horizontally into an interior of the building, the light transport channel comprising one opening attached to the interior side of said facade element and at least one opening towards the interior of the building, characterised in that the light redirection element (302 or 708) is formed as a structured polymer film or sheet attached to a glass sheet of the facade element (800) and is configured for changing the direction of incident light into the about horizontal light transport channel.

The present invention relates to a method for making a composite panel comprising a pourable and settable base material, preferably cementitious mortar, and a plurality of through elements (10) made of glass for transmitting light between two base surfaces (1,1) of the panel (1). The method includes making a semi-finished product comprising a central body (50) which incorporates the through elements (10), which emerge from two mutually opposite main surfaces (51,52). In particular, the method includes making the semi-finished product by defining two containing frames, mutually opposite with respect to the body, each of which emerges from one of the central surfaces. The method includes closing the semi-finished product between two containing elements so as to define two half-spaces, each of which at least partially delimited by said containing frames. The method then includes filling each half-space with cementitious mortar and removing the manufactured item which is made, after the mortar has set. Finally, the method includes finishing such a manufactured item by eliminating the containing frames from the semi-finished product, the body of which remains incorporated in the structure of the panel.

An architectural block may be arranged with a front face separated from a back face by a border configured with a beveled surface comprising an aperture extending into a space between the front face and the back face. The aperture and beveled surface can each be configured to secure a light strip around the border and a light source of the light strip in the aperture.

A daylighting device according to an aspect of the invention includes at least a daylighting film that includes a base having optical transparency and daylighting portions having optical transparency and provided on one surface of the base. Each of the daylighting portions has a reflective surface by which light incident on the daylighting portion is reflected and the light reflected by the reflective surface and output from a second surface of the base has a characteristic that the light travels toward a space on a side where the light is incident on the reflective surface, the space being one of two spaces divided by a virtual plane as a boundary which is vertical to the second surface of the first substrate and parallel to a direction of the daylighting portion extending, and intervals s between adjacent daylighting portions are set to various values.

The invention relates to a component (1) for installing a room closing element made of hollow glass blocks (2, 3) using mortar or concrete and a suitable reinforcement. The component (1) according to the invention consists of two hollow glass blocks (2, 3), which are designed identically and preferably lie one next to the other, with an intermediate spacer (4) which seals the intermediate space between the glass blocks (2, 3) and is preferably assembled from multiple spacers (5, 5b, 5c) designed as hollow bodies that are separated from one another by intermediate films (6a, 6b) with coatings (7a, 7b). The component (1) is characterized by a comparatively large structural depth which ensures very good insulation values despite the small surface area of the glass blocks (2, 3). The structural depth also increases the geometrical moment of inertia with respect to bending, said moment of inertia allowing for large proportions of insulating mortar/concrete and components with large dimensions.

The invention relates to a component (1) for installing a room closing element made of hollow glass blocks (2, 3) using mortar or concrete and a suitable reinforcement. The component (1) according to the invention consists of two hollow glass blocks (2, 3), which are designed identically and preferably lie one next to the other, with an intermediate spacer (4) which seals the intermediate space between the glass blocks (2, 3) and is preferably assembled from multiple spacers (5, 5b, 5c) designed as hollow bodies that are separated from one another by intermediate films (6a, 6b) with coatings (7a, 7b). The component (1) is characterized by a comparatively large structural depth which ensures very good insulation values despite the small surface area of the glass blocks (2, 3). The structural depth also increases the geometrical moment of inertia with respect to bending, said moment of inertia allowing for large proportions of insulating mortar/concrete and components with large dimensions.