Claims
- 1. A skylight construction for an opening in a building comprising:
- a curb frame extending about the opening and having means for securing the frane in a fixed position about the opening, said curb frame being of heat conductive material and having an inner section and an outer section,
- transparent or translucent means covering the opening and extending at its edges to the curb frame,
- means over the frame for retaining the covering means to the curb frame,
- gasket means carried by said inner section of said curb frame,
- means for securing said retaining means to said outer section of said curb frame to sandwich said transparent or translucent means between a portion of said retaining means and said gasket means, and
- a low heat conductive plastic bridge disposed between said outer section and said inner section of said curb frame for impeding heat transfer through the curb frame,
- said curb frame inner section and said curb frame outer section including respective facing walls, each having interlocking surfaces adapted to hold said plastic bridge in a position adjacent said gasket means and underlying said transparent or translucent means,
- said curb frame having means supporting said gasket means by and over one of said facing walls.
- 2. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein said curb frame has a cavity defined between sections for accommodating the bridge.
- 3. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein said means for supporting said gasket means includes interlocking means therebetween.
- 4. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein said gasket means is supported over and by said curb frame inner section facing wall.
- 5. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 including means defining a condensation gutter in the inner section of the curb frame.
- 6. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 5 wherein said condensation gutter is defined in part by the facing wall of the inner section of the curb frame.
- 7. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein said means for securing the retaining means includes a bolt and associated bolt retainer disposed in the outer section of the curb frame.
- 8. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 including a downwardly directed end of the outer section of the curb frame.
- 9. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein said curb frame inner and outer sections have respective base walls with the inner section base wall in part defining a condensation gutter and the outer section base wall having means in part defining the means for securing the retaining means.
- 10. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 9 including respective facing walls of the inner and outer curb frame sections each extending from a respective base wall and holding therebetween the plastic bridge.
- 11. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 including stop means mounted outside of but adjacent at least one edge of the covering means.
- 12. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein said means supporting said gasket means comprises a substantially horizontal wall having an open channel for receiving a ridge of the gasket means.
- 13. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein said means supporting said gasket means includes a substantially vertical wall having a drainage hole therein and in part defining a condensation gutter.
- 14. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein said means supporting said gasket means is an integral extension of one of said facing walls having an open channel for receiving a ridge of the gasket means.
- 15. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 14 wherein therein is provided a passage hole both through said facing walls and said plastic bridge so as to provide drainage through the construction. .Iadd.
- 16. A skylight construction for an opening in a building comprising:
- a curb frame extending about the opening and having means for securing the frame in a fixed position about the opening, said curb frame being of heat conductive material and having an inner section and an outer section,
- transparent or translucent means covering the opening and extending at its edges to the curb frame,
- means over the frame for retaining the covering means to the curb frame,
- gasket means carried by said curb frame,
- means for securing said retaining means to said curb frame to sandwich said transparent or translucent means between a portion of said retaining means and said gasket means, and
- a low heat conductive plastic bridge disposed between said outer section and said inner section of said curb frame for impeding heat transfer through the curb frame,
- said curb frame inner section and said curb frame outer section including respective facing walls, each having interlocking surfaces adapted to hold said plastic bridge in a position adjacent said gasket means and underlying said transparent or translucent means,
- said curb frame having means supporting said gasket means by and over one of said facing walls. .Iaddend. .Iadd.17. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 16 wherein said gasket means is carried by the inner section of the curb frame. .Iaddend. .Iadd.18. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 16 wherein said retaining means is secured to said outer section of said curb frame. .Iaddend.
RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 923,245 filed July 10, 1978, now abandoned.
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