Claims
- 1. A skylight construction for an opening in a building comprising;
- a curb frame extending about the opening and having means for receiving a means for securing the frame in place about the opening,
- translucent or transparent means covering the opening and extending at its edges to the curb frame,
- means for retaining the covering means on the curb frame,
- said curb frame being constructed of a rigid thermoplastic and having associated therewith at least one gasket for sealing between the curb frame, and support means for the curb frame including inner and outer metal wall members defining therebetween a void space that may be filled with insulation,
- said curb frame having inner and outer recesses for receiving said respective inner and outer metal wall members and being defined at least in part by a common wall forming a thermal break between said inner and outer metal wall members.
- 2. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein said rigid thermoplastic is a rigid PVC and said flexible thermoplastic is a flexible PVC.
- 3. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 2 wherein the rigid PVC has a hardness which is within the shore "D" hardness scale and the flexible PVC has a hardness which is within the shore "A" hardness scale.
- 4. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein said covering means includes at least one plate means.
- 5. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein said covering means includes at least one acrylic dome.
- 6. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein both said curb frame and gasket are heat sealed at the corners of the construction.
- 7. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein said gasket is deflectable towards the body of the curb frame.
- 8. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein said curb frame has weep holes therein and means on the inner side thereof defining a condensation gutter.
- 9. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 including a second gasket that is flexible, integral with the curb frame and adapted for sealing between the curb frame and covering means.
- 10. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein said retaining means includes a retainer having one side contacting the edge of the covering means and another side extending over the curb frame.
- 11. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 10 including securing means for securing the retainer to the curb frame sandwiching the edge of the covering means between the curb frame and one side of the retainer.
- 12. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 including a second gasket that is flexible, integral with the curb frame and contacting the retaining means to form a seal therewith.
- 13. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein said common wall is barbed so that said inner and outer metal wall members snap-fit therewith.
- 14. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein said curb frame has means defining a gasket in one of said recesses for sealing between the curb frame and one of the metal wall members.
- 15. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 14 wherein the gasket is disposed in the outer recess for contact with the outer metal wall member.
- 16. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 including a second separet thermal break for isolating bottom ends of the wall members.
- 17. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein each wall member has a turned upper end.
- 18. A skylight construction for an opening in a building comprising;
- a curb frame extending about the opening and having means for receiving a means for securing the frame in place about the opening,
- translucent or transparent means covering the opening and extending at the edges to the curb frame,
- means for retaining the covering means on the curb frame,
- and support means for the curb frame including a pair of inner and outer metal walls defining a space for insulation and wherein the curb frame has a pair of recesses with each wall having an upper end means for engaging into its corresponding curb frame recess.
- 19. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 18 including a curb thermal break disposed between metal inner and outer walls defining the support member.
- 20. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 18 wherein the wall end means has a turned end.
- 21. A skylight construction as set forth in claim 18 including separate thermal break means, one at the top of the metal walls and the other at the bottom thereof.
RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation in part of application Ser. No. 923,245 filed July 10, 1978 now abandoned in favor of Ser. No. 148,974 filed May 12, 1980, and application Ser. No. 175,306 filed Aug. 4, 1980.
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