Daylighting sheet, daylighting panel, roll-up daylighting screen and method of manufacturing daylighting sheet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9366403-B2
Application number	US-201314122035-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 21, 2013
Priority date	Mar 21, 2013
Publication date	Jun 14, 2016
Grant date	Jun 14, 2016

Abstract

A daylighting sheet is provided which efficiently performs daylighting and in which, when the daylighting sheet is applied to an opening portion, such as a window of a building, it is possible to see an outdoor side from an indoor side.
The daylighting sheet is formed by stacking a plurality of layers, the layers include: a translucent base material layer; and a light deflection layer that is formed on the base material layer, and the light deflection layer includes: light transmission portions that are aligned along one surface of the base material layer so as to be able to transmit light; and light deflection portions that are formed between the light transmission portions and deflect the light reaching the light deflection portions.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A daylighting sheet that is arranged in an opening portion of a building and transmits light from an outdoor side to an indoor side,
wherein the daylighting sheet is formed by stacking a plurality of layers,
the layers include:
a translucent base material layer; and
a light deflection layer that is formed on the base material layer, and

the light deflection layer includes:
light transmission portions that are aligned along one surface of the base material layer so as to be able to transmit light; and
light deflection portions that are formed between the light transmission portions and deflect light that has reached the light deflection portions, the light deflection portions being formed by resin containing ionizing radiation curable resin,
wherein front and back surfaces of the light deflection layer on portions where the light transmission portions are arranged are formed in parallel,
in a position where the daylighting sheet is arranged in the opening portion of a building, an upper portion side of the light deflection portion is formed either with a polygonal line composed of a plurality of continuous straight lines or with a curve in a cross section in a direction of thickness of the daylighting sheet, and is formed to be convex downward, and
a lower portion side opposite the upper portion side is one straight line.

2. The daylighting sheet of claim 1 ,
wherein at least one additional translucent layer is arranged on a side of the light deflection layer opposite to the base material layer.

3. The daylighting sheet of claim 1 ,
wherein the light transmission portions have a predetermined cross section and extend along the one surface of the base material layer, and are aligned in a direction different from the direction in which the light transmission portions extend, and
the light deflection portions are arranged between the adjacent light transmission portions such that the light deflection portions extend in the same direction as the light transmission portions and are aligned in the direction different from the direction in which the light transmission portions extend.

4. The daylighting sheet of claim 1 ,
wherein the light deflection portion is filled with a material that reflects light.

5. The daylighting sheet of claim 1 ,
wherein the light deflection portion is filled with a material that scatters and transmits light.

6. The daylighting sheet of claim 1 ,
wherein the light deflection portion is filled with a material whose refractive index is lower than a refractive index of the light transmission portion.

7. The daylighting sheet of claim 1 , further comprising a layer that has at least one of an ultraviolet absorption function, a heat-ray absorption function and a near-infrared absorption function.

8. A daylighting panel comprising:
a translucent plate-shaped panel; and
the daylighting sheet of claim 1 , that is attached to one surface of the panel.

9. The daylighting panel of claim 8 ,
wherein the panel is a window glass that is provided in the opening portion of the building.

10. A roll-up daylighting screen comprising:
the daylighting sheet of claim 1 ; and
a shaft member that is arranged in the daylighting sheet such that the daylighting sheet can be wound and unwound.

11. A method of manufacturing the daylighting sheet of claim 1 ,
wherein the light transmission portion is formed by steps of filling an area between a base material of the base material layer and a mold roll that can transfer a shape of the light transmission portion with a curable resin that has not been cured and that is to be the light transmission portion and of curing the curable resin after the filling to release the curable resin from the mold roll, and
wherein the light deflection portion is formed by steps of excessively filling a groove between the light transmission portions with resin that has not been cured, the resin containing the ionizing radiation curable resin, the resin being to be the light deflection portion, scraping off excessive resin to fill the groove with the resin, and curing the ionizing radiation curable resin.

Assignees

• Dainippon Printing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kashiwagi Tsuyoshi
• Ogawa Kazunobu
• Miyata Hideki
• Inoue Tatsuaki
• Kojima Hiroshi

Classifications

• G02B5/0242

  by means of dispersed particles · CPC title

• G02B5/0231

  the surface having microprismatic or micropyramidal shape (macroscopic prism arrays G02B5/045) · CPC title

• F21S11/00 Primary

  Non-electric lighting devices or systems using daylight {(hybrid lighting devices combining artificial and natural light F21S19/00; roofs with sky-light opening E04D13/03; sun blinds for windows with means for redirecting light onto ceiling of a room E06B9/00; solar heat collectors F24S)} · CPC title

• E06B9/40

  Roller blinds (usable only as awnings E04F10/06) · CPC title

• B29D11/00

  Producing optical elements, e.g. lenses or prisms (grinding or polishing of optical elements B24B; constructional form of optical elements G02B; {optical parts of spectacles G02C7/00}) · CPC title