A door assembly includes a doorframe, an insulated glazing unit (IGU), door skins, and a gas passageway. The IGU includes a substantially sealed IGU cavity and a hole communicating with the IGU cavity. The door skins are secured to opposite sides of the doorframe and have openings between which the IGU is provided. The gas passageway provides gas communication between the IGU cavity and the atmosphere outside of the door assembly. The gas passageway contains a gas passage conduit that includes a first end communicating with the IGU cavity through the hole and a second end communicating with atmosphere outside of the door assembly. The gas passageway may contain a gas passage conduit having a first end communicating with the IGU cavity through the first hole and a second end communicating with an air pocket, and a channel connects the air pocket with atmosphere outside of the door assembly.

Disclosed are a built-in transfer hinge, a side hung door-window mounted with the built-in transfer hinge, a mounting method thereof, a horizontal pivoting window mounted with the built-in transfer hinge, and a mounting method for a hardware hinge therein. The built-in transfer hinge includes a frame connecting block, a sash connecting block, a hinge body (12), a two-link rod (13), a three-link rod (14), and a clutch rod (15). The two-link rod (13) and the three-link rod (14) are connected to the frame connecting block. One end of the hinge body (12) is connected to the two-link rod (13), the middle of the hinge body (12) is connected to the three-link rod (14), and the other end of the hinge body (12) is connected to the sash connecting block. The clutch rod (15) is connected between the sash connecting block and the three-link rod (14).

Disclosed are a built-in transfer hinge, a side hung door-window mounted with the built-in transfer hinge, a mounting method thereof, a horizontal pivoting window mounted with the built-in transfer hinge, and a mounting method for a hardware hinge therein. The built-in transfer hinge includes a frame connecting block, a sash connecting block, a hinge body (12), a two-link rod (13), a three-link rod (14), and a clutch rod (15). The two-link rod (13) and the three-link rod (14) are connected to the frame connecting block. One end of the hinge body (12) is connected to the two-link rod (13), the middle of the hinge body (12) is connected to the three-link rod (14), and the other end of the hinge body (12) is connected to the sash connecting block. The clutch rod (15) is connected between the sash connecting block and the three-link rod (14).

Door systems having a vision light system that provides resistance to and protection from the elements, such as but not limited to physical impacts (e.g., penetration from projectiles), protection from fire, protection from fluid penetration, or the like. The vision light systems may be customizable in order to provide different protection rating levels depending on the requirements of the structures in which vision light systems will be used. Moreover, the vision light systems may use a light insert having a first restraining member, a second restraining member, and a vision light secured between the first restraining member and the second restraining member. The light insert allows for the ease of replacement of the vision light within the vision light system when the vision light is damaged or the vision light requires upgrading or downgrading of the desired level of protection of the vision light.

A structural assembly for a frame includes a first rail, a second rail, a third rail, a fourth rail, a first pivotable bracket member coupling the first and second rails, and a second pivotable bracket member coupling the third and fourth rails. The first rail includes a first end, a second end, and a first groove extending a distance between the first end and the second end thereof. The second rail includes a first end, a second end, and a second groove extending a distance between the first end and the second end thereof. The third rail includes a first end, a second end, and a third groove extending a distance between the first end and the second end thereof. The fourth rail includes a first end, a second end, and a fourth groove extending a distance between the first end and the second end thereof.

A door includes a plurality of door panels hingedly connected. At least one of the plurality of panels includes a frame, a glazing member, and a retainer member. The frame defines an opening and includes a lip extending into the opening. A front side of the glazing member is disposed adjacent the lip. The retainer member is disposed adjacent a rear side of the glazing member. The retainer member includes a body member, a first leg, a second leg, a third leg, and a fourth leg. At least three of the first, second, third, and fourth legs are configured for receipt into corresponding channels in the frame to secure the retainer member to the frame.

Embodiments of the present disclosure include a glazing bead system and methods of using the same. The systems and methods can include a frame interface member with structural features that enable the practical and automated coupling of the frame interface member to a frame constituent, before a panel is inserted within the frame interface member.

A frame assembly for retaining an IG unit in an opening in a door or other panel structure may include a first frame configured to engage a surface of the door or other panel structure about a periphery of the opening and to engage the IG unit about an outer periphery thereof, and having a first coupling portion, a second frame integral with, or configured to engage, an opposite surface of the door about a periphery of the opening and to engage the IG unit about the outer periphery thereof, and having a second coupling portion, and an alignment member to engage each of the first and second coupling portions, between the periphery of the opening and the outer periphery of the IG unit, to align the first and second coupling portions with one another.

A window system includes a frame that includes a head, a sill, and opposing left and right vertical jambs, the left and right vertical jambs extending contiguously between the head and the sill, a fixed lite assembly fixed to the frame, a vent pivotably mounted to the frame and vertically offset from the fixed lite assembly, and a meeting rail interposing the fixed lite assembly and the vent.

The profiled element (1) comprises: one main portion (2) defining a holding surface (2a) for a central panel (3) of a door/window (4), the main portion (2) being adapted to form a perimeter frame (5) of the door/window (4); one retaining portion (6) which defines an abutment surface (6a) of the central panel (3) and is adapted to fasten the central panel (3) to the perimeter frame (5); and non-removable connection means (7) which connect the main portion (2) to the retaining portion (6) and are adapted to allow the movement of the retaining portion (6) between a raised configuration, wherein it frees superiorly the holding surface (2a), and a retaining configuration, wherein it faces the holding surface (2a).