Abstract: A valve for vehicle liquid heating circuits that includes a sealed case, an inlet, an outlet and a mechanism for opening and closing at least one of said inlet and said outlet. The valve includes a guide means for mounting a member having a rack thereon and rotatable means with a toothed segment engagable with and actuating the rack along the guide means to move a valve plug into and out of engagement with a seat located at either said inlet or said outlet. A rotatable cylindrical element that includes said toothed segment extends through said sealed casing to accept a lever for actuating the segment to thereby move the rack and its associated plug.

Abstract: A one-piece plastic plug-rivet having an open frame body which is laterally expandable and having a cylindrical appendix disposed within the body and being formed with a pull shank for producing the expansion. The cylindrical appendix is provided with projection means which cooperate with a stepped aperture in the head of the plug-rivet for maintaining the body in the expanded condition.

Abstract: A one-piece plastic retaining clip for securing elongated members relative to a panel surface including a head, means for fastening the head relative to the panel surface and clip means extending from said head in a direction opposite from said fastening means. Said clip including two laterally disposed sections with the first section having a generally semi-circular or C-shaped configuration terminating at its free end in an inwardly directed flange or protuberance. The second section has its concavity facing the first section and terminates in an inwardly directed flap whose free end is generally hook-shaped whereby the elongated element is disposed within said hook-shaped portion of the flap and impinged upon by said flange in the free end of the first section to retain it in supportive relation relative to the panel.