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 plastic fastener for panels comprises in combination a main body of the shape of an angular pillar provided at the upper end thereof with a flange, elastic tongues formed one each on one of the two pairs of opposed side walls of the main body and extended from the lower side of the flange and slanted downwardly toward the interior of the main body, and fitting means formed one each on the other pair of side walls as bulged outwardly, with the aforementioned elastic tongues provided at the lower ends thereof with grips having threads incised therein. With this plastic fastener, union of a supporting panel and a supported panel is accomplished by inserting the main body into a hole bored in advance in the supporting panel until the flange thereof comes into tight contact with the supported panel and depressing a screw past the supported panel into the main body thereby causing the threads on the grips to come into fast engagement with the threads on the screw.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for clamping two plates with their surfaces laid on each other, comprising a hollow head, a hollow trunk provided on each side with a side catch and provided with a tongue between its opposite sides, a leg extension hinged to the trunk and provided with a front catch, and a foot integrally connected to the end of the leg extension. In use, the leg extension is folded to fit in the trunk hollow space, and at the same time, the foot is pushed in the head hollow space. The folded body is pushed in a fixing aperture made in a first plate until its side catches engage the undersurface of the aperture edge. Then, the first plate is pushed against a second plate with the folded clamp inserted in a fixing aperture made in the second plate until its front catch engages the undersurface of the aperture edge of the second plate.

Abstract: A one-piece closure cap formed of a plastics material and being adapted to close an opening in a receptacle or container and to be releasably locked in the closed position through a bayonet-type connection. The cap has a cylindrical body section which fits within the opening and an enlarged head section at one end of the body section. Locking lugs formed integral with the body section extend radially outwards therefrom and each is connected to the body section through a resilient strap-like portion partially separated from the body section by two slots extending circumferentially of the body section and being spaced apart in the axial direction of that section. Each lug is formed integral with the respective strap-like portion so as to be located between the ends thereof and is movable relative to the body section in the axial direction of that section.

Abstract: An oil type damper comprises a rotor provided with a toothed wheel and a boss, a base seat provided with a tubular part adapted to be fitted to the boss of the rotor and a shaft adapted to be inserted into the interior of the rotor, and an oil sealer element adapted to be set in position in the interior of the rotor in an unrotatable state relative to the shaft of the base seat. The open edge of the sealer element is folded back and held in fast contact with the inner surface of the boss of the rotor to provide prevention of leakage of the oil interposed between the rotor and the sealer element even when the oil is thermally expanded.

Abstract: A fastener for securing in position a string to be used for gathering the skirt of a coat or the open edge of a pouch, for example, is constructed of a housing provided therein with a blind cavity, a sliding member admitted into the blind cavity of the housing, and a spring interposed between the housing and the sliding member; the housing and the sliding member being respectively provided laterally therein with perforations and insertion holes adapted to come into mutual coincidence when the sliding member is pushed into the housing against the energizing force of the spring. Since opposed end portions of a given string can be inserted sidewise through the coinciding insertion holes into the perforations, this string fastener can be used advantageously without requiring the opposed end portions of the string to be always kept in mutual contact. It imposes no limitation upon the length of the string to be tied and enjoys ease of handling.

Abstract: A clip comprises a male member and a female socket both molded of plastics. The male member is adapted to be detachably fastened to a substrate such as a panel of an automobile body and the female socket is adapted to accommodate the male member rotatably therein and to be fastened to a part such as a radiator grille. Union of the substrate and the part accomplished by the use of this clip can be easily broken by causing the male member to be rotated relative to the female socket with a tool such as a screw driver.

Abstract: A fastener comprising a male member formed of a flat base, a clipping shank provided on the underside of the base, and a pillar erected upright from the upper side of the base and provided at the leading end thereof with a head, and a female member formed of a tubular part, a pair of depressing blades raised through thin-walled hinges from the tubular part and projected parts provided at the lower ends of the depressing blades. This fastener provides the fastening of a compressible sheet such as an insulator sheet or carpet to an interior decorative panel in an automobile, for example, by having the tubular part set around the pillar of the male member with the depressing blades kept in an upright position, causing the head of the pillar to force the depressing blades down to a level position thereby bringing the projected parts into fast engagement with the underside of the head of the pillar and nipping the compressible sheet fast in position between the male member and the female member.

Abstract: A one-piece external female urine collection device is disclosed. The device is adapted to be positioned within the labia folds of the user, and to be in contact with the vestibular tissue around the meatus defining the urethral opening. The device includes a generally ovoid and cup-shaped member, and has a generally centrally disposed bore opening so that urine can flow through the member and the device. The upper periphery of the member has a generally convexly curved exterior surface and a substantially continuously curved ridge extending upwardly therefrom defining upper portions of a cavity within the member. The upper periphery and the ridge define a generally adjacent pair of sealing surfaces. The inner surface is generally disposed farther upwardly relative to the outer. The adjacent surfaces permit the device to sealingly and continuously make contact with the female by engaging with the labia folds and the above-mentioned vestibular tissue.

Abstract: The invention relates to a buckling device of the type having a strap or other connecting means, a male and a female elements, means for retaining said strap and male and female catch means. Said catch means consist of a retaining volume of said female element and a protuberance of said male element. Two abutments of said male elements cooperate with two obstacle means of said female element in such a way that said male and female catch means are preserved from any traction forces applied to the buckling device. The removal of said abutments of said element from said obstacle means of said female element is produced by the crushing of an elastic means of the male element within a holding volume of the female element.

Abstract: Disclosed is a binder for binding a bundle of elongated bodies comprising a closed loop and a pair of converging-and-diverging arms integrally connected to the opposite middle portions of the loop and rising therefrom. In use a bundle of elongated bodies are pushed in between the opposite arms, and then the bundle is bound by intertwisting the arms around the bundle. A binder according to this invention assures a tight binding irrespective of the size of the bundle.

Abstract: A rivet driver for easily fastening a rivet comprising a male shank and a female tube to separate members has a construction such that the separate members may be united by hydraulically driving the male shank into the female tube to thereby cause the female tube to be radially expanded outwardly and that upon completion of this hydraulic driving, it feeds a subsequent rivet to the supply position and is ready for next driving of the male shank into the female tube of the subsequent rivet.

Abstract: A lid locking device of a simple construction is fastened strongly to a panel by a simple procedure comprising the steps of setting a stopper energized with a spring in a cylindrical case provided with a contact flange formed on the outer peripheral surface of the cylinder surrounding an opening thereof, inserting the cylindrical case into an opening formed in a panel containing an inlet to the gasoline tank in an automobile and bringing the contact flange against the rear side of the panel, and fastening a cap to the flange on the front side of the panel.

Abstract: A damper for the door of a cassette housing in a cassette tape recorder is formed by unrotatably inserting a resisting member provided with radially extended vanes around a support shaft protuberating from a base plate and setting the resisting member within a cup-shaped rotary member thereby allowing the vanes to slide frictionally on the inner wall surface of the rotary member. This damper is mounted in the machine proper of the recorder by fastening the resisting member to the machine proper through the medium of the fitting member and pivotally attaching the door to the rotary member by utilization of a rack and pinion. The opening and closing motion of the door is braked by the frictional slide of the resisting member on the inner wall surface of the rotary member. Thus, the shocks and vibration produced by the opening and closing motion of the door are abated.

Abstract: A device for locking a seat back in desired predetermined positions comprises a slider 3 slidable in a slideway 2 provided in the seat base 1, 1' and pivoted at one end to a connecting rod 9 which connects the slider to the seat back 10, and locking pawl 6 fixed to an axle 21, to which is also fixed a handle 8. The slider and the pawl are provided with series of arcuate teeth 4, 4' and 5, 5' capable of meshing with one another, and the pawl is urged by a spring 7 into mesh with the slider, and can be disengaged manually from the slider by means of the handle 8.

Abstract: A plastic snap-hook for hooking belts to rings secured to articles of various kind comprises two sections only; one base section, shaped as a strip folded at one end thereof on itself in the form of a hook and folded at the other end on itself as a flexible tongue; and a second section in the form of a slider engaging the lateral edges of said first section and adapted to slide between a closed and an open position of the hook. The flexible tongue tends to bring the slider back in the closed position of the hook when said slider moves from said closed position.

Abstract: A retainer device for the glass of a car window has a baseplate provided at one side with means to allow the attachment of the baseplate to the window frame of the car, and at the other side with an upright member in which there is an opening. Inside this opening there is a support member, on which is placed a piece of fabric, on which there is an area of flock. When the device is affixed to the edge of the window frame, with the waist molding held in position, the flock area of the fabric is pressed into contact with the window-glass by the support member, thereby keeping the glass steady.

Abstract: A fastening means for a rearview mirror in an automobile interior, which comprises a fastening base formed on the supporting arm of the rearview mirror and a fitting member for securing the fastening base on the automobile body by using a setscrew. The fitting member is provided with a flange-shaped engaging portion having thin-walled portions which is readily broken under an impact which is caused by colliding a human body into the rearview mirror in case of an accidental sudden deceleration of the automobile for example, thereby to permit the mirror to fall off the automobile body.