Abstract: A blind rivet comprising a shank and a rivet body enclosing the shank, the rivet body containing in the cylindrical wall thereof wedge means and windows possessing spaces for admitting the wedge means such that, when the blind rivet is inserted through holes perforated in advance in the panels to be joined therewith and, subsequently, the shank is slid up the interior of the rivet body, the cylindrical wall of the rivet body is bent outwardly in the radial direction and, at the same time, the wedge means are raised and forced into the spaces of the windows, causing the cylindrical wall of the rivet body to be brought into tight contact with the edges of the holes in the panels and consequently enabling the blind rivet to be secured to the panels.

Abstract: There is disclosed a new and improved rod retainer for connecting an elongated actuating rod terminating in a short right angle end portion to an apertured lever. The retainer includes a unique hinged rod receiving member which is initially disposed in an opened position for partially receiving the rod. After receiving the rod, the hinged member automatically pivots towards a cooperating wall upon further displacement of the rod toward the retainer until the hinged member automatically lockingly engages the cooperating wall. In the locked position, the rod is securely held between the hinged member and the cooperating wall.

Abstract: A spring retainer strip for releasably securing a liner and a gasket to the inner face of a refrigerator door. The retainer strip has a length which is generally equal to that of the gasket to be secured and a width which is somewhat less than that of the gasket. The retainer strip has a rectangular body portion with a plurality of spaced fingers extending from one side of the body. The retainer strip can be moved from a first to a second staging position to effect clamping of the liner and gasket to the refrigerator door. Return to the first staging position facilitates removal and replacement of the linear and the gasket. A method of assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: An all plastic retaining member for fixing an annular cable housing sheath member relative to an apertured workpiece. The basic portions include a stud portion having at least three axially and radially extending leg elements which are connected at one end to a cylindrical body portion having protuberance or shouldered rib means at the opposite end thereof. The opposite end is insert molded in a head portion which is adapted to overlie the apertured workpiece and fixedly accept such sheet member with said stud leg elements engaging the margins of said aperture.

Abstract: The invention relates to an unextractable fastening device for mounting in an opening formed in a panel.The device is of the kind comprising a head, a curved retaining cam and a flexible locking element and is characterized in that it has a body complementary to and without clearance with the perimeter of the opening and in that a gap formed in said body enables said locking element to withdraw into said gap when the device is inserted into the opening.The device is applicable to standard round, rectangular or square openings and withstands considerable loads without play.

Abstract: There is described a substantially cylindrical screw grommet capable of accepting a threaded fastener driven obliquely with respect to the axis of the grommet, the exterior surface of the grommet being formed with axial rows of spaced barbs, the rows being separated by flutes, and the grommet being further formed with a bore which has a first cylindrical portion intermediate the length of the grommet, a first tapered portion connecting the first cylindrical portion to a second cylindrical portion of smaller diameter, and a second tapered portion of the bore diverging from the second cylindrical portion and terminating at one end of the grommet.

Abstract: A mounting plate assembly for securing a curtain rod bracket to dry wall or the like. The assembly includes radiused anchors which are easily rotated into the wall. The anchors may be constructed individually and then incorporated into the assembly or, in an alternate embodiment, may be formed integrally with the mounting plate. The mounting plate employs a U-shaped flange and a plurality of spring fingers to removably retain the curtain rod bracket on the dry wall.

Abstract: This invention relates to a quick screw mounting means usable with a plastic member adapted to accept secondary elements relative thereto. The mounting means includes a bore hole open along one side formed in the mounting member and an axially extending slot substantially parallel to and communicating with said bore holes along its open side and extending laterally therefrom. A flat sheet metal clip is slid into the slot and locked therein by a head flange engaging the outer end and a pair of resilient leg members opposite the head engaging the mounting means adjacent the opposite end of the bore hole. At least one resilient arm intermediate the head and leg members extends into the bore hole to engage a screw theaded member that is axially pushed without rotation into the bore hole. The arms engage the thread and permit adjustment of the screw, as well as removal, by appropriate rotation.

Abstract: In a screw grommet of the type composed of a head portion, a barrel portion extended downwardly from the head portion, and a continuous axial cavity through the head portion and the barrel portion and possessed of an inside diameter smaller than the diameter of screw means destined to be driven into the cavity, the barrel portion is provided thereon with angular portions which are adapted to match to the corners in a polygonal fitting hole punched in a panel for insertion of the grommet and are connected through the medium of hinges to the remaining part of the barrel portion. In the screw grommet, the force generated by the screw means being driven into the axial cavity inside the barrel portion causes the angular portions of the barrel portion to be outwardly expanded and pressed against the corners of the fitting hole without being rotated with the screw means, enabling the grommet to be secured strongly to the panel.

Abstract: A reinforcing sealing sheet metal fastener anchor for use with at least two fasteners mounted in a multi-apertured thin work panel. The anchor includes at least two fastener accepting apertures located in a planar base and a plurality of locating tabs extending outwardly from said base through a continuous double-faced pressure sensitive tape for positively locating and orientating the anchor relative to the work panel by engaging the margins of at least two different aligned workpiece apertures which are sealed by the tape.

Abstract: A sealing plug device for fitting holes, orifices, and openings formed in panels, of the dish plug type having a bottom portion, a lateral wall, engagement means on said wall, an elastic collar to be applied against the forward edge of the hole and thermofusible means disposed between the panel and said elastic collar; said sealing plug device comprises application or collar means having in particular a peripheral channel, thermofusible means having in particular a peripheral cord liable to be crushed and melted between said channel and panel within the space that may occur between said sealing plug device and the hole to be fitted in, so that after cooling such device becomes perfectly integral with said panel in said hole due to solidification of the thermofusible means to be exact required shape without any loss of material whatever the planarity and position in space of said panel may be.

Abstract: A fastener for panels, comprising a basal body provided with a flange portion having a circular perforation bored in the central portion thereof for permitting insertion therethrough of a screw and with a pair of legs extended downwardly from the lower surface of the flange portion so as to be opposed to each other across the line drawn perpendicularly through the center of the circular perforation, and a screw receiving body disposed between the opposed legs, provided in the upper portion thereof with a pair of receiving pieces protruding sideways out of the openings formed between the opposed legs and further provided with a screw receiving hole in the axial portion coinciding with the perpendicular line drawn through the center of the perforation. The screw receiving body is provided with engaging protuberances one each on the lateral surfaces thereof opposite the legs and the legs are provided with oblong guide holes adapted to receive the engaging protuberances.

Abstract: A binding device comprises a band with fastening steps, a fastening member having a round hole formed integrally with one end of the band, a shaft member formed integrally with the other end of the band, and fastening means provided on the fastening member to engage the fastening steps on the band. In use, the band is wrapped about the article to be bound and the shaft member is inserted into the round hole of the fastening member. The shaft member is then rotated to tighten the band and the band is retained at the desired degree of tightness by the engagement between fastening means on the fastening member and the fastening steps.

Abstract: A strip of at least two interconnected fastener means carrying double-faced adhesive foam tape for application to a workpiece. The fastener means includes connecting means between adjacent fasteners that is capable of normally maintaining the fasteners in a rigid co-planar relation but adapted to permit removal of a single fastener by manual manipulation and fracture of the connecting means. The single fastener being capable of being stripped off of the backing paper used on such tape without removal of the adjacent fastener and thereby providing a tail of backing paper which can be readily grasped to remove the backing paper from the adjacent fastener.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fixing device for securing any part to a holding member. The fixing device comprises spreadable means in a hole or bore formed in the holding member on the one hand, and on the other hand spreading means. An actuating means is provided to drive the spreading means into the spreadable means so that depending on the length of penetration of the spreading means thereinto the fixing device can be blocked on the holding member and accommodates any thickness variations of said holding member. The invention is used to secure by means of a screw or rivet any part on a holding member such as a panel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a one-piece plastics fastener for positively fastening an element to a support, permitting removal of such element while the fastener is self-retained thereon.The subject fastener of this invention is so devised as to enable it if necessary to be mounted on the element to be fastened prior to mounting of the two together on the support, which is important in the event of assembly-line operations.

Abstract: A safety anchor latch device for a metallic latch strike including a plastic latch and a metallic spring member having positive position retaining means and positive strike gripping means which at normal operating temperatures are inoperative and supported by the elements of said plastic latch in space relation to a supporting work structure and the metallic latch strike respectively but which positively engages and retains same when said plastic latch is destroyed by abnormally elevated temperatures.

Abstract: Disclosed is the improvement in a plastic screw socket which comprises a flange designed to be brought into contact with one surface of a given panel and a leg extending perpendicularly from the lower surface of the flange and adapted to be inserted through a matched perforation bored in advance in the panel, the flange and the leg being jointly provided therein with a through hole pierced vertically therethrough from the upper surface of the flange to the lower end of the leg, the leg being divided into two opposed segments by two slits inserted longitudinally therein from the lower end of the leg upwardly, whereby the insertion of a screw from above the flange into the through hole causes the leg to bulge outwardly and consequently come into tight engagement with the inner wall of the perforation in the panel.

Abstract: There is disclosed a new and improved combined liquid level indicator and hydrometer which includes a light transmitting member having an indicating surface and a reflector surface. The reflector surface is adapted to be submerged in liquid for reflecting light to the indicating surface when the liquid is below a predetermined level. The liquid level indicator and hydrometer further includes a chamber aligned with and partially receiving the reflector surface. The chamber confines and positions a float member relative to the reflector surface for being viewed through the indicating surface responsive to the relative specific gravity of the liquid. A connection means carried by the chamber supports the light transmitting member and aligns the reflector surface with respect to the chamber. The chamber is initially formed in an open condition adapted for accepting the float member therein and is lockable thereafter for capturing the float member within the chamber.

Abstract: In a method for the injection molding of a plastic blind rivet of the type essentially consisting of a shank and a rivet body such that an upward slide of the shank relative to the rivet body causes the leading end of the rivet body to expand outwardly and the outward expansion of the rivet body enables the rivet to be fastened to a panel, the improvement which comprises forming a ring gate in the lower end of the cavity of a second die used for molding a rivet body around a shank molded in advance in a first die, whereby the molten plastic material for the rivet body is allowed to flow through the ring gate into the rivet-body cavity of the second die with high uniformity, whereby the rivet body is produced free from a weld line and consequently from the possibility of sustaining cracks under the force exerted thereon when the shank is slid upwardly therein.