Abstract: A buckle includes separable cooperating receptacle and clasp members. The receptacle member includes a pair of locking slots formed in opposing sides thereof. The clasp member includes a pair of resilient arms having locking tabs thereon for releasably engaging the locking slots of the receptacle member. The receptacle member also includes a pair of grooves for slidably engaging cooperating raised ridges formed on a central arm of the clasp member for guiding said clasp member during insertion into and removal from the receptacle member. The central arm of the clasp member also includes a pair of laterally extending edges for defining a limit to the inward bending of the resilient arms. The receptacle also includes a belt end termination member including a slide member for adjusting the length of a belt looped around said slide member. The clasp member also includes a base member joining the three arms thereof and including a through slot for terminating a belt end or the like.

Abstract: A molding clip assemblage is disclosed which comprises a base plate fastened such as with a double-faced adhesive tape to the peripheral edge of a window frame for enclosing a glass windshield and clips attached at proper intervals to the frontal side of said base plate. A given molding, when forced in between the base plate adhering to the peripheral edge and the clips secured to said base plate, can be safely mounted in position without inflicting any damage at all upon the peripheral edge. The molding thus secured serves to provide the windshield with a seal perfectly impervious to rainwater and dust from the surroundings.

Abstract: A gas tap comprising: a body portion, a housing, metering means and a control device, wherein said body portion includes an inlet port in gas communication with an inlet chamber and an outlet port, said metering means being adapted to be in gas communication with said inlet chamber and being operable, responsive to movement of said control device, to govern the amount and rate of gas flow from said inlet chamber to said outlet port.

Abstract: A one-piece plastic screw grommet for use in mounting a screw relative to a blind bore located in a fibrous material. The grommet includes a shank portion and may have a laterally extending head at one end. The shank has a first diameter portion adjacent the head complementary in size to the bore and connected to a smaller free end portion by a tapered intermediate portion. Annular rings and axially disposed anti-rotation means, each having a radial extent greater than said bore, are carried on the exterior of said shank. A transverse slot extends through the intermediate and first diameter portions and a pair of flexible shouldered arms are disposed within the slots in opposed walls and extend axially toward said head end from their connection to said free end.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a one-piece plastic molding clip which comprises a base plate, a resilient engaging arm extending from the one edge of and generally parallel to said plate and provided at the free end thereof with a molding-engaging snap catch and resilient receiving members protruding from the base plate to the front side thereof and resiliently engaging the edge of a plate glass. This molding clip fastens a plate glass and a molding to the frame of an automobile window, front or rear, by causing said base plate having an adhesive tape or similar fastening agent applied to the rear face thereof to be fastened to the window frame, supporting the edge of the plate glass on the resilient receiving members, inserting the molding adjacent the window frame and the rear face of the base plate and bringing the molding into fast engagement with the snap catch.

Abstract: Disclosed is a connector for plates, which comprises a basic portion, operating means disposed on one surface of said basic portion, a chamfered fitting portion formed on the other surface of said basic portion in a planar shape substantially equalling the shape of a perforation bored in a given plate, and an anchor member having a length slightly smaller than the largest width of the perforation in said plate and possessing an inclined shoulder along the portion at which the anchor comes into contact with said fitting portion. The anchor member slides into fast hooking engagement with the edge of said perforation when the anchor member is passed through the perforation in a plate (or plates) and the entire connector proper is subsequently turned about its center. The connector of the present invention, thus, serves to join face-to-face a plurality of plates or attach itself securely to a plate (or plates).

Abstract: A tool for tightening and cutting self-locking straps is provided. This tool is of the type comprising a pair of jaws to restrain and tension the tail of the self-locking strap, a lever for actuating said jaws, a lever for actuating a blade cutting the exceeding portion of strap and a device for locking the blade actuating lever which unlocks the lever only when the tension exerted on the strap has reached a predetermined value. One of the jaws is integral with the jaw actuating lever and the other jaw is integral with a slide sliding on a guide means parallel to the direction of strap tensioning against the reaction of a spring placed between slide and tool body. The jaw actuating lever is fulcrumed on the slide means.

Abstract: A block member having a pair of pins preassembled therein and including a recess in its bottommost, workpiece engaging surface. The recess is configured to accept a wire member and incorporates means to preassemble the clip to the wire prior to association with a work surface. The recess further includes a protuberance serving as a strain relief feature when the device and wire are clamped against the work surface.

Abstract: A compact electronic component and contact retainer device for use with electrical wiring terminal blocks having a plurality of adjacently positioned elongated terminal means disposed in aligned successive rows. The device includes a two-piece dielectric housing designed to accept an electronic component associated with spaced contacts adapted to accept a pair of spaced terminals in a row falling in a common plane. The housing, in its interior, specifically provides integral means for orienting and complementary retention of the contacts and electronic component means connected thereto while the component and the outside of the housing includes indicia means for proper orientation of the device relative to the terminals to thereby insure the proper polarity or direction of current flow through the electronic component means contained therein.

Abstract: A right angle strain relief grommet or cord holder which comprises a cylindrical grommet member having a circumferentially disposed flange provided intermediate the axial extremities thereof and resilient engaging projections disposed at a distance from said flange equaling the thickness of an apertured panel for accepting said cord holder therein and a lid member adapted to be integrally connected with said gromment member through the medium of a hinge piece and the lid further being provided on the free end side thereof with an outlet for leading out a cord.

Abstract: A connector is provided of the type having the insulating body formed of a pair of similar half-shells adapted to be coupled to each other. The connector comprises a portion integrally formed therewith and forming a clamping region for the cable supplying the connector contacts.

Abstract: A one-piece plastic quick-connect fastener for coupling a rod carrying abutment means to a work member having an aperture therein. The fastener includes a head and a shank with a slot passing through the head and shank and terminating short of the free nose end of the shank to form a resilient hinge which permits the symmetrical portions of the head and shank to flex toward and away from one another. The head includes a recess having complimentary means for engaging the abutment means on said rod to restrain axial movement of the rod relative to the recessed head.

Abstract: Disclosed is a strainer which is suitable for use in supplying gasoline from a gasoline tank by means of a suction pipe. A strainer according to this invention comprises a cylindrical body having a net applied to the periphery thereof and a cover which is adapted to closely cover the top opening of the cylindrical body. The cover has an annular projection around the through hole at the center. In use, the cover is fit onto the top opening of the cylindrical body and then the end of a suction pipe is inserted in the cylindrical body through the annular projection.The structures of the cylindrical body and the cover are amenable to production by injection molding, and are easy to assemble.

Abstract: Disclosed is a retaining device for cords, which comprises a pair of retainer blocks formed integrally through the medium of a thin-walled hinge piece, one of said pair of retainer blocks being provided with a plurality of paths for interchangeably admitting cords of differing cross sections and the remaining retainer block being provided with push pieces adapted to push down the cord laid through a selected one of said paths, whereby cords of differing cross section can be retained in proper posture by being received in a path of conforming contour and the pair of retainer pieces being folded over each other across said thin-walled hinge piece.

Abstract: The wing nut is formed from plastic meterial and is provided with a tubular shank portion. The inner surface of shank is self-tapped when the wing nut is forced onto a threaded stud projections from an air filter cover. A sucker-like collar portion is provided for abutting the cover wall.

Abstract: A compact protective electrical device for use with electrical wiring terminal blocks having a plurality of adjacently positioned elongated terminal means. The device includes a two-piece dielectric body composed of substantially identical sections which is designed to accept an electrical component associated with spaced contacts adapted to accept a variety of predetermined spacings of the terminals through end ports in the body. The device can serve as a surge protector in telephonic circuits dependent upon the type of electrical component utilized and is readily installed by finger pressure while maintaining a low profile to prevent accidental dislodgment.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plastic fixing device which integrally comprises a shank divided into two opposed shank sections connected to each other at their respective lower ends through a hinge portion, a pair of resilient wings extending away and aslant downwardly from the upper ends of the shank sections and a pair of engaging leg members extending away and aslant downwardly from the lower ends of said shank sections, whereby desired fastening to a given panel is accomplished by boring a hole through the panel, inserting the engaging members of the device in their fully converged state through the bored hole and, upon complete passage of the hinge portion through the entire depth of the bored hole, opening the engaging leg members into their diverged state for thereby causing the divided shank sections to be received in their fully converged state into the bored hole and, at the same time, enabling the diverged engaging leg members to remain stationary against the panel and keep the entire fixing device from sl

Abstract: The invention relates to a filler connection for vehicles driven by internal combustion engines which is fastened in an opening of the vehicle body and has a portion disposed on the inner surface of the body connected with a line leading to the fuel tank, while a portion on the outer surface is adapted to be closed by means of a lid, with valve means provided for overpressure relief and ventilation.

Abstract: A ball and socket joint cap having a plurality of elastic latching elements for accepting a ball therein, each of said elastic latching elements being locked in installed position by a rigid member positioned behind the latching element and each locking member being simultaneously activated by a common operator so that the latching elements are all simultaneously locked for retention of the ball. The cap has secondary means for attachment to a rod and/or for mounting it in an apertured panel.

Abstract: A lock having a low co-efficient of thermal conductivity for use with appliances having a large thermal differential between their interior and exterior. The lock includes a self-mounting body having an axial bore therethrough, a rotatable latch carrying a plug located in said bore and a constantly axially spring-urged key ejector means which carries locking means cooperating with complementary means in said body.