Abstract: A fluid collector for collecting fluid from a drain opening such as a motor vehicle crankcase or engine oil pan and a multipackage of the fluid collector and plurality of replacement-fluid containers. The fluid collector in a preferred embodiment comprises a sealed container carrying a folded bag therein. In a certain open condition of the container the bag is capable of receiving a substantial quantity of drain fluid and the container holds the open end of the bag as a funnel for receiving fluid from a drain opening. The container is resealable for transport and disposal of the bag and container with the drained fluid therein.In a preferred embodiment, the container is of the same size as replacement-fluid containers which are to be used to replace the drained fluid. Thus, for example, that embodiment contemplates standard quart oil cans such as used to place oil in motor vehicle engines.

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 one-piece sheet metal fastening device for securing two work panels together. The device incorporates a split shank joined at its lower extremity, a split head and a laterally extending locking region at the lower extremity of the shank. The shank includes means to preassemble and rotationally align the fastener within an aperture in a first panel so that a second panel can thereafter be associated with the lower locking region of the fastener.

Abstract: An electrical capacitor is formed utilizing a thin dielectric layer which is metallized on both sides to provide electrode areas. The capacitor is formed by pleating, or folding, the dielectric layer along its longitudinal dimension an odd number of times. The pleats are not creased but are allowed to form smoothly curved edges in which the radius of such bend is at least equal to the thickness of the film. In addition the edges of the pleats are progressively staggered so that the centers of the bend of one pleat edge is removed a distance of at least four film thicknesses from its neighboring centers. This configuration prevents the end of the capacitor from forming a "bar-bell" shape and in addition minimizes mechanical damage to the film and alteration of the electric field.

Abstract: An improved fastener assembly system for grounding multiconductor, shielded cables. The assembly includes a saddle-shaped stud device and a preassembled nut and clamping washer. The clamping washer including a conical spring section and downwardly extending penetrating teeth to pierce the outer insulative sheath of the cable bringing the teeth into conductive contact with the metallic shield. The penetration of the teeth through the outer layer of elastomeric material eliminates the cold flow relaxation problems which could contribute to an ineffective grounding system.

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 fastener having a generally cylindrical body with a laterally enlarged head spaced frame said body by a web which is transverse to a threaded bore in the cylindrical body and with the body having rib-like extensions disposed perpendicular to the web.

Abstract: The method includes positioning a plurality of rotary milling saw stations about a path of travel for successsive screw blanks. Two longitudinally overlapping fluting cuts are made on each side of each blank to configure a drilling point. The blanks are rotated about their axis a predetermined amount, during travel between work stations, to expose the appropriate peripheral surface of the blank to the appropriate work station. The method and apparatus described in the invention is capable of producing a drill screw with relatively long flutes behind the cutting edges while not appreciably weakening the point structure. The turret carrying the blanks is intermittently indexed in timed relationship with the activation of the milling saw, the work stations and means to clamp the blanks at the work stations.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to an adhesive fastening device which includes a substantially flat base carrying on its undersurface a layer of heat activable adhesive. The fastening device may also include a section extending from the base designed as a secondary fastening feature, such as a stud, tab, clip or the like. Protuberances of limited surface area and height are formed adjacent the perimeter of the base in a pair of laterally spaced lines adapted to be associated with the end surfaces of a U-shaped core to slightly space the core from the base.

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 contactless magnetic switch is provided by utilizing at least one pair of hollow elongated tubular magnetic sensing elements which are each threaded with at least one sense wire and a movable permanent magnet which is positioned adjacent and over the sensing elements. The magnet has two straight edges which in a nominal zero position of the switch extend along the longitudinal axes of the sensing elements, preferably for a distance which is slightly longer than their lengths. The magnet is carried in a revolvable or otherwise movable carrier. If the carrier is revolvable, the magnet may be shaped as part of a circular disc and the two tubes may have their longitudinal axes disposed at an angle relative to each other so that when the permanent magnet is rotated in one direction from the initial zero position, one of the sensing elements will lie completely under the magnet while the other will be removed from the magnet and not affected by it.

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: An improved terminal clamp assembly adapted for removably securing and electrically connecting a pair of conductor wires. A plate element of the clamp assembly is preassembled to a fastener having a threaded shank and clamping head with the plate configured so as to tilt relative to the axis of the fastener permitting the interconnection of two conductors having different diameters. A plurality of ribs, including alternately disposed sets, are formed beneath the clamping surface of the plate with each set of ribs tapering in different directions to create a plurality of laterally directed forces on a single conductor wire in different and opposing directions.

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: A thermal switch device for automatically opening a circuit when the ambient temperature is increased to a predetermined level. A pair of conductor wires arranged in side by side fashion are spring loaded into contact with one another by inserting the contact regions into a cup-shaped pellet of heat-fusible material. The cup is structurally secured within a nonconductive tubular casing with a layer of insulative cement. The lead regions of the wires are also securely anchored within the casing with an insulative cement.

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 fixture for accurately applying discrete adhesive-backed articles to a support surface through the use of induction heat. Aligning and positioning means are associated with the faces of U-shaped cores to keep the end faces of the core in abutting relationship with the article being heated but permit the article and core combination to move slightly in compound direction to accommodate support surface variations or curvature.

Abstract: An electrical capacitor is formed utilizing a thin dielectric layer which is metallized on both sides to provide electrode areas. An unmetallized margin area is provided on one side of the dielectric layer along one longitudinal edge of the dielectric layer and an unmetallized margin area is provided on the other side of the dielectric area along the opposite longitudinal edge dimension of the dielectric layer. The capacitor is formed by pleating, or folding, the dielectric layer along its longitudinal dimension an even number of times so that the unmetallized margin areas extend outwardly beyond the pleats adjacent the same longitudinal edge. The dielectric layer may next be wound to form a wound capacitor segment and then a metallic spray may be directed against the ends of the wound capacitor segment so that leads may be attached to complete the capacitor.

Abstract: An electrical capacitor is formed utilizing a thin dielectric layer which is metallized on both sides to provide electrode areas. Unmetallized margin areas are provided on one side of the dielectric layer along the longitudinal edges of the layer, an unmetallized strip is provided in the center of the other side of the dielectric area which extends along the longitudinal dimension of the layer. The capacitor is formed by pleating, or folding, the dielectric layer once along its longitudinal dimension in the unmetallized central strip area slightly off of the center line of the dielectric layer, so that the unmetallized strip is on the inside of the pleat. The ends of the metallized dielectric layer which contain the unmetallized margin areas are thus staggered so that one end extends beyond the other.