A valve assembly with a multidirectional flow path includes a valve body that includes respective hinged portions defining respective passageways extending through the valve body when in a closed state. A flexible conduit or tubing having a loop portion and a plurality of branches extending from the loop portion is at least partially positioned within the valve body. Portions of the loop that extend beyond the valve body are encapsulated by respective rigid jackets. Multiple valves are situated on the valve body and are used to selectively pinch the loop portion in different pinching configurations to direct fluid to or from the particular branches. The valve assembly may be integrated into a manufacturing or other production process with optional additional jackets used to encapsulate the flexible conduit branches.

The invention relates to a toggle fixing for fixing an article to a thin-walled building component. The toggle fixing comprises a crosspiece and a strip. The crosspiece is elongated, with an opening for receiving a screw. The strip for holding and positioning the crosspiece is joined to the crosspiece and extends along a strip longitudinal axis (L.sub.3). According to the invention, there is arranged on the strip an elongated grip element which projects from the strip at an angle with respect to the strip longitudinal axis (L.sub.3).

An anchor assembly for walls comprises a toggle member and a strap member pivotally mounted together, and a locking member. In a first position, the toggle member is aligned with the strap member for insertion through the wall, whereas in a second position, the toggle member extends behind the wall at an angle relative to the strap member which extends from the toggle member through the hole in the wall. The locking member is adapted to be displaced along the strap member until it engages the wall and to be locked on the strap member. Therefore, the locking member and the toggle member are connected by the strap member and imprison the wall by abutting respectively the visible and hidden sides thereof. A fastener introduced through the locking member and the wall threadably engages an opening defined in the toggle member.

A mounting assembly is provided for securing an element to a wall structure having a laminate outer cover residing adjacent to an internal thickness of compressible material. The assembly includes an anchor for engaging the wall structure and comprising a threaded outer wall for securing the anchor within the wall thickness, an elongated internal passageway for receiving an extent of an elongated fastener, and a deformable upper crown arranged about an open end of the passageway; a strut assembly coupled to the supported element; and an elongated fastener for securing the strut assembly to the anchor and wall structure. Other embodiments include a fastener assembly kit comprising a plurality of separate components to be assembled together to mount a strut member to a laminated foam wall panel, the components including an anchor, a washer assembly, a spacer, and an elongated fastener for securing the components to the wall panel.

An injection molding apparatus including: a valve pin driven by an actuator, the valve pin extending axially through at least a portion of the channel length of the fluid flow channel, the fluid flow channel and the valve pin being configured or adapted such that the valve pin is movable axially upstream and downstream between an upstream position where the downstream flow of the injection fluid is restricted by a bulbous protrusion (B) of the pin being axially aligned (AL) with the throat (T) of the channel, an intermediate position where downstream flow of injection fluid is unrestricted (WG) and a fully downstream position where downstream flow of injection fluid is stopped at both the gate and at the throat.

An injection molding apparatus including: a valve pin driven by an actuator, the valve pin extending axially through at least a portion of the channel length of the fluid flow channel, the fluid flow channel and the valve pin being configured or adapted such that the valve pin is movable axially upstream and downstream between an upstream position where the downstream flow of the injection fluid is restricted by a bulbous protrusion (B) of the pin being axially aligned (AL) with the throat (T) of the channel, an intermediate position where downstream flow of injection fluid is unrestricted (WG) and a fully downstream position where downstream flow of injection fluid is stopped at both the gate and at the throat.

A device and method for an expandable anchor sleeve. An expandable anchor sleeve may comprise a front-end and a back-end for a wellbore comprising a base casing. The expandable anchor sleeve may further comprise an anchoring element having a conical shape with a front-end radial thickness being larger than a back-end radial thickness, not less than a difference between corresponding radii of maximum and minimum internal diameters of the base casing and providing the anchoring element is in interference contact with the base casing upon radial expansion of the expandable anchor sleeve by an expansion swage propagating in the front-end direction. A method for installation of an expandable anchor sleeve in a well comprising a base casing which may comprise connecting an expandable anchor sleeve to an expansion, deploying the expandable anchor sleeve, activating the expansion device, and removing the expansion device from the well.

A decorative engine cover is mounted to an engine using fasteners not requiring the use of any tools. A cam cover has a tubular socket with an inner surface defining a cavity including a fixed wedge and a longitudinal bumper projecting into the cavity. A removable engine cover defines an recess receiving the tubular socket and an aperture aligned with the cavity. A handle block comprises a main body with a lower end rotatable and axially slidable in the cavity, an upper flange, and a retractable wedge projecting radially from the main body. A biaser engages the engine cover and handle block urging the block away from the cam cover. The wedges are engageable when the main body is rotationally within a locking region and axially slid toward the cam cover. The fixed wedge and retractable wedge disengage when the main body is rotated out of the locking region.

A setting tool for an expansion anchor, which has an expansion sleeve and an expansion element disposed in the expansion sleeve, includes an internal drive shaft for axially driving forward the expansion element in the expansion sleeve and an external drive shaft surrounding the internal drive shaft for rotational driving and axially driving forward the expansion sleeve into a substrate. The internal drive shaft has an insertion end in a rear area for inserting into a hammer drill. The external drive shaft is disposed in a torque-free manner and is slidable axially on the internal drive shaft. The setting tool further includes a releasable locking device, where an axial sliding of the internal drive shaft relative to the external drive shaft is limitable by the releasable locking device in a forward direction for transferring forward directed axial forces from the internal drive shaft to the external drive shaft.

In order to provide an anchor element for fastening an article to a further article, this anchor element being simple and inexpensive to produce and enabling an article to be fastened to a further article simply and reliably, it is proposed that the anchor element should include a base body that takes a hollow form, at least in certain regions, and surrounds a receiving space for receiving a fastening element, wherein the base body includes one or more elastically yielding spring elements that are formed by one or more wall portions of the base body, and these project into the receiving space in an installed condition of the anchor element.