A neutral, gray colored, nickel having a medium visible light transmittance between about 30 and percent, and low total solar energy and ultraviolet radiation transmittance, is produced with colorants comprising 0.40 to 0.58 percent by weight total iron expressed as Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 (22 to 26 percent reduced to FeO), 0.006 to 0.018 Co.sub.3 O.sub.4, and 0.0006 to 0.0015 percent Se. The glass product having such a composition is particularly suitable for architectural applications.

An insulating tie strap for supporting conductor bars in a load center including an insulating support member including a center body portion defining a center axis, and two end portions. Each end portion includes a mounting pad having an opening for accepting a fastener, an elevating member for elevating the center body portion above the mounting pad and an angle member for attaching the mounting pad and the elevating member to the center body portion. The openings are offset from the center ax...

A neutral buoyancy auto-balancer eliminates the need for complex manipulation and operation in accordance with a change in diving depth. The auto-balancer automatically follows, rapidly and precisely, the change in diving depth by natural breathing during diving, and resolves the risk of failure of air-trapping not only in the vertical position but also in a slanted position to automatically follow a working posture of the diver. The neutral buoyancy auto-balancer comprises a weight 4 which radi...

A control for enhanced shifting in a computer (48)-assisted vehicular compound transmission system having a having a main section (16A) shifted by a manually operated shift lever (31). The system is controlled as a function of current main section engaged or neutral condition sensed as function of shift lever vertical position in an H-type shift pattern. A position sensor (160) is provided for sensing the position of the shift lever in the shift pattern. Logic is provided to vary, as a function ...

A switching module, including a first self-turn-off device, a second self-turn-off device connected in series with the first self-turn-off device, a first diode connected in antiparallel with the first self-turn-off device, a second diode connected in antiparallel with the second self-turn-off device, and a third diode with its cathode connected to a connecting point of the first and second self-turn-off devices. The switching module further includes a first external terminal connected to a posi...

A robust neural system for robust processing is disclosed for averting unacceptable or disastrous processing performances. This robust neural system either comprises a neural network or comprises a neural network and at least one range transformer. At least one adjustable weight of the robust neural system is a nonlinear weight of the neural work determined in a nonadaptive training of the robust neural system with respect to a nonadaptive risk-sensitive training criterion. If all the adjustable...

A service entrance includes a post section, a service section, and a neutral bus disposed therebetween. The post section includes a first opening and a second opening, and is adapted to receive an electrical supply wire having a supply power wire and a supply neutral wire. The service section is disposed at the post section, and includes a third opening and a fourth opening, wherein the third opening is juxtaposed the first opening and the fourth opening is juxtaposed the second opening. The neu...

A method for classifying pixels into one of a neutral category and a non-neutral category inputs a group of pixels within an image into a memory device. A color of each of the pixels is represented by a respective color identifier. An average color identifier is determined as a function of the color identifiers of the pixels in the group. One of the pixels within the group are classified into one of the neutral category and the non-neutral category as a function of the average color identifier.

The present invention provides a low-density neutral paper offering excellent opacity, opacity after printing and other advantageous printability properties despite high bulk, by containing, as a filler, precipitated calcium carbonate-silica composite having an average particle size of 30 .mu.m or less and produced by neutralizing a mixture of precipitated calcium carbonate and alkaline silicate to pH 7 to 9, wherein the ratio of precipitated calcium carbonate to silica (precipitated calcium car...

A shifter for controlling a transmission of a motor vehicle includes a base structure and a shift lever that is movably mounted to the base structure for movement between a plurality of control positions. At least one of the control positions comprises a NEUTRAL position. The shifter further includes a shift gate having a plurality of notches corresponding to the control positions. The shift gate is positioned on a selected one of the base and the shift lever. The shifter further includes a mova...