Dual neutral start switch configurations for preventing vehicle users from starting or activating a vehicle engine under certain circumstances and designed to be part of the control arm or return-to-neutral configuration are disclosed. These configurations may be used with pumps, transmissions or transaxles in a variety of different vehicle applications. Also disclosed is a combination neutral start switch and reverse mower blade cutoff switch.

A neutral buoyancy recovery device (NBRD) for retrieving an immobile object or incapacitated individual from a liquid area which utilizes neutral buoyancy to assist a rescuer. The NBRD is easily submerged under the surface of the liquid and placed under an object to be recovered. At least one bladder attached to the NBRD is inflated to create positive buoyancy and propel the object to the liquid surface. The bladder(s) is located in a space between two panels, which are connected to form one uni...

An elevated neutral base for switches forming an open space for positioning of insulated electric wires.

A composition of matter for the neutral sizing of paper, paperboard, cardboard and other cellulose containing materials, is disclosed comprising water; a solvent which is unlimitedly miscible with water, particularly alcohol; a compound which undergoes a basic reaction; alkali aluminate; and a sizing component. When sizing is effected with this agent, the fiber containing suspension is mixed with a retention agent, before or after the addition of the sizing agent, with the sizing agent being act...

A neutral body posture chair to support a user in a neutral body posture position defined as the natural position a body assumes in weightlessness where the muscle, tendon, and ligament systems acting over the joints are in total balance wherein the trunk of the body forms an angle of approximately 127 degrees with respect to the upper legs and the upper legs form an angle of approximately 127 degrees with the lower legs. The chair includes a seat formed into a bowl at the pelvic area, leg troug...

New antibacterial agents from a neutral macrolide wherein the keto group of the beta-D-4,6-dideoxy-3-ketoallose unit is converted to the corresponding hydroxy, amino, methylamino and dimethylamino functions.

The invention relates to the discovery of a class of neutral acetylated ether-linked glycerolipids having the capacity to lower blood pressure in warm-blooded animals. This physiological effect is structure sensitive requiring a long chain alkyl group at the sn-1 position and a short carbon chain acyl group (acetyl or propionyl) at the sn-2 position, and a hydroxyl group at the sn-3 position.

An optical device that is optically neutral to normal light but absorbs highly collimated light is formed as a mosaic of optical cells. Each cell has at least two refracting surfaces and a non linear material at a focus internal to those surfaces. In one form, the cell comprises two pairs of lenses with a layer of non-linear light absorbent material interposed between the lenses of each pair. The lens elements can be one-power telescopes. A first lens element focuses highly collimated light at i...

The mechanism has an actuator provided with a piston, a servo control valve which is actuated by electric input and output signals for supplying working fluid to the actuator and exhausting working fluid from the actuator, a slider which closes an oil passage from the servo control valve to the actuator and which temporarily engages with the piston of the actuator via a link mechanism, when a system for transmitting the input and output signals or the servo control valve breaks down, and a cente...

A neutral liquid detergent composition is disclosed. The composition comprises: (a) 2-60% by weight of an alkyl glycoside; (b) 0.1-10% by weight of a nonionic surfactant having an HLB of less than 5; (c) 0.1-10% by weight of a nonionic surfactant having an HLB of not less than 5; and (d) 0.001-8% by weight of one or more water-soluble organic or inorganic salts. The composition exhibits reduced irritation and damage to the hair or the skin, and high foaming ability. It imparts a favorable feelin...