Abstract: According to the utility model, there is provided a film laminator for cell phones, useful for film lamination on a surface of a cell phone, including: a cell phone fixing plate, on which a through hole for receiving the cell phone is established, and a top surface of which is a horizontal face; with at least one position limiting plate for abutting the cell phone within the through hole being also fixed on the top surface. The film laminator for cell phones further includes: a film laminating plate for fixing a cell phone film; one end of which is hinged to the cell phone fixing plate, and the other end of which is movable freely so that the film laminating plate is bonded with the top surface of the cell phone fixing plate.

Abstract: A horizontal portion of a frame, as a door header, of a predetermined length for installation between two adjacent studs of a stud wall spaced from one another. An installation tool, releasably mounted on a respective stud via a magnetic attachment, supports a respective end of the horizontal portion adjacent the metallic stud during attachment of the horizontal portion to the stud. A kit formed of at least one horizontal portion and at least one installation tool is also provided.

Abstract: Kiosk systems are used for personalizing articles. The articles may include an item to be personalized assembled with components of packaging in a pre-hooped configuration. The system may include a housing and a personalization system within the housing. The personalization system may include a plurality of system components for personalizing the article. The system may also include a conveying system within the housing. The conveying system may be used to transfer the article in the pre-hooped configuration between the system components of the personalization systems. The system may also include a control system in the housing and/or remote from the housing. The control system may receive a personalization order and in response the control system may control the system components of the personalization systems and the conveying system so that the article is personalized without human intervention once within the housing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a table saw jig. The table saw jig is designed to enable accurate straight or angled cuts in a wooden workpiece. The jig features a flat or planar base plate and several pre-drilled holes at specific angles. The jig also includes an adjustable guide rail that is secured to a pair of symmetrically opposed pre-drilled holes and can be used for making accurate and repeatable cuts. A wood piece can be positioned along a rip fence of the guiderail allowing the wood piece to horizontally slide to facilitate accurate and repeatable cuts. The table saw jig reduces the time required to precut stocks as well as the amount of waste material produced during the cabinetry and woodworking process.

Abstract: A reversible flip-away work-stop for strut systems. The reversible flip-way work stop includes a first component allowing a work stop positioning plate to pivot in a semi-circular motion allowing the work stop positioning plate to be moved and immediately configured in a right-handed configuration or a left-handed configuration without manual disassembly and reassembly in a strut in a strut system. A second component allowing the work stop positioning plate to be micro-adjusted to measurements including thousands of an inch for precisely measuring a material to be cut. A third component includes a pre-determined length to exactly match an alignment of a front face of the work stop positioning plate allowing a measurement to be read on a measuring component in the strut on the strut system without obstruction.

Abstract: In an autonomous traveling unit, a toggle mechanism including a plurality of sliders is provided. In the plurality of sliders, cam followers are provided, respectively. Meanwhile, in a workpiece loading unit, a clamped portion is provided. As a result of the cam followers, which are displaced so as to separate away from each other, entering intersection portions of the clamped portion, the workpiece loading unit is restrained by the autonomous traveling unit.

Abstract: Jigs and fixtures for aligning, guiding, and/or holding a workpiece on woodworking machinery during a woodworking operation are described, as well as methods of making, modifying, and using jigs and fixtures.

Abstract: An autonomous traveling unit is provided with a pair of toggle mechanisms. The toggle mechanisms respectively have displaceable bodies provided with cam followers. A workpiece loading unit is provided with a member in an X shape to be clamped. The cam followers are respectively advanced to a pair of opposing corners (a first crossing portion and a second crossing portion) of the member to be clamped. When advancing to the pair of opposing corners, the cam followers are respectively brought into abutment on the member to be clamped, whereby the workpiece loading unit is restrained on the autonomous traveling unit.

Abstract: In the manufacturing method of the present invention, as preparation for providing a mold 30 with protrusions 31 and 32 to be printed on an FRP material of a skin 1 in co-bold molding, which requires resetting of the skin 1 to the mold 30, a long protrusion 32A and a short protrusion 32B are interchangeable as one protrusion 32. The long protrusion 32A is printed to form a second recessed part 12 in the skin 1, and before the skin 1 is reset, the long protrusion 32A is replaced with the short protrusion 32B. In this way, as the short protrusion 32B is housed in the second recessed part 12 formed during elongation of the mold 30, the skin 1 can be reset in the state of being positioned relative to the mold 30 by the first protrusion 31 and the short protrusion 32B.

Abstract: A tile saw includes a base, a frame assembly disposed on the base, a first rail disposed on the frame assembly, the first rail having a longitudinal axis. A table is slidingly disposed on the first rail and a support assembly is disposed on the base. A fence assembly is attachable to the table and has a first fence and a second fence for contacting the workpiece. The second fence is pivotably attached to the first fence and pivotable about a substantially horizontal axis. A saw assembly is supported by the support assembly and includes a motor, and a cutting wheel driven by the motor.

Abstract: A system for positioning a workpiece on the worktable of a machine including at least one stop device mounted on such machine, including a first component provided with a fluid passageway having an inlet connected to a fluid pressure line including a pressure sensor, and an outlet disposed in an abutment surface thereof, and a second component displaceable relative to such abutment surface, into and out of obstructive relation with such outlet, affecting the pressure in such supply line and correspondingly effecting a hold down of a workpiece positioned on such worktable.

Abstract: A method of supporting a cantilevered component prior to machining the cantilevered component, wherein the cantilevered component is mounted on a hub, the method comprising the step of providing an adhesive carrier, applying adhesive to the carrier and adhering the carrier to the cantilevered component and allowing the adhesive to cure. The carrier may rigid and braced against adjacent blades or against another carrier located on an opposing side of the aerofoil. Alternatively, the carrier may be a flexible fabric that can be wrapped around the blade. Advantageously, the blade can be machined through the carrier.

Abstract: A cutter cartridge device includes a cartridge having a cutter including a blade portion, the blade portion being configured so that an amount of projection thereof projecting from the cartridge is changeable, an adjusting jig including an attachment portion configured so that the cartridge is detachably attachable and a holder portion configured to hold a sheet-shaped cut object from both thicknesswise ends with respect to the cut object, the holder portion having a spacing which is changed in conjunction with a change in the projection amount of the blade portion of the cartridge attached to the attachment portion.

Abstract: A fluid end for a high pressure pump with improved resistance to fatigue failure is disclosed. Interior surfaces that are prone to fatigue failure are laser peened to resist cracking and other types of failures. A work holder for supporting the fluid end as it is peened is also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, devices and methodologies for handling wafers in wafer processing operations such as solvent and plasma cleaning. In an example situation, a wafer that has been separated from a support plate can be cleaned. The wafer still needs to be handled carefully during such a cleaning operation. Various devices and methodologies that facilitate efficient handling of wafers and wafer-cleaning operations are disclosed.

Abstract: A nacelle lifting tool and method for lifting the nacelle of a wind generator in relation to the rotating ring. The inventive tool is formed by first and second fixing devices which replace brake callipers that are disposed on front and rear lifting devices. The aforementioned lifting devices are supported by supports which are fixed in the form of braces to the vertices of a regular polygon formed by beams. The inventive method consists in removing the brake callipers in order to install the fixing devices in an alternating manner and fixing said devices vertically. The first and second fixing devices include rear and front callipers and the lifting devices include hydraulic jacks.

Abstract: An assembly auxiliary jig facilitates assembly of an electronic device having a casing, a first fitting, a second fitting, and a wire. The assembly auxiliary jig includes: a base having therein a receiving space for positioning and receiving the casing and an accessing recess configured to communicate with the receiving space and facilitate access to the casing; a first platform disposed at the base and having a positioning groove in communication with the receiving space to thereby receive the first fitting; a first lid hinged to the first platform and configured to close the positioning groove; a second platform disposed at the base and defined with a positioning recess in communication with the receiving space to receive the second fitting; and a second lid hinged to the second platform and configured to close the positioning recess.

Abstract: A specialized wood splitting tool and chopping block, used together, enable cutting kindling from ordinary firewood in an effective and safe manner. The splitting tool uses leverage in addition to downward momentum of the cutting head to split wood. The metal handle and metal cutting head are preferably formed from a single piece of steel, in a perpendicular configuration similar to an adze. A splitting wedge blade within the handle exerts transverse shear forces to enhance splitting, and flat upper surfaces of the cutting head and the handle near the joint provide a striking surface. A complimentary chopping block for bracing logs of various diameters in a steady upright position has a V-shaped recess that is open on one end. The chopping block provides resistance to the unique leverage of the splitting tool during the splitting action.

Abstract: A miter saw including a base, a table rotatably attached to the base, a saw assembly movable between a front position and a rear position, and a fence assembly attached to the base, the fence assembly including a fixed fence fixedly attached to the base, a movable fence movably connected to the fixed fence, the movable fence defining a first support plane, and an auxiliary fence disposed behind at least one of the fixed fence and the movable fence, the auxiliary fence defining a second support plane substantially parallel to the first support plane.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for supporting a substrate is generally provided. In one aspect, an apparatus for supporting a substrate includes a support plate having a first body disposed proximate thereto. A first pushing member is radially coupled to the first body and adapted to urge the substrate in a first direction parallel to the support plate when the first body rotates. In another aspect, a load lock chamber having a substrate support that supports a substrate placed thereon includes a cooling plate that is moved to actuate at least one alignment mechanism. The alignment mechanism includes a pushing member that urges the substrate in a first direction towards a center of the support. The pushing member may additionally rotate about an axis perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a nacelle lifting tool and method for lifting the nacelle (1) of a wind generator in relation to the rotating ring (2). The inventive tool is formed by first and second fixing means which replace brake callipers (4) that are disposed on front and rear lifting means. The aforementioned lifting means are supported by supports (13) which are fixed in the form of braces to the vertices of a regular polygon formed by beams (12). The inventive method consists in removing the brake callipers (4) in order to install the fixing means in an alternating manner and fixing said means vertically. The first and second fixing means include rear (10) and front (11) callipers and the lifting means include hydraulic jacks (16, 17).

Abstract: A clamp ring includes an abutting part abutting on the entire outer periphery of the main surface of a wafer when the wafer is fixed, and a brim part extending from the upper part of the abutting part to the inside of the wafer and provided so as not to abut on the main surface even when the wafer is fixed. The abutting part includes a first abutting section and a second abutting section, and a width of the first abutting section in a radial direction is greater than the width of the second abutting section in a radial direction.

Abstract: A jig positioning system for use on a truss assembly table. The puck assembly 108 has a puck 109 positioned at least partially above the table top 105 with the puck 109 connected to a carriage 110 positioned at least partially below the table top. The puck assembly 108 moves along slots 118 in the table top 105. A threaded rod 102 extends through a threaded passageway 103 in the carriage 110, so, when the threaded rod rotates, the puck assembly moves along a corresponding slot in the table. A rod support member 116 extends along the length of the threaded rod 102 and is positioned below the threaded rod 102, the support member 116 contacting the carriage and, thereby, preventing the threaded rod from excessive sagging. A debris path is provided along both sides of the support member 116.

Abstract: A method and device for effecting automatic centering of an annular workpiece on a rotating surface having a rotational center involves arbitrarily positioning the workpiece on the slowly rotating surface, applying a support for the workpiece by way of spaced apart contact members that individually contact the workpiece and are synchronously movable in a guided reciprocating manner towards and away from the rotational center of the rotating surface. The contact members are gradually retracted away from the rotational center of the rotating surface until the workpiece is unaffected by the contact members during one revolution of the rotating surface so that the workpiece is centered, and the center of the workpiece coincides with the rotational center of the rotating surface. At least one of the contact members is provided with a mechanism for counteracting a friction force acting on the workpiece.

Abstract: A manufacturing cell having a plurality of work stations, where at least one of the work station comprises a metalworking machine, and where at least one metalworking machine is provided with a modular tooling apparatus. The modular tooling apparatus consists of a base having one or more attachment surfaces, and one or more inserts that can be inserted semi-permanently to the attachment surfaces. The attachment surface is typically a pocket in the surface of the base. The insert has a workpiece support feature that can support and/or secure the workpiece into the proper position and orientation for machining. The base, pockets and inserts are configured to provide a characteristic location and orientation for the workpiece relative to the base, and to the metalworking machine.

Abstract: A mold fixture 20 for safe and efficient extraction, insertion and storage of mold inserts 26, 28 is provided. The mold fixture 20 includes a lower receiving area 24 for fixedly receiving a lower mold insert 28, an upper receiving area 22 for fixedly receiving an upper mold insert 26. The mold fixture 20 facilitates insertion or extraction of the upper and lower mold inserts 26, 28 into/from a molding machine 1 in a safe and secure manner. Furthermore, the upper and lower mold inserts 26, 28 can be securely stored within the mold fixture 20 at a storage location.

Abstract: A manufacturing cell having a plurality of work stations, where at least one of the work station comprises a metalworking machine, and where at least one metalworking machine is provided with a modular tooling apparatus. The modular tooling apparatus consists of a base having one or more attachment surfaces, and one or more inserts that can be inserted semi-permanently to the attachment surfaces. The attachment surface is typically a pocket in the surface of the base. The insert has a workpiece support feature that can support and/or secure the workpiece into the proper position and orientation for machining. The base, pockets and inserts are configured to provide a characteristic location and orientation for the workpiece relative to the base, and to the metalworking machine.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a molding article that is to be cut by a sawing device. The apparatus includes a bottom supporting surface having opposing front and rear edges and opposing first and second side edges. A first wall is included that is upstanding from the rear edge of the bottom supporting surface and substantially extends between the opposing first and second side edges of the bottom supporting surface. A second wall is upstanding from the bottom surface and at a location intermediate the first wall and the front edge of the bottom supporting surface. The second wall preferably extends between the opposing first and second side edges of the bottom supporting surface.

Abstract: This invention is an improved structure for saw clip. On the working desk, there is a lead trough. On the pivot of this working desk, there is a block section for items to wait to be sawed. A top pusher block, when moved onwards, can be used to fix the items so that the sawing process can go smoothly. Among the parts of this invention, there is a sliding trough on top of the block and the sliding trough and the lead trough go across each other. Moreover, a lead screw goes through both the sliding trough and lead trough. The lead screw can be adjusted to be at any position in the lead trough to change how the block is placed. Then, the block can be screwed tightly so that it will not turn upon receiving the pushing force from clipping.

Abstract: A method of adhesively bonding an adhesive coated, semi-rigid film to a substrate is reported. The method utilizes at least two alignment tools that are each positioned to substantially contact the surface of a substrate at an outer edge of the substrate. The adhesive-coated, semi-rigid film is then interposed between the first and the second alignment tools and the adhesive is brought into contact with the major surface of the substrate. The semi-rigid film is then aligned by contacting a first side edge of the semi-rigid film with a major surface of a first alignment tool and contacting a second side edge of the semi-rigid film with a major surface of a second alignment tool such that the film is aligned relative to the edge of the substrate. After alignment, pressure is applied to at least a portion of the surface area of the first side of the semi-rigid film to effectuate adhesive bonding of the film to the major surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A workpiece holder having a horizontal bottom plate and a vertical side plate of integral construction used in combination with a motorized miter box for cutting miter joints in a workpiece, such as a crown molding. A method of supporting and cutting the workpiece contained in the workpiece holder is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of removing and installing two blades and their mounting spindles from the deck of a lawn mower including holding the spindle heads simultaneously against rotation with a wrench have two operative ends and an adjustable connection connecting the operative ends.

Abstract: A clamping device for a key duplicating machine includes two pairs of fixed jaws and movable jaws arranged on a base, and can be relatively moved to each other along two horizontal parallel upper and lower guide rods. The fixed and movable jaws are provided with several vertical semicylindrical notches of different radii on the confronting sides thereof in order to form several vertical approximate cylindrical clamping holes for clamping cylindrical keys of different diameters when the movable jaws are moved toward the fixed jaws. An upright biasing device is provided on the base beneath a horizontal portion of the fixed and movable jaw. The biasing device includes a pivotable location stopper arranged on the fixed jaw and has a horizontal plate portion arranged in a pre-determined level position.

Abstract: In order to improve a workpiece stop device for a machine tool, in particular, a sheet metal working machine, comprising a support frame, an adjustment carriage displaceable on the support frame in a stop direction and a stop element movable by the adjustment carriage, such that this is, from a constructional point of view, of as simple a design as possible and offers the possibility of making use of as large a stop area as possible it is suggested that the stop element have a stop arm which is provided with at least two stop surfaces arranged at a distance from one another in a stop direction, and that the stop element can be brought into a first position, in which a first stop surface arranged closest to the machine tool is in the active position, and can be brought into a second active position, in which a second stop surface is in the active position while the stop surfaces located on the machine tool side thereof are in the inactive position.

Abstract: For use in replacing a bearing in a machine that has a body, a shaft extending from the body, a bearing by which the shaft is mounted to the body, a wheel mounted on the shaft outside the body for rotation with the shaft, and a belt passing circumferentially around the wheel and exerting on the wheel a force that is perpendicular to the shaft, a fixture that includes a base, first means for attaching the base to the body of the machine, second means connected to the base for applying a counterforce to the wheel equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force exerted by the belt, and third means connected to the base for supporting the wheel in a fixed position with respect to the body of the machine after the counterforce has been applied and while the bearing is being replaced.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for assembling a frame, wherein the frame includes slotted side members connected by corner members insertable into slots of the slotted side members. The apparatus includes a table for holding side members of the frame, and a pair of ram assemblies proximate the table and having rams which move toward and from the table. When a ram of a ram assembly is activated a corner bracket received by the ram assembly is inserted into a frame side member carried by the table. The table includes locking mechanisms and guide members. Each locking mechanism and guide member combination orients a frame side member in an aligned position in relation to a ram, and locks a side member so that the side member remains stable when a ram is activated to insert a corner bracket into a side member. The apparatus is particularly useful for assembling a flange frame of an air conditioning or heating duct.

Abstract: A compound miter saw comprises a base, an arm rotatingly connected thereto about a horizontal plane, and a pair of adjustable vertical saw supporting members on either end thereof. The improvement thereof comprises a plurality of longitudinally aligned rows of projections formed on the support surface of the base. A workpiece can be supported at an elevated angle along the support surface wherein one side thereof rests against a guide plate along one side of the base and an adjoining corner portion is ensconced between a selected pair of adjacent rows. Each pin of adjacent rows of projections provides a unique elevation angle.

Abstract: An adjustable stop mechanism for limiting the movement of a rip fence toward the cutting plane of a tiltable panel saw as an automatic function of the selected orientation of an abutment bar. The abutment bar has first and second orientations alternately presenting an abutment face of relatively low height, located at a greater distance from a reference surface, and a relatively greater height, located at a relatively shorter distance from the reference surface. When the abutment bar is rotated to the low height orientation, as to accommodate tilting of the panel saw blade, a limit stop position of movement of the abutment bar toward the cutting plane is automatically altered, so that the limit stop for the abutment bar support is farther away from the cutting plane. When the bar is oriented to present a full height abutment face, the limit stop automatically is altered in response to such orientation, to permit the support to move closer to the cutting plane.

Abstract: A saw guide is arranged to include first and second gauge sectors pivotally mounted relative to first and second table plates that are telescopingly mounted relative to one another. A fence member extends along the first and second table plates for guidance of a saw blade therealong.

Abstract: A power-controlled sawing machine provided with a clamping and angle-adjusting mechanism and a safety alignment mechanism. The clamping and angle-adjusting mechanism consists of first and second clamping plates to clamp an object to be cut therebetween. The second clamping plate further effects the adjustment of the angular position of the second clamping plate relative to the sawing direction. The safety alignment mechanism includes a stop plate which can be moved and turned to align with the second clamping plate so as to prevent a cut piece from bouncing out and injuring people.

Abstract: An apparatus for fabricating arched wooden structures such as headers for window and door jambs, said apparatus comprising a mandrel table having a planar bed from which a plurality of rigid arms upwardly extend. Each of the arms is movable on the bed so that the arms can be positioned to define and form in conjunction with each other an arcuate shaped mandrel about which wooden planks are to be bent into arched structures. A clamp secures a long work piece at its center to the mandrel intermediate the ends of the mandrel and a flexible steel band is wrapped tightly and progressively about the mandrel on either side of the clamp to bend each end section of the work piece about and conform it to the shape of the mandrel.

Abstract: A fixture for fabricating a full width scanning or imaging array from a plurality of relatively short subunits which provides immunity from vertical misalignment of the subunits caused by particle contamination. This is accomplished by providing a clearance slot in the fixture horizontal reference edge to minimize the reference edge and subunit contact area and to provide a space for the contaminating particles to accumulate so that they will not interfere with the precision placement and vertical alignment of the subunits on the fixture.

Abstract: A wood cutting machine having a first saw blade adapted to cut a horizontal groove in a wood member, a second saw blade adapted to cut a vertical groove in the wood member, motive means for moving the saw blades selectively into engagement with the wood member, and clamp means automatically operable before operation of the motive means for holding the wood member in place during a cutting operation.

Abstract: A saw table suitable for use with a portable circular saw comprises a bed, and upstanding therefrom adjacent the rear end a pair of walls meeting at an apex including an angle of 90.degree. pointing towards the forward end, forming a miter fence. A pair of axially aligned transversely spaced rails are supported about the bed for engagement of the soleplate of the circular saw for movement along channels provided in the rails. The table is intended for use by pulling the saw through a workpiece to be cut, and the saw is normally parked rearwardly of the miter fence. Supplementary tables to overlay the bed are provided for cross-cutting, and bevelling.

Abstract: A lawn mower blade lock is provided which is especially useful for servicing a lawn mower by enabling both lifting one side of a lawn mower to expose the blade and simultaneously securing the blade of the mower against rotation during efforts to remove the blade. The lock includes a handle and a pair of blade constraining barriers which extend beneath the mower deck and resist rotation, combined with a locking mechanism which attaches to the mower deck. The locking mechanism preferably includes a threaded shank which clamps the mower deck between the barriers and an abutment on the shank for resisting rotation of the blade relative to the deck. In this manner, the lock is easy to attach and remove, and thus is also useful during storage of the mower to prevent inadvertent starting of the lawn mower by children. Moreover, the lawn mower blade lock is economical to construct and easy to attach.

Abstract: A mat cutting machine utilizes a trolley which runs smoothly and accurately along a shaft mounted upon the clamping bar assembly. Means is provided for precisely adjusting the relationship between the bevel cutting blade and the edge of the clamping bar, and the blades are held by magazines which permit ready interchangeability and facile adjustment of the amount of blade protrusion so as to enable the cutting depth to be altered with considerable ease. The base of the machine includes means for accurately positioning the workpiece, and for readily controlling the travel of the trolley, to afford high volume production capability.

Abstract: A fixture includes a base having an index surface. The index surface has a reference hole, 360 positioning holes formed about the reference hole and angularly equally spaced from each other at an interval of one degree, and a plurality of fastener holes formed through the base around the positioning holes. A reference post is inserted removably into the reference hole for abutment of a workpiece thereon. A positioning post is inserted removably into selected one of the positioning holes for abutment of the workpiece thereon. A press member is inserted removably into selected one of the fastener holes and is adjustable to press the workpiece against the indexing surface of the base for holding the workpiece on the base, so that a diagonally provided part of the workpiece to be cut is in parallel with the movement direction of a movable work table.

Abstract: A system and method for increasing machine utilization and for minimizing tool changeover time comprising a storage and retrieval system located in near proximity to a press or a machine line for storing a plurality of dies or tooling fixtures, a pair of conveyors, one installed on each end of each machine bed so that a plurality of dies or tooling fixtures can be pre-staged thereon for utilization in machine or transferred thereto for inspection, cleaning and preparation for reuse and subsequent storage in the storage system. With respect to tooling, and the machines themselves, each machine is provided with at least two hydraulic actuated clamps, at least two locators, one having a locator post formed therein. Both the actuator clamps and the locators are positioned on a solid bed. Tooling modification includes the installation of sub-plates having a V-shaped slot which when used in conjunction with the locator post, provides for rapid and accurate positioning of each tooling fixture on the machine.

Abstract: A corner cutting machine for notching corners out of plate stock located on a work table by means of upper and lower knives arranged at an angle to form a V-shaped cutting edge. Work piece stop and positioning edges are mounted to adjustment heads which are mechanical for remotely controlled motor driven longitudinal movement in converging slots provided in the work table and rotary movement relative to the work table.

Abstract: An apparatus for facilitating the framing of target portions of garments in hoops for attachment to embroidery machines or the like. The apparatus includes a workboard adjustably mounted to a base and movable between garment-mounting and hooping positions, a garment-supporting form secured to the workboard, and members for removably attaching one of the hoops.