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A Gimmal ring with the hoop opened. A gimmal ring, or gimmel ring, is a ring with two or three hoops or links that fit together to form one complete ring. The name gimmal comes from Latin gemellus, twin, via Old French. [1] They were known as joint rings in Elizabethan England.
In some countries, partners wear matching rings, and engagement rings may also be used as wedding rings. In the Anglosphere, the ring is customarily worn on the left hand ring finger, but customs vary across the world. [citation needed] Engagement rings have been common in Western countries since at least the time of the Roman Empire.
Typical O-ring and application. An O-ring, also known as a packing or a toric joint, is a mechanical gasket in the shape of a torus; it is a loop of elastomer with a round cross-section, designed to be seated in a groove and compressed during assembly between two or more parts, forming a seal at the interface.
TikTok and parent company ByteDance filed an injunction Monday, asking the Supreme Court to review legislation that could ban the app in the states.
Obturating rings are common in artillery, where the steel or cast-iron casing of the shell is too hard to practically deform to provide a tight seal for the propellant gases. An obturating ring which is called driving band made of a softer material is the standard solution for that problem.
Herlda Senhouse, the second-oldest resident in the US, died in her sleep on Saturday at 113 years old. Senhouse died at her home in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where she had lived...
From a fantasy standpoint, the Minnesota Vikings are clearly the top defense and special teams unit in the NFL this season. Thanks to their blitz-heavy philosophy, the Vikes are averaging 11.6 ...
A Wills Ring or Cooper Ring is a form of all-metallic O-ring seal. They are used for extremely arduous service, such as sealing the head gasket of high performance piston engines . Hollow, metallic Wills Rings are used as they have better springback than yielding soft metal seals and higher temperature limits than elastomer O rings.