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when lying topside down on a flat surface).24 If the operator
had determined that an adjustment to the sunglasses was needed,
the operator would have used truing pliers to manipulate the
endpiece to the required angle. If the operator had applied too
much pressure or otherwise misused the pliers when bending the
endpiece, the operator could have broken or marked the endpiece
or the temple, or chipped the lens. If an adjustment had been
made, all angles would have been rechecked until no further
adjustment would have been necessary.
After the operator completed the truing process, the sun-
glasses were sent to trained inspectors at B&L Ireland and B&L
Hong Kong who performed an inspection of each pair of assembled
sunglasses to ensure that it conformed to the specifications for
the SKU being inspected (100-percent inspection). Specifically,
the inspectors (1) inspected the temples and fronts for cosmetic
defects; (2) examined the crossover, fitback, and down angles and
made any necessary adjustments to the sunglasses; (3) determined
whether there were any rocking temples and made any necessary ad-
justments to eliminate them; (4) adjusted the nosepads; (5) ex-
amined the lenses for cosmetic defects (including any defects in
the trademark and logo markings) by (a) identifying any chips,
scratches, or digs, (b) measuring any such defects using a
24 B&L and we refer to the processes of examining and adjusting
the various angles and determining the presence of and eliminat-
ing rocking temples as truing.
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