CA1073883A - Ink ribbon box - Google Patents
Ink ribbon boxInfo
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J17/00—Mechanisms for manipulating page-width impression-transfer material, e.g. carbon paper
- B41J17/32—Detachable carriers or holders for impression-transfer material mechanism
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41L—APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR MANIFOLDING, DUPLICATING OR PRINTING FOR OFFICE OR OTHER COMMERCIAL PURPOSES; ADDRESSING MACHINES OR LIKE SERIES-PRINTING MACHINES
- B41L47/00—Details of addressographs or like series-printing machines
- B41L47/42—Printing mechanisms
- B41L47/48—Printing mechanisms with inking or ink-ribbon devices
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Abstract
INK RIBBON BOX
Abstract of the Disclosure This invention relates to an ink ribbon box, and more particularly, to an ink ribbon box to be used in small printers.
The ink box has two ink ribbon roll receiving cylinders that extend parallel to each other and which are connected at their outer ends through bridging flanges.
Abstract of the Disclosure This invention relates to an ink ribbon box, and more particularly, to an ink ribbon box to be used in small printers.
The ink box has two ink ribbon roll receiving cylinders that extend parallel to each other and which are connected at their outer ends through bridging flanges.
Description
Background_of the Invention Boxes comprising two cylinders which extend parallel and which are connected at their outer ends by bridging flanges are known, for example, to receive photographic film.
In printing devices, such 3S address printing devices and the like, an ink ribbon is usually withdrawn from an ink ribbon roll mounted in the housing and rewound on another ink ribbon roll. An especially simple, neat and convenient operation is attained by arranging the ink ribbon and the ink ribbon rolls within an ink ribbon box. However, in this case, difficulties arise if the ink ribbon box is incorrectly inserted into the printing device by the operator. This causes printing failure, contamination of the printing device and other disturbances regarding operation.
The object of the innovation, therefore, is to prevent the incorrect top to bottom insertion, by having the wrong face exposed, i.e. reversed insertion, or by having the sides of the ribbon box reversed, i.e. with wrong side alignment i of the ink ribbon box in the printing device.
Summary of the Invention For obtaining the above mentioned benefits, the ink ribbon box of the instant invention has at the outer sides ; of the bridging flanges, outwardly projecting guide fins which define a guide channel at opposite sides of the box.
The guide channel at one of these sides of the box is wider than the guide channel of the other side. The guide channels can be closed at the end of one of the box and open 1:`;:
at the other end of the box. The printing device (machine) is correspondingly constructed by having guide rall8 :
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Thus, broadly stated, the present invention is defined as an ink ribbon box for use in a small printer, comprising: two cylindrical members oppositely spaced, parallel to one another, a pair of bridging flanges connected to the opposed ends of the two cylindrical members, each of the cylindrical members having an end to end extending opening, means within each of the cylindrical members for receiving an ink ribbon roll, the outer sides of the bridging flanges `~ ~ each having outwardly projecting guide fins which define ~:.~ , .
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~; Brief Description of the Drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an ink ribbon box incorpor-ating the instant invention viewed in the direction ; of a first side and first end, .
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the ink ribbon box viewed from the underside as seen in Fig. 1.
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Fig. 3 is an exploded view of the ink ribbon box shown in t Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of a detail of the locking device for the halves of the ink ribbon box, shown in Fig, 3; and Fig. 5 is a corresponding view of the detail according to Fig. 4 showing the locking device in a locked position.
Detailed Description Of Th~ Preferred Embodiments An ink ribbon box is provided that has two halves, each half having two semicylinders and two spaced bridging fl~nge .;
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; 1073883 halves connecting the two semicylinders. Guide fins are provided at the outer margins of the bridging flange halves, forming guide channels when the box is closed. The two halves of the box can be connected to each other by means of a snap breech mechanism. A suitable embodiment of such snap breech mechanism can be obtained by arranging flexible hooks at a jointed edge of one of the semicylinders and associated inflexible latches at the corresponding other semicylinder into which the hook locks are received when the halves of the box are pressed together. In lieu of this, a breech mechanism with bent leafsprings or the like could be used. The construction of the ink ribbon box comprising two halves of the box, facilitates the loading of the box and a more simple manufacture. The correct assembling of the halves of the box is ensured by the respective shapes of the halves of the boxes. Particularly, the flexible hooks can be arranged at one of the halves of the box and the inflexible latches at the other. In order to prevent the sidewise inverted press-ing together of both the halves of the box, a mechanical locking means is provided which is in the form of recesses at one of the halves of the box and associated stepped notches at the corresponding other half of the box. Thereby, it is reliably ensured that the correct shape of the guide channel at each bridging flange will be attained when the halves of the box are pressed together during the assembling of the box.~
The different width of the guide channel at opposite sides of the ink ribbon box is attained spontaneously if the guide fins arranged at the outer margins of the bridginq flanges have different widths. In an advantageous manner, '' ' .
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' 1073883 the guide fins extend circumferentially at the end of that cylinder at which the guide channel is closed. In this way, the guide fin is not an impediment as it forms an extension of the cylinder surface (at the cyiinder base~ and project~
only in an axial direction. In this way, a bar against in-correct insertion is reliably ensured.
Generally, such a design for the guide fins will be suit-able in which an essentially U-shaped guide channel is defined.
In this case, a bar against an insertion of the box in the printing device with the wrong end in first will be ensured and the guide channels will be defined, which based on their different widths on opposite sides of the ink ribbon box, will also prevent an incorrect insertion.
According to an embodiment of the invention both the semicylinders of one half of the box are cut out at its sides facing each other, and the cutaway portion is formed as a cylindrical segment i.e., an elongated opening extending longitudinally relative to the semicylinder,while the semicylinders of the other half of the box are each provided with a tangential projection. Thereby, at each cylinder an outlet-slot for the ink ribbon is formed, which in this way lies more or less at the surface of the one side of the ink ribbon box.
In this way, a reliable guidance and support of the ink ribbon within each of the cylinder is ensured.
Appropriately, one of the cylinders will be provided with a window through which the advancement of the ink ribbon and, particularly, the end of ~he ink ribbon can be detected.
Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawing, the ink ribbon box 10 comprises two halves ll ~nd 12. The ink eibbon box lO serves as a ~.
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.: ' ' ' ' ~ 1073883 receptaDle for an ink ribbon 13. It comprises two cylinders 14 and lS which extend parallel to each other and which are connected and spaced from each other through spaced bridging flanges 16 and 17. The bridging flanges 16, 17 join the respective ends of the cylinders 14, 15 and are arranged in parallel planes which are perpendicular to the axis of the cylinders. Thereby, the bridging flanges 16, 17 secure the cylinders 14, 15 at their inner sides between them. Essentially, the end surfaces of the cylinders form part of the bridging flanges.
The bridging flanges 16, 17 are provided at their outer sides with projecting guide fins 1~ and 19. The guide fins 18, 19 extend parallel to each other across the largest part of the bridging flanges 16, 17 forming in this way guide channels 20, 21. The guide channel 20 which is formed by the guide fins 18 has a smaller width than the guide channel 21 ~ormed by the guide fins 19. The width of the guide channels ., 20, 21 is defined by the distance of the guide fins in the ;t : area in which the guide fin portions 18', 1~" (See Fig. 3) -. . .
extend parallel to each other. Further, the guide fins 18, 19 have circumferential portions 1~"' at the respecive ends of the same cylinder 14.
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10738~3 The guide channels 20, 21, of course, only exist when the halves 11, 12 of the box are put together, as illustrated in the Figs. 1 and 2, and maintained in this position by snap breech mechanisms 22.
In Fig 3 the ink ribbon box is shown in an exploded view.
The ink ribbon 13 is withdrawn from an ink ribbon roll 23 and fed to another ink ribbon roll 24. Above the ink ribbon 13 and the ink ribbon rolls 23, 24 is the first half 11 of the ink ribbon box with both semicylinders 14', 15' and the bridging flange halves 16', 17'. Beneath this is the second half 12 of the box 10 with semicylinders 14", 15" and bridging flange halves 16", 17". The bridging flange halves 16', 17' and 16", 17" are each provided within the area of the base of the semicylinders 14' and 14" with semicircular cut-outs 25 through which receiving lugs 32 of the ink ribbon roll 23, provided at its outer end with notches, will extend when the ink ribbon box 10 is in its assembled form in order to be enabled to engage ink ribbon driving means (not shown).
The semicylinders 14", 15" have cut-out portions 34 which define longitudinally extending openings 36 when the ink ribbon box 10 is assembled to allow passage of the ink ribbon 15.
Along the jointing edge of the semicylinder 15D~ latches 26 are provided for forming a snap breech mechanism 22, while on the semicylinder 15', at corresponding positions, flexible hooks 27 are provided. Correspondingly, the semicylinder 14n is provided with flexible hooks (not shown~ and the semicylinder 14" with latches 26. Consequently, the upper half 11 of the box is provided only with hooks 27 and the lower half 12 of the box with latches 26, thereby preventing jamming of the ink ribbon rolls 23, 24. Referring to Figs 4 and 5 details can bè seen of the snap breech mechanisms. When the halves 11 and 12 of the box are put together in the correct manner, a respective latch 26 ~ ' - .~ _7_ .; ~
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In order to arrange that the openings 36 for the ink ribbon 13 in the cylinders 14, 15 is positioned properly the semicylinders 14n, 15'r are provided with cutaway portions 27' in the form of cylinder segments as can be best seen in Fig. 3, while the semicylinders 14', 15' are provided with tangential projections 28, 28' which are arranged parallel to each other.
Moreover, the cylinder 14 is provided with a window 29 ' for the end of the ink ribbon in the semicylinder 14'.
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In printing devices, such 3S address printing devices and the like, an ink ribbon is usually withdrawn from an ink ribbon roll mounted in the housing and rewound on another ink ribbon roll. An especially simple, neat and convenient operation is attained by arranging the ink ribbon and the ink ribbon rolls within an ink ribbon box. However, in this case, difficulties arise if the ink ribbon box is incorrectly inserted into the printing device by the operator. This causes printing failure, contamination of the printing device and other disturbances regarding operation.
The object of the innovation, therefore, is to prevent the incorrect top to bottom insertion, by having the wrong face exposed, i.e. reversed insertion, or by having the sides of the ribbon box reversed, i.e. with wrong side alignment i of the ink ribbon box in the printing device.
Summary of the Invention For obtaining the above mentioned benefits, the ink ribbon box of the instant invention has at the outer sides ; of the bridging flanges, outwardly projecting guide fins which define a guide channel at opposite sides of the box.
The guide channel at one of these sides of the box is wider than the guide channel of the other side. The guide channels can be closed at the end of one of the box and open 1:`;:
at the other end of the box. The printing device (machine) is correspondingly constructed by having guide rall8 :
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Thus, broadly stated, the present invention is defined as an ink ribbon box for use in a small printer, comprising: two cylindrical members oppositely spaced, parallel to one another, a pair of bridging flanges connected to the opposed ends of the two cylindrical members, each of the cylindrical members having an end to end extending opening, means within each of the cylindrical members for receiving an ink ribbon roll, the outer sides of the bridging flanges `~ ~ each having outwardly projecting guide fins which define ~:.~ , .
guide channels thereon, one of the guide channels having a width which is different from the width of the other of the .
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~; Brief Description of the Drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an ink ribbon box incorpor-ating the instant invention viewed in the direction ; of a first side and first end, .
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the ink ribbon box viewed from the underside as seen in Fig. 1.
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Detailed Description Of Th~ Preferred Embodiments An ink ribbon box is provided that has two halves, each half having two semicylinders and two spaced bridging fl~nge .;
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The different width of the guide channel at opposite sides of the ink ribbon box is attained spontaneously if the guide fins arranged at the outer margins of the bridginq flanges have different widths. In an advantageous manner, '' ' .
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Generally, such a design for the guide fins will be suit-able in which an essentially U-shaped guide channel is defined.
In this case, a bar against an insertion of the box in the printing device with the wrong end in first will be ensured and the guide channels will be defined, which based on their different widths on opposite sides of the ink ribbon box, will also prevent an incorrect insertion.
According to an embodiment of the invention both the semicylinders of one half of the box are cut out at its sides facing each other, and the cutaway portion is formed as a cylindrical segment i.e., an elongated opening extending longitudinally relative to the semicylinder,while the semicylinders of the other half of the box are each provided with a tangential projection. Thereby, at each cylinder an outlet-slot for the ink ribbon is formed, which in this way lies more or less at the surface of the one side of the ink ribbon box.
In this way, a reliable guidance and support of the ink ribbon within each of the cylinder is ensured.
Appropriately, one of the cylinders will be provided with a window through which the advancement of the ink ribbon and, particularly, the end of ~he ink ribbon can be detected.
Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawing, the ink ribbon box 10 comprises two halves ll ~nd 12. The ink eibbon box lO serves as a ~.
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The bridging flanges 16, 17 are provided at their outer sides with projecting guide fins 1~ and 19. The guide fins 18, 19 extend parallel to each other across the largest part of the bridging flanges 16, 17 forming in this way guide channels 20, 21. The guide channel 20 which is formed by the guide fins 18 has a smaller width than the guide channel 21 ~ormed by the guide fins 19. The width of the guide channels ., 20, 21 is defined by the distance of the guide fins in the ;t : area in which the guide fin portions 18', 1~" (See Fig. 3) -. . .
extend parallel to each other. Further, the guide fins 18, 19 have circumferential portions 1~"' at the respecive ends of the same cylinder 14.
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In Fig 3 the ink ribbon box is shown in an exploded view.
The ink ribbon 13 is withdrawn from an ink ribbon roll 23 and fed to another ink ribbon roll 24. Above the ink ribbon 13 and the ink ribbon rolls 23, 24 is the first half 11 of the ink ribbon box with both semicylinders 14', 15' and the bridging flange halves 16', 17'. Beneath this is the second half 12 of the box 10 with semicylinders 14", 15" and bridging flange halves 16", 17". The bridging flange halves 16', 17' and 16", 17" are each provided within the area of the base of the semicylinders 14' and 14" with semicircular cut-outs 25 through which receiving lugs 32 of the ink ribbon roll 23, provided at its outer end with notches, will extend when the ink ribbon box 10 is in its assembled form in order to be enabled to engage ink ribbon driving means (not shown).
The semicylinders 14", 15" have cut-out portions 34 which define longitudinally extending openings 36 when the ink ribbon box 10 is assembled to allow passage of the ink ribbon 15.
Along the jointing edge of the semicylinder 15D~ latches 26 are provided for forming a snap breech mechanism 22, while on the semicylinder 15', at corresponding positions, flexible hooks 27 are provided. Correspondingly, the semicylinder 14n is provided with flexible hooks (not shown~ and the semicylinder 14" with latches 26. Consequently, the upper half 11 of the box is provided only with hooks 27 and the lower half 12 of the box with latches 26, thereby preventing jamming of the ink ribbon rolls 23, 24. Referring to Figs 4 and 5 details can bè seen of the snap breech mechanisms. When the halves 11 and 12 of the box are put together in the correct manner, a respective latch 26 ~ ' - .~ _7_ .; ~
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In order to arrange that the openings 36 for the ink ribbon 13 in the cylinders 14, 15 is positioned properly the semicylinders 14n, 15'r are provided with cutaway portions 27' in the form of cylinder segments as can be best seen in Fig. 3, while the semicylinders 14', 15' are provided with tangential projections 28, 28' which are arranged parallel to each other.
Moreover, the cylinder 14 is provided with a window 29 ' for the end of the ink ribbon in the semicylinder 14'.
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Claims (11)
OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. An ink ribbon box for use in a small printer, comprising:
two cylindrical members oppositely spaced, parallel to one another, a pair of bridging flanges connected to the opposed ends of said two cylindrical members, each of said cylindrical members having an end to end extending opening, means within each of said cylindrical members for receiving an ink ribbon roll, the outer sides of said bridging flanges each having outwardly projecting guide fins which define guide channels thereon, one of said guide channels having a width which is different from the width of the other of said guide channels.
two cylindrical members oppositely spaced, parallel to one another, a pair of bridging flanges connected to the opposed ends of said two cylindrical members, each of said cylindrical members having an end to end extending opening, means within each of said cylindrical members for receiving an ink ribbon roll, the outer sides of said bridging flanges each having outwardly projecting guide fins which define guide channels thereon, one of said guide channels having a width which is different from the width of the other of said guide channels.
2. The ink ribbon box according to claim 1, wherein said guide channels are closed at one end and are open at the opposite end.
3. An ink ribbon box for use in a small printer, comprising two halves, each half having a pair of opposed semicylinders joined at their ends by two bridging flange members, one of said halves having within each of its semicylinders means for receiving ink ribbon rolls, means for securing said two halves to one another to form an assembled box having two cylindrical members each having an end to end extending opening, the semicylinders of one half having cut out portions addressing each other, and outwardly projecting guide fins on said bridging flange members that form guide channels when said box is in its assembled condition, said fins being located at the respective outer sides of the bridging flanges so as to form channels of different widths at opposite sides of the box.
4. The ink ribbon box according to claim 3, wherein said means for securing said halves of the ink ribbon box is a snap breech mechanism.
5. The ink ribbon box according to claim 4, wherein said snap breech mechanism comprises flexible hooks located on said semicylinders of a first of said halves and aligned latches at a corresponding location on the semicylinders of the second of said halves wherein said hooks are operative to engage said latches when the halves of the box are pressed together.
6. The ink ribbon box according to claim 5, wherein one of the halves of said box is provided with hooks only, and the other half of said box with latches only.
7. The ink ribbon box according to claim 3 wherein said guide fins extend circumferentially around the outer surface of a cylinder formed by adjacent semicylinders that oppose one another when said box is assembled to define a closed end of said channel.
8. The ink ribbon box according to claim 3 wherein said guide fins form a substantially U-shaped guide channel.
9. The ink ribbon box according to claim 3 wherein one of the semicylinders is provided with a window.
10. An ink ribbon box for use in a small printer, comprising two halves, each half having a pair of opposed semicylinders joined at their ends by two bridging flange members, one of said halves having within each of its semicylinders means for receiving ink ribbon rolls, means for securing said two halves to one another to form an assembled box having two cylindrical members each having an end to end extending opening, the semicylinders of a first half having cut out portions addressing each other and the semi-cylinders of the other half of the box each having a tangential portion extending parallel relative to said cut out portions of the first half, and outwardly projecting guide fins on said bridging flange members that form guide channels when said box is in its assembled condition, said guide fins being located at the respective outer sides of the bridging flanges so as to form channels of different widths at opposite sides of the box.
11. The ink ribbon box of claim 10, wherein one of said tangential projections has recesses and the corresponding opposite cutaway portions have stepped notches.
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| DE19767630672 DE7630672U1 (en) | 1976-09-30 | 1976-09-30 | Ribbon cartridge |
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|---|---|
| CA1073883A true CA1073883A (en) | 1980-03-18 |
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA287,645A Expired CA1073883A (en) | 1976-09-30 | 1977-09-28 | Ink ribbon box |
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|---|---|
| BE (1) | BE859259A (en) |
| CA (1) | CA1073883A (en) |
| CH (1) | CH622209A5 (en) |
| DE (1) | DE7630672U1 (en) |
| DK (1) | DK434577A (en) |
| FR (1) | FR2366131A1 (en) |
| GB (1) | GB1589350A (en) |
| IT (1) | IT1090270B (en) |
| NL (2) | NL173252B (en) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPS59230780A (en) * | 1983-06-13 | 1984-12-25 | Toshiba Corp | Heat transfer printing material cassette |
| JP2575346B2 (en) * | 1983-12-27 | 1997-01-22 | 株式会社東芝 | Image forming device |
| US4676678A (en) * | 1984-02-21 | 1987-06-30 | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | Ribbon cassette cartridge having a lid and a locator slot |
| NL8501540A (en) * | 1985-05-30 | 1986-12-16 | Philips Nv | MULTIFUNCTIONAL CASSETTE FOR A PRESSER. |
| JPH0274378A (en) * | 1988-09-09 | 1990-03-14 | Sony Corp | Ribbon cartridge |
| JPH09254479A (en) * | 1996-03-22 | 1997-09-30 | Sony Corp | Ink ribbon cassette enclosure of printer |
| JP4274144B2 (en) * | 2005-04-25 | 2009-06-03 | 船井電機株式会社 | Ink sheet cartridge |
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| US3804227A (en) * | 1972-05-03 | 1974-04-16 | Scm Corp | Typewriter ribbon cartridge |
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- 1976-09-30 DE DE19767630672 patent/DE7630672U1/en not_active Expired
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|---|---|
| BE859259A (en) | 1978-01-16 |
| NL7710691A (en) | 1978-04-03 |
| IT1090270B (en) | 1985-06-26 |
| FR2366131A1 (en) | 1978-04-28 |
| DK434577A (en) | 1978-03-31 |
| GB1589350A (en) | 1981-05-13 |
| FR2366131B1 (en) | 1984-08-17 |
| NL173252C (en) | |
| CH622209A5 (en) | 1981-03-31 |
| NL173252B (en) | 1983-08-01 |
| DE7630672U1 (en) | 1977-01-20 |
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