CN213309195U - Portable air frying pan - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a portable air fryer. The existing air fryer is required to be externally connected with a mains supply for operation, so that the use experience is influenced. The utility model discloses a cup and lid that the rim of a cup was seted up at the top close the bowl cover on the rim of a cup, be equipped with the uncovered interior cup in top in the cup, be equipped with hot-blast subassembly and independent power supply in the bowl cover, the capacity of interior cup is not more than 1L, and when using, independent power supply orders about hot-blast subassembly and produces the hot-blast of cup in the input to eat the material and cook the system thoroughly in making interior cup. Improve the air fryer for cup and bowl cover structure, and set up independent power supply in the bowl cover, both promoted the portability through reducing the fried pot volume of air and weight, still got rid of the dependence to external power supply through setting up independent power supply for hot-blast subassembly, promoted the convenience of use and conveniently go out to carry and use.

Description

Portable air frying pan

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a food processing field, concretely relates to air is fried pot.

Background

Current air is fried pot and is included the casing and set up culinary art chamber and the hot-blast subassembly in the casing, and hot-blast subassembly produces the hot-blast material in order to make cooked of input culinary art chamber, and when using, hot-blast subassembly needs with external commercial power connection to this obtains and forms hot-blast electric energy, leads to the air to fry the pot and can only use in the occasion that possesses external commercial power, has restricted the application range that the air was fried the pot, and the influence is used and is experienced. In addition, the existing air fryer is large in size and weight, and the carrying convenience is affected.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve the defects of the prior art, the utility model provides a portable air fryer makes the air fryer portable use through setting up independent power source in the bowl cover, promotes and uses experience.

The utility model discloses a following mode realizes: the utility model provides a portable air fryer, includes that the cup and the lid that the rim of a cup was seted up at the top closed the bowl cover on the rim of a cup, be equipped with the interior cup that the top is uncovered in the cup, be equipped with hot-blast subassembly and independent power supply in the bowl cover, the capacity of interior cup is not more than 1L, and when using, independent power supply orders about hot-blast subassembly and produces the hot-blast of cup in the input to eat the material cooked in the cup in making. Fry the pot with the air and improve for cup and bowl cover structure, and set up independent power supply in the bowl cover, both promote the portability through reducing the fried pot volume of air and weight, still break away from the dependence to external power supply through setting up independent power supply for hot-blast subassembly, promote the convenience of use and conveniently go out to carry and use, the capacity of interior cup is not more than 1L, and the holistic volume of the fried pot of air is little, has guaranteed the portability that the air fried the pot, and convenience of customers controls. Meanwhile, the capacity of the inner cup is not large, food materials can be placed in the inner cup, energy required in the processing process is not large, the requirement can be met without setting excessive power supplies, and the portability of the product is also guaranteed.

Preferably, the inner side wall of the cup body is provided with a vertically arranged air duct, an upper port of the air duct receives hot air and conveys the hot air to the bottom of the inner cup, so that the hot air flows through the food materials from bottom to top and then flows back to the hot air assembly, and the ratio of the inner height H to the inner diameter D of the cup body is more than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 4. The air duct plays a role in conveying hot air, ensures that the hot air can flow through the food material along a preset path and flows back to the hot air assembly, so that the hot air circularly flows, and the cooking efficiency is improved. The inner height of the cup body is the size from the cup mouth of the cup body to the inner bottom wall of the cup body; when the cup body is circular, the inner diameter of the cup body refers to the diameter of the cross section of the inner wall of the cup body, and when the cup body is non-circular, the inner diameter of the cup body refers to the diameter of the largest inscribed plane of the cross section of the inner part of the cup body. H/D is more than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 4, the cup body has a longer length in the length direction, and the cup body of the preset container has a longer length and a smaller diameter, so that a user can conveniently operate the air fryer. If the H/D is too small, the diameter of the cup body is relatively large, so that a user cannot hold the cup body conveniently, and the air fryer cannot be operated conveniently; if the H/D setting is too big, then cup length is too big, when accomodating the air fryer, needs longer space to accomodate, and inconvenient user carries.

Preferably, the air duct is formed by enclosing the outer wall of the inner cup and the inner wall of the cup body, the upper end opening of the air duct is upwards arranged on the inner edge of the cup opening, and the lower end opening of the air duct is upwards arranged in the middle of the bottom surface of the inner cup. The air duct is arranged in the cup body, so that smooth flowing of hot air is ensured, heat is effectively prevented from diffusing outwards, and the heat utilization efficiency is improved. The upper port of the air duct receives hot air from the hot air assembly, and the lower port conveys the hot air into the inner cup, so that the hot air can flow through the food materials from bottom to top.

Preferably, a turbulence part is arranged at the lower port of the air duct and guides hot air in the air duct to flow upwards into the inner cup. The vortex portion plays the effect of the hot-blast flow direction of adjustment for cup in the hot-blast ability that flows along cup diapire turns to smoothly and upwards inputs, increases hot-blast flow through reducing hot-blast flow resistance, and then promotes cooking efficiency.

Preferably, the outer edge of the cup mouth extends upwards to form a connecting ring, and the bottom of the cup cover is inserted and fixedly connected into the connecting ring during installation. The connecting ring can be used for inserting and connecting the bottom of the cup cover, and the connecting stability and the heat preservation effect are improved by increasing the contact area between the cup cover and the connecting ring.

Preferably, the local section of the connecting ring is provided with an exhaust notch formed by sinking downwards, and after the connecting ring is installed in place, the inner cup is communicated with the external space through the exhaust notch. The inner cup is communicated with the external space through the exhaust notch, the effect of adjusting the air pressure in the inner cup is achieved, the situation that the cup cover is separated from the cup body due to overlarge air pressure in the inner cup is prevented, and the use safety is ensured.

Preferably, the hot air assembly comprises an air guide cover with an open bottom and an air guide plate covering the bottom of the air guide cover, and an air outlet corresponding to the upper end opening of the air duct is formed between the air guide cover and the air guide plate. The wind scooper plays a role in blocking heat from being transferred upwards, and also plays a role in guiding hot wind to flow into the wind channel by being matched with the wind deflector, so that the hot wind is ensured to form circulating reflux in the inner cup.

Preferably, the middle part of the air deflector is provided with an air inlet, and the hot air in the inner cup upwards passes through the air inlet and flows back to the hot air component. The hot air flowing upwards in the inner cup flows back to the hot air assembly through the air inlet after contacting with the food materials, so that the hot air is heated again and then recycled.

Preferably, the hot air assembly comprises a fan and a heating pipe arranged outside the fan, and the fan and the heating pipe receive electric energy from an independent power supply and cooperate with each other to generate hot air. The heating tube is arranged outside the fan, so that air flow formed by rotation of the fan can form hot air input into an air channel after flowing through the heating tube, the fan is protected, and the fan is prevented from being broken down due to overhigh temperature.

Preferably, a safety switch is arranged in the cup cover, a triggering part of the safety switch is exposed out of the bottom surface of the cup cover, and after the safety switch is installed in place, the triggering part is in contact with the cup opening, so that the safety switch is triggered. The switch states of the fan and the heating tube are associated with the kitchen state of the safety switch, and the safety switch is used for sensing the dismounting state between the cup cover and the cup body, so that the fan and the heating tube are always in the closing state when the cup cover is separated from the cup body, and the use safety is ensured.

Preferably, the surface of the cup cover is provided with a charging interface connected with an independent power supply. The independent power supply is communicated with the external power supply through the charging interface, so that the independent power supply can be repeatedly used and is convenient to carry and use when going out.

The utility model has the advantages that: improve the air fryer for cup and bowl cover structure, and set up independent power supply in the bowl cover, both promoted the portability through reducing the fried pot volume of air and weight, still got rid of the dependence to external power supply through setting up independent power supply for hot-blast subassembly, promoted the convenience of use and conveniently go out to carry and use.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an air fryer in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of a disassembled structure of the air fryer in accordance with the second embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of an air fryer in accordance with an embodiment II

FIG. 4 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of an air fryer in accordance with a second embodiment;

in the figure: 1. cup, 11, wind channel, 111 vortex portion, 12, inner cup, 121, go up air inlet, 122, lower air inlet, 13, go-between, 131, exhaust breach, 2, bowl cover, 21, independent power, 22, wind scooper, 23, aviation baffle, 231, inlet port, 24, air outlet, 25, fan, 26, heating tube.

Detailed Description

The essential features of the invention will be further explained below with reference to the drawings and the detailed description of the invention.

The first embodiment is as follows:

the present embodiments provide a portable air fryer.

As shown in fig. 1, the portable air fryer comprises a cup body 1 with a cup opening arranged at the top and a cup cover 2 covering the cup opening, wherein an inner cup 12 with an open top is arranged in the cup body 1, a hot air assembly and an independent power supply 21 are arranged in the cup cover 2, and when the portable air fryer is used, the independent power supply 21 drives the hot air assembly to generate hot air which is input into the inner cup 12, so that food materials in the inner cup 12 are cooked thoroughly.

In this embodiment, the air fryer includes cup 1 and bowl cover 2 of lid closure on cup 1, be equipped with interior cup 12 in the cup 1, cup 12 intercommunication's rim of a cup is seted up in the middle part of cup 1 top surface, so that interior cup 12 top is uncovered. When the food taking cup is used, a user takes and places food materials in the inner cup 12 through the cup opening, and operation is convenient.

In this embodiment, cup mouth department is equipped with bowl cover 2, be equipped with hot-blast subassembly in the bowl cover 2, 2 top-down lids of bowl cover close on the cup mouth, can the shutoff cup mouth for interior cup 12 is kept apart with external space, effectively prevents interior cup 12 internal heat outdiffusion, promotes culinary art efficiency, can also ensure hot-blast inside cup 12 transport effectively, and then prevents that the heat from leaking and takes place the scald condition because of heat loss leads to, ensures safe in utilizationly.

In this embodiment, hot-blast subassembly sets up in bowl cover 2, and the space utilization efficiency in bowl cover 2 has been effectively promoted, can also reserve more accommodation space for cup 1, and then effectively promotes the single culinary art and eat material quantity, promotes to use and experiences. In addition, with electrified parts such as hot-blast subassembly setting in bowl cover 2, can play the effect of centralized protection, can also separate with the cup 1 that needs frequent washing, prevent that electrified part from breaking down because of contacting with water, the life of the fried pot of extension air, reduction maintenance cost.

In this embodiment, cup 1 and bowl cover 2 all are column and diameter matching, when bowl cover 2 lid closes to cup 1 on, the air is fried the pot and is the column body portable and accomodate, has both fried the pot volume through reducing the air and conveniently goes out to carry, and the length, width and the height dimension that can also ensure interior cup 12 are even, effectively promotes to eat material and holds efficiency, prevents to use experience because of length, width or high undersize lead to the condition that certain edible material that needs whole culinary art can't be put into, promotion.

In this embodiment, be equipped with hot-blast subassembly in the bowl cover 2, hot-blast subassembly can normal operating and produce hot-blastly after need circular telegram, and current portable air explodes the pot and only possesses portable function, need external commercial power when using, and this just makes the air explode the pot and can't use in the open air that does not have the commercial power, influences the use and experiences. Therefore, set up the independent power supply 21 for the power supply of hot-blast subassembly in the bowl cover 2, when using, independent power supply 21 orders about hot-blast subassembly and produces the hot-blast of cup 12 in the input to it is ripe by the culinary art to eat material in the cup 12 in making, ensures that the air is fried the pot and can be used in the open air that does not have the commercial power, both convenient operation, still promotes the use through increasing the use occasion scope and experiences.

In this embodiment, independent power supply 21 sets up in bowl cover 2, both borders on the setting with hot-blast subassembly, lays the distance through shortening the power cord and makes things convenient for the assembly, can also ensure that electrified part concentrates the setting, utilizes bowl cover 2 to realize preventing external shock and the effect of waterproof source invasion, ensures that independent power supply 21 and hot-blast subassembly still can normal operating in extreme environment such as outdoor humidity.

Example two:

in contrast to the first embodiment, the present embodiment provides a specific air fryer structure.

As shown in fig. 2-4, 2 inner chambers of bowl cover middle parts are equipped with hot-blast subassembly, independent power supply 21 is two sets of and the branch puts the lateral part at 2 inner chambers of bowl cover, has both guaranteed to put the setting in the hot-blast subassembly, guarantees hot-blast even inflow interior cup 12, effectively utilizes 2 inner chambers of bowl cover space in addition, and the operating duration of the air fryer is prolonged through increasing independent power supply 21 quantity, promotes to use and experiences, still ensures 2 centrobaries of bowl cover and axis match, guarantees the stationarity of hot-blast subassembly during operation.

In this embodiment, the surface of the cup cover 2 is provided with a charging interface connected with an independent power supply 21. Specifically, in order to ensure the sealing performance of the cup cover 2 wrapping the independent power supply 21, the independent power supply 21 adopts a rechargeable battery which does not need to be replaced, and a charging interface is arranged on the outer wall of the cup cover 2. When the environment of the air fryer is provided with commercial power, the independent power supply 21 can receive the commercial power through the charging interface, and the independent power supply 21 provides electric energy required by stable operation for the hot air assembly through receiving an external power supply.

In this embodiment, the hot air generated by the hot air assembly passes through the cup opening downwards and is input into the inner cup 12, and the cold air formed after the contact with the food material in the inner cup 12 needs to flow upwards and flow back into the hot air assembly to be heated again, which causes the hot air and the cold air flowing in opposite directions to collide with each other to affect the circulation flow rate, thereby reducing the cooking efficiency and causing the heat loss of the hot air due to the mutual contact. Therefore, an air duct 11 for supplying hot air to convey is arranged in the body, hot air generated by the hot air assembly is conveyed to the bottom of the inner cup 12 through the air duct 11, and flows through the food material from bottom to top to form cold air capable of flowing back to the hot air assembly, the hot air and the cold air are separated through the air duct 11, air flow can be guided to circularly flow along a preset path, the heat transfer efficiency is improved through increasing the flow velocity, the cooking efficiency is improved, the hot air and the cold air can be effectively isolated, the situation that heat loss occurs due to mutual contact between the hot air and the cold air is prevented, and the hot air is effectively transferred to.

In this embodiment, the air duct 11 is vertically disposed on the inner side wall of the cup body 1, and an upper port of the air duct 11 receives hot air and conveys the hot air to the bottom of the inner cup 12, so that the hot air flows through the food material from bottom to top and then flows back to the hot air assembly. And an air outlet 24 is formed on the periphery of the bottom surface of the cup cover 2. During installation, the cup cover 2 covers the cup opening from top to bottom, so that the air outlet 24 is vertically aligned with the upper end opening of the air duct 11.

In the inner cup 12, hot air generated by the hot air component is downwardly input into the air duct 11 through the air outlet 24, the hot air flows to the bottom of the inner cup 12 along the air duct 11 and is upwardly discharged into the inner cup 12 through a lower end opening of the air duct 11, the hot air flows from bottom to top along the inner cup 12 and contacts with food materials to heat and cook the food materials, the hot air contacts with the food materials and forms cold air flowing upwards after dissipating heat, and the cold air flows back into the hot air component through the air inlet 231 to be reheated to form hot air. In the process, the air duct 11 plays a role in isolating hot air and cold air, so that the air flow velocity is effectively improved, the heat loss caused by the transmission between the hot air and the cold air is effectively prevented, and the heat transmission efficiency between the hot air and the food materials is ensured.

In the embodiment, the hot air assembly includes an air guiding cover 22 with an open bottom and an air guiding plate 23 covering the bottom of the air guiding cover 22, and an air outlet 24 corresponding to the upper port of the air duct 11 is formed between the air guiding cover 22 and the air guiding plate 23. The wind scooper 22 is arranged at the bottom of the cup cover 2, and the middle of the bottom surface of the wind scooper 22 is sunken upwards and forms a heating cavity for installing a hot air component with the wind deflector 23 in a surrounding manner.

In the embodiment, the hot air assembly includes a fan 25 and a heat generating pipe 26 disposed outside the fan 25, and the fan 25 and the heat generating pipe 26 receive electric energy from the independent power source 21 and cooperate to generate hot air. When the air guide cover 22 is installed, firstly, the fan 25 is arranged in the middle of the heating cavity, then, the heating pipe 26 is arranged on the outer periphery of the fan 25, and finally, the air guide plate 23 is covered in the middle of the bottom surface of the air guide cover 22 from bottom to top. After the air guide plate is installed in place, an annular air outlet 24 with a vertical axis is formed between the outer edge of the air guide plate 23 and the periphery of the bottom surface of the air guide cover 22 in a surrounding manner. When in use, the fan 25 rotates and draws the air flow from the air inlet 231 from bottom to top, the air flow flows radially outwards and forms hot air after contacting with the heating tube 26, and the hot air is guided by the air guiding cover 22 and is downwardly input into the air duct 11 through the air outlet 24.

In this embodiment, a motor for driving the fan 25 to rotate is arranged in the cup cover 2, and the motor and the independent power supply 21 are intensively arranged in the region above the air guide cover 22 of the cup cover 2. The rotating shaft of the motor is vertically arranged and fixedly connected with the fan 25 after penetrating through the air guide cover 22, so that the motor shaft, the fan 25 and the cup cover 2 are coaxially arranged, and hot air can be uniformly output from each section of the air outlet 24.

In this embodiment, an air inlet hole 231 is disposed in the middle of the air deflector 23, and the hot air in the inner cup 12 flows upwards through the air inlet hole 231 and flows back to the hot air assembly. The air inlets 231 are uniformly arranged in the middle of the air deflector 23, so that cold air can smoothly flow into the heating cavity, air flow can be filtered, and foreign matters can be prevented from entering the heating cavity.

In this embodiment, the air duct 11 is formed by enclosing the outer wall of the inner cup 12 and the inner wall of the cup body 1, the upper port of the air duct 11 is opened upward on the inner edge of the cup opening, the lower port is opened upward in the middle of the bottom surface of the inner cup 12, wherein the upper end of the inner cup 12 is provided with an upper air inlet 121, the bottom wall of the inner cup 12 is provided with a lower air inlet 122, hot air enters the air duct 11 between the inner cup 12 and the cup body 1 through the upper air inlet, and enters the inner cup through the lower air inlet 122 to heat and cook food materials in the inner cup. Specifically, an inner cup 12 outer wall is arranged on an inner wall of a cup body 1 to enclose an air duct 11 forming an L shape, a vertical portion of the air duct 11 is arranged along an inner side wall of the cup body 1, a transverse portion is arranged along a bottom wall of the cup body 1, hot air is conveyed to the middle of the bottom surface of the inner cup 12 through the air duct 11, so that the hot air can flow from bottom to top along an axis of the inner cup 12 and uniformly and dispersedly flow along the surface of food materials after contacting the food materials, and the surface regions of the food materials are uniformly heated.

In this embodiment, a spoiler portion 111 is disposed at a position of the lateral portion of the air duct 11 away from the vertical portion, and the spoiler portion 111 guides the hot air in the air duct 11 to flow upward into the inner cup. The turbulent flow portion 111 is provided with a guide surface which is arranged below the lower end of the air duct 11, and the hot air flowing horizontally along the transverse portion is converted into upward flowing after the contact of the guide surface, so that the hot air is ensured to be smoothly input into the inner cup.

In this embodiment, the outer edge of the cup mouth extends upwards to form a connection ring 13, and when the cup is installed, the bottom of the cup cover 2 is inserted and fixedly connected into the connection ring 13. Be equipped with the screw thread on the inside wall of go-between 13, 2 bottoms of bowl cover insert go-between 13 and spiro union locking, ensure that bowl cover 2 firmly connects on the cup 1, prevent that hot-blast subassembly from breaking away from the condition of exposing and taking place the scald because of bowl cover 2 and cup 1, ensure safe in utilization.

In this embodiment, the capacity of the inner cup 12 is set to be not more than 1L, for example, 0.3L, 0.4L, 0.5L, 0.6L, 0.7L, 0.8L, 0.9L, 1L, etc., and a smaller capacity of the inner cup is set, so that the cup body and the air fryer do not need to be set to have a larger volume, and the air fryer is convenient for a user to carry and control. And the inner cup with smaller capacity can process a small amount of food materials, the energy required for processing is not large, the requirement can be met without setting excessive power supplies, and the portability of the product is also ensured. Furthermore, the ratio of the inner height H to the inner diameter D of the cup body is not less than 1.5 and not more than H/D and not more than 4, so that when the capacity is set, the diameter and the height of the cup body are convenient for a user to control, excessive storage space cannot be occupied, and the cup is convenient for the user to carry.

In the embodiment, in order to ensure the use safety, a safety switch is arranged on the bottom side edge of the cup cover 2. The triggering part of the safety switch is exposed on the bottom surface of the cup cover 2, and after the cup cover 2 is installed in place, the triggering part is contacted with the cup opening, so that the safety switch is triggered to control the independent power supply 21 to stably supply power to the hot air assembly. When the cup cover 2 is detached from the cup body 1, the triggering part is separated from the cup opening, the safety switch is switched to a non-triggering state, and the independent power supply 21 stops supplying power to the hot air assembly, so that the use safety is ensured.

In this embodiment, a partial section of the connection ring 13 is provided with a vent notch 131 (as shown in fig. 4) formed by being recessed downward, and when the connection ring is installed in place, the inner cup 12 is communicated with the external space through the vent notch 131. The exhaust gap 131 plays a role in timely exhausting redundant air in the inner cup 12, effectively controls the air pressure in the inner cup 12 to be maintained in a safe range, prevents the cup body 1 and the cup cover 2 from being separated due to overlarge air pressure in the inner cup 12, and ensures the use safety. Specifically, after the cup cover 2 is covered in place, a gap exists between the exhaust notch 131 and the outer side wall of the bottom of the cup cover 2, and redundant air in the inner cup 12 can be discharged outside through the gap, so that the effect of controlling the air pressure in the inner cup 12 is achieved.

Other structures and effects of the air fryer in this embodiment are consistent with those of the embodiment, and are not described again.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides a portable air fryer, includes that the cup of rim of a cup is seted up at the top and the bowl cover of lid on the rim of a cup, be equipped with the interior cup that the top is uncovered in the cup, its characterized in that, be equipped with hot-blast subassembly and independent power supply in the bowl cover, the capacity of interior cup is not more than 1L, and when using, independent power supply orders about hot-blast subassembly and produces the hot-blast of cup in the input to eat the material and cook in the cup in making.

2. The portable air fryer according to claim 1, wherein an upright air duct is arranged on the inner side wall of the cup body, an upper port of the air duct receives hot air and conveys the hot air to the bottom of the inner cup, so that the hot air flows through the food material from bottom to top and then flows back to the hot air assembly, and the ratio of the inner height H to the inner diameter D of the cup body is 1.5-4.

3. The portable air fryer according to claim 2, wherein the air duct is defined by the outer wall of the inner cup and the inner wall of the cup body, and an upper port of the air duct is opened upward on the inner edge of the cup opening and a lower port of the air duct is opened upward in the middle of the bottom surface of the inner cup.

4. The portable air fryer according to claim 3, wherein a spoiler is provided at a lower port of the air duct, the spoiler guiding the hot air in the air duct to flow upward into the inner cup.

5. A portable air fryer according to claim 1, wherein the rim of said cup mouth extends upwardly to form a connecting ring, and when installed, the bottom of said cup cover is inserted into and secured within said connecting ring.

6. A portable air fryer according to claim 5, wherein a portion of said attachment ring is provided with a downwardly concave vent opening, and when in place, said inner cup is in communication with the ambient space through said vent opening.

7. The portable air fryer according to claim 2, wherein the hot air assembly comprises an air guiding cover with an open bottom and an air guiding plate covering the bottom of the air guiding cover, and an air outlet corresponding to the upper end opening of the air duct is formed between the air guiding cover and the air guiding plate.

8. The portable air fryer according to claim 7, wherein an air inlet is provided in the middle of the air deflector, and the air in the inner cup flows upwardly through the air inlet and back into the hot air assembly.

9. A portable air fryer according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein said hot air assembly comprises a fan and a heat pipe disposed outside the fan, the fan and heat pipe receiving electrical power from an independent power source and cooperating to produce hot air.

10. The portable air fryer according to claim 9, wherein a safety switch is arranged in the cup cover, a triggering portion of the safety switch is exposed out of the bottom surface of the cup cover, and when the safety switch is mounted in place, the triggering portion contacts with the cup mouth to trigger the safety switch; or, the surface of the cup cover is provided with a charging interface connected with an independent power supply.

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