CN216188585U - Ready-made clothe system pendulum head stop device that comes out of work - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a ready-made clothes system outbound swinging limiting device, which solves the problem that the smoothness cannot be guaranteed when an existing clothes rack is outbound from a ready-made clothes system. The ready-made clothes system outbound swinging head limiting device is arranged between an outbound guide rail and an outbound swinging head, the setting direction of the outbound swinging head is suitable for the outlet direction of clothes hangers of the outbound guide rail, a passage for the clothes hangers to pass through is formed outside the outbound guide rail and the outbound swinging head, and the outbound swinging head is movably arranged. The limiting device comprises a limiting body and a trigger structure extending into a channel, wherein the trigger structure is used for touching the clothes hanger advancing in the channel, a reset piece acts on the trigger structure to enable the trigger structure to have a trend of extending into the channel, the clothes hanger touches the trigger structure to enable the limiting body to be relieved from limiting the out-station swinging head, and the outer end of the out-station swinging head extends to the circular rail.

Description

Ready-made clothe system pendulum head stop device that comes out of work

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a ready-made clothes system for preparing ready-made clothes, in particular to a limiting device for limiting the out-station swinging head.

Background

The ready-made clothes system is mainly used for preparing textiles such as clothes and home textiles. The ready-made clothes system structurally comprises a closed-loop type ring rail, a closed-loop type driving chain is arranged above the closed-loop type ring rail in parallel, a plurality of push rods extending to the ring rail are arranged on the driving chain at intervals, the push rods are used for pushing rollers on clothes hangers to walk on the ring rail, and one push rod is usually required to push one clothes hanger. A plurality of workstations are arranged at intervals in the direction of the circular rail. The operator sits on the machine table arranged at the workstation and sews the fabric cut pieces conveyed to the corresponding workstation. After the cloth cut pieces are sewn by an operator, the sewn cloth cut pieces need to be returned to the ready-made clothes system again, so that the cloth cut pieces are conveyed to the next workstation by the driving chain and the ring rail, and the operator at the next workstation finishes the next sewing process on the cloth cut pieces.

Chinese patent document (publication number: CN 101116557A) discloses an out-station mechanism of a clothes rack in a clothing-making workstation, belonging to the technical field of machinery. The problem that in the prior art, working noise is high and working stability is low is solved. The clothes hanger's mechanism of leaving out in clothing workstation sets up between the terminal guide rail of the lift arm of clothing workstation department of leaving out and main rail, the mechanism of leaving out include a crooked guide rail of leaving out, the guide rail of leaving out and the terminal guide rail axial fixity of lift arm are equipped with the rotating device that resets that the guide rail can follow circumferential direction for the terminal guide rail of lift arm that leaves out under the exogenic action between guide rail of leaving out and the terminal guide rail of lift arm. The mechanism of going out of clothes hanger among the clothing workstation not only during operation noise is lower, and job stabilization nature is still higher moreover.

The coat hanger outbound mechanism comprises an arc outbound guide rail, wherein the upper end of the outbound guide rail is provided with a reset rotating device, and the reset rotating device comprises a rotating shaft, and a shaft sleeve and a spring which are sleeved on the rotating shaft. Under the pressing action of external force, the whole outbound guide rail can deflect, so that the outer end of the outbound guide rail can be lapped on the circular rail, and the clothes hanger roller can smoothly transit from the outbound guide rail to the circular rail. In order to prevent the outer end of the outbound track from affecting the hanger rollers on the loop track, the spring exerts a relatively large spring force on the outbound track, so that in a normal state, a space is formed between the end of the outbound track and the loop track, and the hanger rollers traveling on the loop track freely pass through the space. Therefore, the overall weight of the clothes rack holding the cloth needs to overcome the elasticity of the spring, so that the outbound guide rail deflects to realize the smooth transition of the clothes rack. The different weights of the clothes rack and the cloth can cause great variation of the speed and time of the clothes rack passing through the outbound guide rail, and the time of the clothes rack entering the circular rail has certain requirements. The clothes hangers which are out of the station are required to enter the front side of the hollow push rod on the driving chain, if the speed difference of the clothes hangers travelling on the out-of-station guide rail is large, the clothes hanger rollers can enter the positions of the non-hollow push rods, a single push rod can push a plurality of clothes hangers, and the situation can bring a plurality of subsequent problems to a ready-made clothes system, such as unsmooth rail changing, clothes hanger falling, two clothes hangers being twisted together and the like. In addition, when the overall weight of the hanger and the cloth is light and is not enough to overcome the elastic force of the spring, the hanger is likely to be stopped on the outbound guide rail, thereby affecting the normal operation of the ready-made clothes system. Therefore, the existing arrangement of the out-station device requires a relatively large weight of the clothes rack and the cloth, which results in a relatively narrow working application range of the ready-made clothes system.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Aiming at the problems in the prior art, the utility model provides the out-station head swinging limiting device of the ready-made clothes system, the out-station head swinging limiting device can well ensure that the clothes hangers can smoothly enter the circular rail, and the ready-made clothes system has good working smoothness.

In order to solve the technical problem, the technical scheme of the utility model is as follows: the utility model provides a ready-made clothe system pendulum head stop device that comes out, set up between the guide rail that comes out and the pendulum head that comes out, the direction that sets up of the pendulum head that comes out is adapted to the clothes hanger export direction of the guide rail that comes out, be formed with the passageway that supplies clothes hanger current in the guide rail that comes out and the pendulum head outside that comes out, the pendulum head activity that comes out sets up, a serial communication port, including spacing body and the trigger structure who stretches into in the passageway, the trigger structure supplies the clothes hanger that advances in the passageway to touch, reset the piece to the trigger structure effect and impel the trigger structure to have the trend that stretches into in the passageway, clothes hanger touches the trigger structure and makes spacing body relieve the spacing to the pendulum head that comes out, make the outer end that comes out the pendulum head stretch to the circular orbit.

The arrangement direction of the out-station swinging head is suitable for the outlet direction of the clothes hangers of the out-station guide rail, namely the arrangement direction of the out-station swinging head is generally tangent to the arc-shaped out-station guide rail, and the clothes hangers can be smoothly transited from the out-station guide rail to the out-station swinging head. The passageway is a space concept and is determined by the track of the clothes rack in the process of exiting. The trigger structure extends into the channel, receives the touch of the clothes hanger in the advancing process and relieves the limit of the out-station swinging head. The triggering structure is usually pressed by a clothes rack roller, and the triggering limiting body releases the position limitation of the out-station swinging head. The reset piece can be a tension spring or a torsion spring, and can also be an elastic body. The outer end of the out-station swinging head is separated from the ring rail, the out-station swinging head can be pushed away by a clothes hanger roller which moves on the ring rail, or the limiting body is driven by the limiting body to move in the process that the resetting piece drives the limiting body to reset, so that the outer end of the out-station swinging head is separated from the ring rail. If the shifting head is arranged on the limiting body, the shifting structure which is acted with the shifting head is arranged on the outbound swinging head, and when the limiting body is reset, the shifting head enables the outer end of the outbound swinging head to move towards the outer side of the circular rail by shifting the shifting structure on the outbound swinging head. The limit of the out-station swinging head by the limiting body means that the out-station swinging head in the state can be kept at the position by the limiting body under the state that the outer end of the out-station swinging head is separated from the ring rail. When the limit body relieves the limit on the position of the outbound swinging head, the outer end of the outbound swinging head moves towards the direction of the ring rail, so that the outer end of the outbound swinging head is close to the ring rail or the outer end of the outbound swinging head is directly lapped on the ring rail.

Further, the spacing body be a limiting plate that is vertical setting, the inner realization of limiting plate is articulated, a corner of limiting plate has formed trigger structure, the outer end of limiting plate is through the inner of acting on with the pendulum head of leaving a station and realize the injecing to the pendulum head position of leaving a station. Be provided with limiting plate, this stop device's simple structure, the setting of being convenient for also makes things convenient for the clothes hanger gyro wheel to act on the trigger structure that forms on the limiting plate simultaneously, and work response speed is fast.

Furthermore, the limiting plate is approximately fan-shaped, the length of the upper surface of the limiting plate is smaller than that of the lower surface of the limiting plate, the outer end surface of the limiting plate is an arc surface, the position of the circle center of the arc surface is offset from the position of a hinge point on the limiting plate, the inner end surface of the outbound swinging head is arc-shaped, and the arc surface on the limiting plate is in contact with the inner end surface of the outbound swinging head to limit the outbound swinging head position; the trigger structure is formed at the position where the upper surface of the limiting plate is connected with the arc surface. This has further simplified the effect between limiting plate and the pendulum head of leaving a station for the limiting plate is good to the effect stability of pendulum head of leaving a station, and the clothes hanger gyro wheel of also being convenient for simultaneously makes the limiting plate relieve the spacing to the pendulum head of leaving a station through trigger structure.

Furthermore, the limiting plate is provided with a through opening along the thickness direction thereof, so that the limiting plate is in a frame shape. This makes the limiting plate under the prerequisite that has sufficient size, the weight of limiting plate is lighter relatively, is convenient for the activity of limiting plate.

Furthermore, the upstream end of the mounting seat is connected with the outlet end of the outbound guide rail, the outbound swinging head is hinged at the downstream end of the mounting seat, a mounting opening is formed in the middle of the mounting seat, and the limiting plate and the reset piece are arranged in the mounting opening. The mounting seat is arranged at the position of the channel, so that the limiting plate is conveniently arranged, and the effect of the limiting plate on the out-station swinging is facilitated.

Further, the mounting opening penetrates through the mounting seat in the vertical direction. This makes the limiting plate have great motion amplitude, is favorable to satisfying the structural requirement of limiting plate.

Furthermore, the swing head that goes out includes rotating part and shaft-like body, and the body integrative injection moulding is provided with outstanding pivot on the rotating part. The rotating part is usually made of metal materials, and the swing head of leaving a station is formed by two parts, which is beneficial to ensuring the service life of the swing head of leaving a station.

Furthermore, a hollow opening is formed in the middle of the body, and a reinforcing sheet with a curved trend is integrally formed in the hollow opening. Through being provided with the air interface, and can effectively reduce the weight of yaw of leaving a station, save materials.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the technical effects that: the outlet end of the out-station guide rail is provided with a limiting body, the limiting body is used for limiting the space position of the out-station swing head, the triggering structure extending into the channel is further arranged, the clothes hanger can touch the triggering structure when passing through the triggering structure, the limiting device is relieved to limit the position of the out-station swing head, the out-station swing head can form a bridging mechanism between the out-station guide rail and the ring rail, the clothes hanger can enter the ring rail smoothly in time, and the working stability of a ready-made clothes system can be effectively guaranteed. Because the trigger structure only plays the start-up to locating part work, trigger structure itself need not participate in the supporting to corresponding structure certainly, the atress that trigger structure work was started is little, can be triggered by the clothes hanger of the in-process of marcing very easily, clothes hanger can not be because of the light weight of the material of centre gripping can be in the position stagnation of leaving a station, the smooth and easy nature of clothes hanger circulation in ready-made clothes system is good, make ready-made clothes system's application scope wide, both can be adapted to the circulation to heavy-duty clothes hanger, can be adapted to the circulation to light-duty clothes hanger again. The function of the limiting device is released by the clothes hanger, so that the control of the target clothes hanger to go out of the station is well met, the control is simple and convenient, and the structure is simple. Because trigger structure stretches into in the passageway, clothes hanger is through touching mutually with trigger structure, and realizes the start-up to locating part work, and trigger structure can realize slowing down to the clothes hanger of the in-process of marcing when touching mutually clothes hanger to can effectively guarantee clothes hanger's motion stability.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a reference diagram of the use state of the outbound swinging head limiting device applied to a ready-made clothes system.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view reference of the outbound swinging head limiting device in a use state.

Fig. 3 is a top view reference diagram of the outbound swinging head limiting device in a use state.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A in FIG. 3, showing the outer end of the outbound pendulum head in a position pointing toward the ring rail.

FIG. 5 is another condition reference view of FIG. 4, showing the outboard end of the outbound pendulum head in a disengaged condition from the ring rail.

In the figure, 1, a clothes rack roller; 2. an outbound guide rail; 3. a mounting seat; 31. an installation port; 4. out-of-station head swinging; 41. a rotating part; 42. a body; 421. an air interface; 422. a reinforcing sheet; 5. a circular rail; 6. a limiting plate; 61. penetrating through the mouth; 62. a trigger structure; 7. a support plate; 71. a side wall; 8. a torsion spring.

Detailed Description

The stop device for the out-swinging head of the ready-made clothes system is arranged between the outlet end of the out-swinging guide rail 2 and the hinged end of the out-swinging head 4, and when the outer end of the out-swinging head 4 is far away from the circular rail 5, the stop device is used for limiting the spatial position of the out-swinging head 4 so as to prevent the clothes hanger roller which advances on the circular rail 5 from regularly colliding with the out-swinging head 4, thereby bringing noise and abrasion.

In a normal case, the outbound guide rail 2 is arc-shaped, and the outbound swinging head 4 is arranged along the tangential direction of the outbound guide rail 2, so that the clothes rack can enter the outbound swinging head 4 along a straight line after coming out of the outbound guide rail 2. A passage for the clothes rack to pass through is formed at the outer side of the outbound guide rail 2 and the outbound swinging head 4, and the clothes rack is simultaneously positioned in the passage when moving on the outbound guide rail 2 and the outbound swinging head 4.

Normally, the out-swing head 4 is provided for overlapping between the out-swing rail 2 and the ring rail 5 to form a bridging mechanism for smooth transition of the hanger roller 1 to the ring rail 5. In a normal state, the outer end of the out-swinging head 4 is tilted upwards and at least in a state of being separated from the ring rail 5. In order to keep the outbound pendulum head 4 in position in a normal state, the stop member is arranged outside the inner end of the outbound pendulum head 4, and the stop member enables the outbound pendulum head 4 to be in the state through the action of the stop member on the inner end of the outbound pendulum head 4.

However, before the clothes hangers enter the circular rail 5, the outer end of the out-station swinging head 4 is required to point to the circular rail 5, even in a state of being overlapped with the circular rail 5, so that the limit body is required to release the limit of the out-station swinging head 4, and the release of the limit body is triggered by the clothes hangers moving on the out-station guide rail 2. Trigger structure 62 extends into the passageway from the upstream side of outbound swing head 4 and a traveling hanger can touch trigger structure 62. After the clothes hanger touches the trigger structure 62, the trigger structure 62 can perform mechanical movement, so that the limiting body is prompted to release the limitation on the out-station swinging head 4. To ensure that each hanger is able to contact the trigger structure 62, a reset element acts on the trigger structure 62, which causes the trigger structure 62 to have a tendency to extend into the channel. After the limit body relieves the limit to the out-station swinging head 4, the outer end of the out-station swinging head 4 is lapped with a ring rail 5 in a clothing hanging system under the action of gravity. The figure shows that the out-swinging head 4 is arranged on the trend of the circular rail 5, and the triggering structure 62 is rolled by the roller of the clothes rack to change the position, thereby realizing the movement of the limiting body.

The resetting of the out-swinging head 4 can be carried out in the resetting process of the triggering structure 62, so that the outer end of the out-swinging head 4 is separated from the ring rail 5. The drawing shows that the outer end of the out-station swinging head 4 is separated from the ring rail 5 by pushing the clothes hanger roller wheels travelling on the ring rail 5, and after the outer end of the out-station swinging head 4 is pushed by the clothes hanger roller wheels 1, the position of the out-station swinging head 4 can be continuously limited by the limiting body, so that the outer end of the out-station swinging head 4 is separated from the ring rail 5.

An installation seat 3 is arranged between the outbound guide rail 2 and the outbound swinging head 4, the upstream end of the installation seat 3 is connected with the outlet end of the outbound guide rail 2, and the outbound swinging head 4 is hinged at the downstream end of the installation seat 3. The cross sections of the outbound guide rail 2, the mounting seat 3 and the outbound swinging head 4 are all in a shape like a Chinese character 'tu', so that the structure of the clothes hanger roller 1 can be adapted to, and the stability of the clothes hanger roller 1 in the process of advancing on the clothes hanger roller 1 is good.

The limiting body is a plate-shaped limiting plate 6, and the limiting plate 6 is arranged vertically. The piece that resets be torsional spring 8, be provided with installing port 31 in the middle part position department of mount pad 3, installing port 31 is located the middle part position department of the 2 width directions of guide rail that outbound, and installing port 31 runs through mount pad 3 in vertical direction. Limiting plate 6 and torsional spring 8 set up in installing port 31, and the one end of torsional spring 8 couples on the pendulum head 4 that stands out, and the other end of torsional spring 8 couples on limiting plate 6. The inner end of the limiting plate 6 is hinged on two side walls of the mounting opening 31, and a corner of the limiting plate 6 forms the trigger structure 62. The limiting body can also be an air cylinder, the triggering structure can be a button arranged on the mounting seat, and after the clothes hanger roller 1 touches the button, the air cylinder is started in the positive direction, so that the outer end of the out-station swinging head 4 is in lap joint with the circular rail 5. After the clothes hanger roller 1 is separated from the button, the cylinder is reversely started through the setting of the time delay device, and the outer end of the out-station swinging head 4 is separated from the circular rail 5.

The outer end of the limit plate 6 is used for limiting the position of the outbound swinging head 4 by acting with the inner end of the outbound swinging head 4. The limiting plate 6 is shown approximately fan-shaped with an upper surface, a lower surface and an arc-shaped surface at the outer end. However, the length of the upper surface of the limiting plate 6 is smaller than that of the lower surface of the limiting plate 6, the outer end surface of the limiting plate 6 is an arc surface, and the circle center position of the arc surface is offset from the position of the hinge point on the limiting plate 6, so that the lower corner of the limiting plate 6 protrudes towards the lower right. The inner end surface of the out-station swinging head 4 is arc-shaped, and the arc surface on the limiting plate 6 is in contact with the inner end surface of the out-station swinging head 4 so as to limit the position of the out-station swinging head 4. The triggering structure 62 is an upper corner of the limiting plate 6, that is, is formed at a position where the upper surface of the limiting plate 6 is connected with the arc surface.

In order to reduce the weight of the limiting plate 6 and enable the working flexibility of the limiting plate 6 to be good, a through opening 61 is formed in the limiting plate 6 in the thickness direction, the shape of the through opening 61 is similar to that of the limiting plate 6, and the area occupied by the through opening 61 is larger than half of the area of one side face of the limiting plate 6, so that the limiting plate 6 is integrally in a frame shape.

The outbound swinging head 4 comprises a rotating part 41 and a rod-shaped body 42, wherein the body 42 is integrally injection-molded on the rotating part 41, and the rotating part 41 is provided with a protruding pivot which is pivoted on two inner side surfaces of the mounting opening 31 on the mounting base 3. The middle position of the body 42 is provided with the empty port 421, the reinforcing piece 422 with the curved trend is integrally formed in the empty port 421, on the basis of ensuring the strength of the body 42, the material consumption of the body 42 can be effectively saved, the out-station swinging head 4 is pushed away by the clothes hanger roller 1 which advances on the ring rail 5, and the limiting plate 6 is also favorable for limiting the position of the out-station swinging head 4.

The outbound guide rail 2 is arc-shaped, and the direction of the clothes rack is changed by the outbound guide rail 2. The outbound guide rail 2 is integrally formed on the bottom surface of the supporting plate 7, the supporting plate 7 is obliquely arranged relative to the horizontal direction, and the outbound guide rail 2 is suitable for the arrangement direction of the supporting plate 7, so that the upstream end of the outbound guide rail 2 is higher than the downstream end, and the clothes hanger roller 1 can smoothly roll on the outbound guide rail 2 to move forwards under the action of the gravity of clothes hangers. The outer side of the supporting plate 7 is integrally formed with a side wall 71 which extends upwards, a pressing plate (not shown in the figure) is further connected and fixed on the side wall 71, a space for the clothes hanger roller 1 to advance is formed between the pressing plate and the supporting plate 7, and the space is gradually reduced from the inlet end to the outlet end of the outbound guide rail 2 by the inclined arrangement of the pressing plate and the arrangement direction of the supporting plate 7, so that the limitation on the clothes hanger roller 1 is realized, and the stability of the clothes hanger roller 1 on the outbound guide rail 2 is good.

After the clothes hanger comes out from the outlet end of the outbound guide rail 2, the clothes hanger roller 1 can apply pressure to the trigger structure 62 on the limiting plate 6, the limiting plate 6 moves downwards, the arc-shaped surface on the limiting plate 6 is separated from the outer end surface of the rotating part 41 on the outbound swinging head 4, the outbound swinging head 4 is free from constraint, and under the action of gravity, the outer end part of the body 42 descends and is lapped on the ring rail 5 to allow the clothes hanger roller 1 to pass through. After the clothes hanger passes through, the out-station swinging head 4 is still in a mounting state of being lapped with the ring rail 5, when other clothes hangers on the ring rail 5 move to the out-station swinging head 4, the clothes hanger roller can push the out-station swinging head 4 away, so that the outer end of the out-station swinging head 4 is separated from the ring rail 5, and in the process that the outer end of the out-station swinging head 4 is separated from the ring rail 5, the arc-shaped surface on the limiting plate 6 is continuously kept in a state of being contacted with the peripheral surface of the rotating part 41. When the outer end of the swing head 4 that comes out of the station is in the unsettled state, under the effect of gravity, the outer end of the swing head 4 that comes out of the station has the trend of whereabouts, just under the effect of the relative static friction between limiting plate 6 and the swing head 4 that comes out of the station, the swing head 4 that comes out of the station can impel the outer end of limiting plate 6 to swing towards the upside, nevertheless because the lower corner of limiting plate 6 is outstanding gradually towards the swing head 4 that comes out of the station to can make the limiting plate 6 tightly support and lean on the outer peripheral face of rotating part 41, the outer end of limiting plate 6 can not further upwards swing, and then make the spatial position of the swing head 4 that comes out of the station can keep.

Claims (8)

1. The utility model provides a ready-made clothe system pendulum head stop device that comes out, set up between the guide rail that comes out and the pendulum head that comes out, the direction that sets up of the pendulum head that comes out is adapted to the clothes hanger export direction of the guide rail that comes out, be formed with the passageway that supplies clothes hanger current in the guide rail that comes out and the pendulum head outside that comes out, the pendulum head activity that comes out sets up, a serial communication port, including spacing body and the trigger structure who stretches into in the passageway, the trigger structure supplies the clothes hanger that advances in the passageway to touch, reset the piece to the trigger structure effect and impel the trigger structure to have the trend that stretches into in the passageway, clothes hanger touches the trigger structure and makes spacing body relieve the spacing to the pendulum head that comes out, make the outer end that comes out the pendulum head stretch to the circular orbit.

2. A ready-made clothes system end-swinging limiting device according to claim 1, wherein the limiting body is a vertically arranged limiting plate, the inner end of the limiting plate is hinged to the mounting seat, a corner of the limiting plate forms the triggering structure, and the outer end of the limiting plate is used for limiting the end-swinging position through the interaction with the inner end of the end-swinging head.

3. A ready-made clothes system outbound swinging head limiting device according to claim 2, wherein the limiting plate is approximately fan-shaped, the length of the upper surface of the limiting plate is smaller than that of the lower surface of the limiting plate, the outer end surface of the limiting plate is an arc surface, the position of the circle center of the arc surface is offset from the position of a hinge point on the limiting plate, the inner end surface of the outbound swinging head is arc-shaped, and the arc surface on the limiting plate is in contact with the inner end surface of the outbound swinging head to limit the outbound swinging head position; the trigger structure is formed at the position where the upper surface of the limiting plate is connected with the arc surface.

4. A ready-made clothes system outbound swinging head limiting device according to claim 3, wherein the limiting plate is provided with a through opening along the thickness direction thereof, so that the limiting plate is frame-shaped.

5. A ready-made clothes system outbound swinging head limiting device according to claim 3, wherein the upstream end of the mounting seat is connected with the outlet end of the outbound guide rail, the outbound swinging head is hinged at the downstream end of the mounting seat, a mounting opening is arranged at the middle position of the mounting seat, and the limiting plate and the reset piece are arranged in the mounting opening.

6. A ready-to-wear system outbound yaw stop, according to claim 5, wherein the mounting port extends vertically through the mounting seat.

7. A ready-to-wear system yaw stop according to any one of claims 1 to 6 wherein the yaw includes a rotating portion and a rod-like body integrally injection molded on the rotating portion with a protruding pivot provided on the rotating portion.

8. A ready-made clothes system out-station swinging head limiting device according to claim 7, wherein a hollow port is arranged at the middle position of the body, and reinforcing sheets with curved trend are integrally formed in the hollow port.

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