CN218279383U - Inner pot assembly and air fryer - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an inner pot assembly and an air fryer, the inner pot assembly comprising an inner pot body, a food support plate and a support frame, the inner pot body having an interior cavity; the food supporting plate is arranged in the inner cavity of the inner pot body and used for supporting food materials, the food supporting plate is provided with a plurality of ventilation holes, and the food supporting plate is arranged on the bottom wall of the inner pot body at intervals; the top surface of support frame supports the below of food backup pad, the bottom surface of support frame supports on the diapire of interior pot body, the support frame includes the drinking cup, the drinking cup set up in the below of food backup pad for cooking the chamber and provide moisture, avoid eating the moisture loss in the material too much, just also improved the culinary art taste of eating the material.

Description

Inner pot assembly and air fryer

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of cooking utensil, especially, relate to an interior pot subassembly and air fryer that has this interior pot subassembly.

Background

The existing air fryer heats air and conveys hot air to a position where the hot air is contacted with food materials by using a centrifugal fan so as to cook the food materials by using the hot air.

In the food cooking process, the moisture in the food materials can be taken away usually due to high-temperature baking, so that the baked food materials have hard mouthfeel and even scorch and other problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

It is a primary object of the present disclosure to provide an inner pot assembly and an air fryer to improve the mouthfeel of cooked food materials.

Aiming at the above purpose, the present disclosure provides the following technical solutions:

in one aspect of the present disclosure, an inner pot assembly is provided, the inner pot assembly comprising an inner pot body, a food support plate and a support frame, the inner pot body having an interior cavity; the food supporting plate is arranged in the inner cavity of the inner pot body and used for supporting food materials, the food supporting plate is provided with a plurality of ventilation holes, and the food supporting plate is arranged on the bottom wall of the inner pot body at intervals; the top surface of the support frame is supported below the food supporting plate, the bottom surface of the support frame is supported on the bottom wall of the inner pot body, the support frame comprises a water cup, and the water cup is arranged below the food supporting plate.

So, drinking water can be place in this drinking cup, at the culinary art in-process, along with head assembly's operation, the temperature in the culinary art intracavity that is formed by the inside cavity of interior pot body constantly risees, and above-mentioned drinking water is heated and is evaporated simultaneously to make culinary art intracavity moisture sufficient, avoid eating the moisture loss in the material too much, just also improved the culinary art taste of eating the material.

According to the support frame, the water cup is arranged at the center of the support frame, the support frame further comprises a plurality of rib plates, the rib plates extend along the radial direction of the inner pot body, the radial inner ends of the rib plates are fixed on the outer peripheral wall of the water cup, the rib plates are arranged along the circumferential direction of the water cup at intervals, so that the space below the food support plate is divided into a plurality of areas, the different areas are not communicated, temperature cross-over areas can be avoided, and the heating uniformity of food materials is improved.

Optionally, the support frame further comprises a surrounding plate, the surrounding plate is cylindrical and extends along the axial direction of the inner pot body, the surrounding plate is sleeved on the outer peripheral side of the rib plate, the radial outer end of the rib plate is fixed on the inner side wall of the surrounding plate, the surrounding plate and the side wall of the inner pot body are arranged at intervals, a hot air channel is formed between the surrounding plate and the side wall of the inner pot body, an independent hot air channel can be arranged in each region, and temperature crossing of each region is avoided.

Specifically, the bottom end of the enclosing plate is provided with a flanging extending inwards in the radial direction, the food supporting plate is supported on the top surface of the flanging, the edge of the food supporting plate is supported by the flanging, the rib plate is supported in the middle of the food supporting plate, and the supporting stability of the food supporting plate is improved.

Further, the support frame still includes a plurality of convex parts of rectifying, and is a plurality of the convex part of rectifying is followed the periphery wall of bounding wall is followed the radial outside setting that extrudes of interior pot body, rectify the convex part with the lateral wall interference fit of interior pot body. So, do benefit to the uniformity that improves above-mentioned hot air channel through setting up the correction convex part to improve the homogeneity of being heated of culinary art edible material.

Further optionally, the correction convex part is arranged on the rib plate at the radial outer side of the shroud plate.

In another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the inner wall of the inner pot body is provided with a flange extending in a circumferential direction of the inner pot body, an inner diameter of the flange is smaller than an outer diameter of the surrounding plate, and the correction protrusion is supported on the flange.

Optionally, the support frame still includes the elastic sleeve, the elastic sleeve is the elastic component, rectify the convex part and can insert in the elastic sleeve, the elastic sleeve with the inner wall interference fit of interior pot body. Therefore, hard contact scratch between the correction convex part and the inner pot body is avoided, the service life of the inner pot assembly is prolonged, and the service life of the air fryer is prolonged.

Specifically, the support frame is provided with spacing subassembly, spacing subassembly can be right the food backup pad carries out axial positioning, spacing subassembly set up in the top of food backup pad.

Furthermore, the limiting assembly comprises a limiting buckle, the limiting buckle extends inwards from the inner wall of the enclosing plate along the radial direction of the inner pot body, and the limiting buckle is arranged above the flanging; and/or, spacing subassembly include spacing hole and with the spacer pin that spacing hole matches, spacing hole with spacing knot sets up in the bounding wall is followed on the same circumference of interior pot body circumference, just spacing knot with spacing hole centrosymmetric sets up, the spacer pin inserts spacing downthehole and can extend to the radial inboard of interior pot body. So, avoid the food backup pad unexpected to rock or the upset through setting up spacing subassembly to above-mentioned hot air channel's uniformity has further been improved.

In another aspect of the present disclosure, an air fryer is provided, the air fryer comprises a head assembly, an outer pot and an inner pot assembly as described above, the outer pot has an inner cavity, the inner pot assembly is arranged in the inner cavity, the head assembly is arranged above the outer pot.

Drawings

The above and/or other objects and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent from the following description of the embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an air fryer provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the air fryer with the head assembly of FIG. 1 in an open position.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the air fryer with the inner pot assembly of FIG. 2 separated from the outer pot.

Fig. 4 is an exploded view of the inner pot assembly of fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the inner pot assembly of fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view illustrating the flow of gas in the inner pot assembly of fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a first perspective view of the supporting frame in fig. 4.

Fig. 8 is a second perspective view of the supporting frame shown in fig. 4.

Description of the reference numerals:

10. a head assembly; 20. A pan body assembly;

21. an inner pot body; 22. An outer pot;

23. a food supporting plate; 24. A support frame;

231. a vent hole; 211. A flange;

231. a vent hole; 232. A central through hole;

241. a water cup; 242. A rib plate;

243. enclosing plates; 244. Flanging;

245. a correction convex part; 246. A limit buckle;

247. an elastic sleeve; 248. A limiting hole;

249. and (7) reinforcing ribs.

Detailed Description

Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it should not be understood that the embodiments of the present disclosure are limited to the embodiments set forth herein. The same reference numerals in the drawings denote the same or similar structures, and thus their detailed description will be omitted.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the present disclosure provides an air fryer that may include a head assembly 10 and a pot assembly 20, wherein pot assembly 20 includes an outer pot 22 and an inner pot assembly, outer pot 22 having an inner cavity, inner pot assembly disposed within the inner cavity of outer pot 22. Head assembly 10 is disposed above outer pot 22, for example, but not limited to, head assembly 10 being hinged to one side of outer pot 22, such that the air fryer is formed as a clamshell air fryer.

Further, the machine head assembly 10 comprises a fan blade and a heating body, the heating body can heat air in the air fryer to form hot air, the hot air can be blown into the inner pot assembly through rotation of the fan blade to form hot air, and therefore food materials in the inner pot assembly are heated.

Referring to fig. 3, the inner pot assembly in this embodiment includes an inner pot body 21, a food supporting plate 23 and a supporting frame 24, and specifically, the inner pot body 21 has an inner cavity, and the food supporting plate 23 can be disposed in the inner cavity to support the food material placed in the inner cavity.

In order to improve the heating uniformity of the food material, a plurality of ventilation holes 231 are provided on the food supporting plate 23, and as an example, the ventilation holes 231 may be substantially waist-shaped holes, for example, but not limited to, the ventilation holes 231 may extend along the circumferential direction of the inner pot body 21, and the ventilation holes 231 may be spaced along the circumferential direction of the inner pot body 21.

As an example, the vent holes 231 on the circumferences at different radii of the food supporting plate 23 in the present embodiment may have different arc lengths, for example, but not limited to, the arc length of the vent hole 231 on the circumference at the radius larger is larger.

This is disclosed through set up food backup pad 23 to with the diapire of interior pot body 21 between the interval setting for food backup pad 23 below is formed with hot air channel, and the hot-blast heated air circulation passageway that forms in the inner chamber of interior pot body 21 of being convenient for does benefit to hot-blast flow, thereby has improved the homogeneity of being heated of edible material, has improved the culinary art taste of edible material.

In order to stably support the food supporting plate 23 and further improve the reliability of the inner pot assembly, the top surface of the supporting frame 24 is supported below the food supporting plate 23, and the bottom surface of the supporting frame 24 is supported on the bottom wall of the inner pot body 21, so that the food supporting plate 23 can be reliably placed in the inner cavity, but not limited thereto.

In order to further improve the culinary art taste of eating the material, support frame 24 includes drinking cup 241, can place the drinking water in this drinking cup 241, and at the culinary art in-process, along with head assembly's operation, the temperature in the culinary art intracavity that is formed by the inside cavity of interior pot body 21 constantly risees, and above-mentioned drinking water is heated and evaporates simultaneously to make culinary art intracavity moisture sufficient, avoid eating the moisture loss in the material too much, just also improved the culinary art taste of eating the material.

In this embodiment, the supporting frame 24 and the food supporting plate 23 are formed independently to facilitate the addition of drinking water into the water cup 241 under the food supporting plate 23, but not limited thereto.

By way of example, the water cup 241 may be disposed below the food supporting plate 23, for example, but not limited to, the water cup 241 may be located at the center of the supporting frame 24, and the food supporting plate 23 is provided with a central through hole 232, and the central through hole 232 is aligned with the water cup 241, so as to facilitate water vapor to smoothly pass through the central through hole 232 and enter the upper portion of the food supporting plate 23.

In this embodiment, the plurality of rib plates 242 are disposed below the food supporting plate 23 to separate the space below the food supporting plate 23 into a plurality of regions, different regions are not communicated with each other, so that the temperature cluster region can be avoided, and the uniformity of heating of the food material is improved.

Referring to fig. 4, 7 and 8, the supporting frame 24 further includes rib plates 242, the rib plates 242 extend along the radial direction of the inner pot body 21, the radial inner ends of the rib plates 242 are fixed on the outer circumferential wall of the water cup 241, and the plurality of rib plates 242 are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the water cup 241.

Specifically, the space below the pair of adjacent rib plates 242 and the food supporting plate 23 forms a region, the flowing direction of the hot air in the region is approximately, the hot air flows downwards along the side wall of the inner pot body 21 to the lower side of the food supporting plate 23 in a spiral mode under the driving of the fan blades, flows inwards along the bottom wall of the inner pot body 21 in the radial direction to touch the rib plates 242 and then flows upwards to the upper side of the food supporting plate 23, and therefore the hot air flows in the region approximately from the circumferential edge of the inner pot body 21 to the center of the inner pot body 21.

For convenience of description, in the present embodiment, the supporting frame 24 includes 3 rib plates 242, the rib plates 242 radially extend outward from the outer wall of the water cup 241 along the radial direction of the inner pot body 21, and the top surfaces and the bottom surfaces of the rib plates 242 respectively contact with the food supporting plate 23 and the bottom wall of the inner pot body 21, so as to realize the partition arrangement of the space below the food supporting plate 23. By arranging 3 rib plates 242, the stress of the support frame 24 is more uniform, and high-temperature deformation is prevented.

With reference to fig. 4, in order to further improve the heating uniformity of the food material, the supporting frame 24 further includes a surrounding plate 243, the surrounding plate 243 is cylindrical and extends along the axial direction of the inner pot body 21, the surrounding plate 243 is sleeved on the outer circumferential side of the rib plate 242, and the radial outer end of the rib plate 242 is fixed on the inner side wall of the surrounding plate 243.

Specifically, the rib plate 242 is connected between the enclosing plate 243 and the water cup 241, so that structural deformation of the enclosing plate 243 can be effectively prevented, and structural stability of the support frame 24 can be improved. The rib plate 242 is connected between the enclosing plate 243 and the water cup 241, so that the support frame 24 is of an integral structure, the excessive parts of the support frame 24 are avoided, and the assembling time is reduced.

Further, according to the present disclosure, by providing the enclosing plate 243 and arranging the enclosing plate 243 at an interval from the side wall of the inner pot body 21 to form a hot air channel between the enclosing plate 243 and the side wall of the inner pot body 21, an area formed by the adjacent pair of rib plates 242 may have an independent air channel, thereby improving the heating uniformity of the cooking cavity and improving the taste of the cooking food.

To further improve the supporting stability of the food supporting plate 23, the bottom end of the shroud 243 is provided with a radially inwardly extending flange 244 on which the food supporting plate 23 can be supported. By providing the turned-up edge 244 at the bottom end of the surrounding plate 243, the structural strength of the surrounding plate 243 is improved, and structural deformation of the surrounding plate 243 is further avoided.

As an example, the top surface of the cup 241, the top surface of the flange 244 and the top surface of the rib plate 242 are located in the same plane, so that the food supporting plate 23 can be supported on the supporting bracket 24 at a plurality of positions, thereby improving the supporting stability of the food supporting plate 23.

In order to further improve the heating uniformity of the food material, the hot air channel formed by the enclosing plate 243 and the side wall of the inner pot body 21 is kept equal in size in the circumferential direction of the inner pot body 21, that is, the distance between the enclosing plate 243 and the side wall of the inner pot body 21 is the same in the circumferential direction of the inner pot body 21, the supporting frame 24 further comprises a plurality of correction convex parts 245, the correction convex parts 245 are arranged in a protruding mode from the outer circumferential wall of the enclosing plate 243 along the radial direction of the inner pot body 21, and the correction convex parts 245 are in interference fit with the side wall of the inner pot body 21.

According to the present disclosure, the plurality of correction protrusions 245 are arranged on the outer circumferential wall of the enclosing plate 243, and the plurality of correction protrusions 245 are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the inner pot body 21, and the plurality of correction protrusions 245 are in interference fit with the side wall of the inner pot body 21, so that the center correction of the enclosing plate 243 and the inner pot body 21 is achieved.

For example, the correction protrusion 245 is provided on the rib plate 242 radially outward of the shroud plate 243, but not limited thereto, that is, the correction protrusion 245 is provided on an extension line of the rib plate 242 when viewed from above the support frame 24 downward, but not limited thereto.

In this way, the correction convex part 245 is arranged at the radial outer side of the rib plate 242 on the shroud plate 243, so that the rib plate 242 can provide radial support for the shroud plate 243, and deformation caused by extrusion on the shroud plate 243 in the installation process of interference fit of the correction convex part 245 and the side wall of the inner pot body 21 is avoided.

Referring to fig. 5, further, the inner wall of the inner pot body 21 is provided with a flange 211 extending along the circumferential direction of the inner pot body 21, the inner diameter of the flange 211 is smaller than the outer diameter of the shroud 243, and the correcting protrusion 245 is supported on the flange 211, so that the uniformity of the above hot air passage is further improved by the cooperation of the correcting protrusion 245 and the flange 211.

With continued reference to fig. 5, in order to avoid the contact scratch of the correction protrusion 245 with the side wall or the flange 211 of the inner pot body 21, the support frame 24 further includes an elastic sleeve 247, the elastic sleeve 247 is an elastic member, the correction protrusion 245 can be inserted into the elastic sleeve 247, and the elastic sleeve 247 is in interference fit with the inner wall of the inner pot body 21. Therefore, the elastic sleeve 247 is arranged to prevent the correction convex part 245 from being in hard contact with the inner pot body 21, thereby prolonging the service life of the inner pot assembly.

By way of example, the aligning protrusion 245 and the shroud 243 may be integrally formed, for example, but not limited to, the shroud 243 and the aligning protrusion 245 are made of aluminum alloy. The elastic sheath 247 may be a silicone member, but is not limited thereto.

In order to further enhance the structural strength of the support frame 24, the support frame 24 further includes a rib 249, and the rib 249 is connected between the alignment protrusion 245 and the shroud 243, but not limited thereto.

In order to further improve the supporting stability of the food supporting plate 23 and further improve the consistency of the hot air channel, and avoid the food supporting plate 23 from accidentally turning on one's side or swinging, the supporting frame 24 is provided with a limiting component, the limiting component can axially position the food supporting plate 23, and the limiting component is arranged above the food supporting plate 23.

With continued reference to fig. 3 to 5 and fig. 7 and 8, in the present embodiment, the limiting assembly includes a limiting buckle 246, the limiting buckle 246 extends inward from the inner wall of the enclosing plate 243 in the radial direction of the inner pot body 21, and the limiting buckle 246 is disposed above the rib plate 242, i.e., above the flange 244. By providing the stopper 246 above the rib plate 242, that is, by providing a space in the axial direction of the inner pot body 21 between the stopper 246 and the rib plate 242, the food support plate 23 can be stably supported in the space, that is, the food support plate 23 is provided below the stopper 246 in the axial direction of the inner pot body 21, but not limited thereto.

Thereby preventing the food supporting plate 23 from moving axially and improving the supporting reliability of the food supporting plate 23. By way of example, the retaining buckle 246 may be integrally formed with the shroud 243, but is not limited thereto.

Besides, the limiting assembly comprises a limiting hole 248 and a limiting pin matched with the limiting hole 248, the limiting hole 248 and a limiting buckle 246 are arranged on the same circumference of the surrounding plate 243 along the circumferential direction of the inner pot body 21, the limiting buckle 246 and the limiting hole 248 are arranged in central symmetry, and the limiting pin is inserted into the limiting hole 248 and can extend to the radial inner side of the inner pot body 21.

In this embodiment, the detachable limiting component is formed by matching the limiting pin with the limiting hole 248, and the limiting pin is installed after the food supporting plate 23 is installed in place, so that the assembling difficulty of the food supporting plate 23 is reduced.

As an example, the limit pin may be a silicone piece, and the limit pin can be in interference fit with the limit hole 248, so as to prevent the limit pin from being accidentally separated from the limit hole 248, and further improve the supporting reliability of the food supporting plate 23.

According to the food cooking device, the water cup 241 is arranged on the support frame 24, so that the support frame 24 has the functions of supporting the food support plate 23 and humidifying the cooking cavity, and the taste of the cooking food is improved.

In the description of the present disclosure, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, merely for convenience in describing the present disclosure and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present disclosure.

The terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or to implicitly indicate the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present disclosure, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

In the description of the present disclosure, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection, a mechanical connection, an electrical connection, or a communication connection; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present disclosure can be understood in specific instances by those of ordinary skill in the art.

The described features, structures, or characteristics of the disclosure may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. In the above description, numerous specific details are provided to give a thorough understanding of embodiments of the disclosure. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that the subject matter of the present disclosure can be practiced without one or more of the specific details, or with other methods, components, materials, and so forth. In other instances, well-known structures, materials, or operations are not shown or described in detail to avoid obscuring aspects of the disclosure.

Claims (11)

1. An inner pot assembly, comprising:

an inner pot body (21) having an interior cavity;

the food supporting plate (23) is arranged in the inner cavity of the inner pot body (21) and used for supporting food materials, the food supporting plate (23) is provided with a plurality of ventilation holes (231), and the food supporting plate (23) is arranged on the bottom wall of the inner pot body (21) at intervals;

the supporting frame (24), the top surface of supporting frame (24) is supported the below of food backup pad (23), the bottom surface of supporting frame (24) is supported on the diapire of interior pot body (21), supporting frame (24) include drinking cup (241), drinking cup (241) set up in the below of food backup pad (23).

2. The inner pot assembly according to claim 1, wherein the water cup (241) is arranged at the center of the support frame (24), the support frame (24) further comprises a plurality of rib plates (242), the rib plates (242) extend along the radial direction of the inner pot body (21), the inner ends of the rib plates (242) in the radial direction are fixed on the outer circumferential wall of the water cup (241), and the plurality of rib plates (242) are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the water cup (241).

3. The inner pot assembly according to claim 2, wherein the supporting frame (24) further comprises a surrounding plate (243), the surrounding plate (243) is cylindrical and extends along the axial direction of the inner pot body (21), the surrounding plate (243) is sleeved on the outer circumferential side of the rib plate (242), the radially outer end of the rib plate (242) is fixed on the inner side wall of the surrounding plate (243), and the surrounding plate (243) and the side wall of the inner pot body (21) are arranged at an interval.

4. The inner pan assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the bottom end of the shroud (243) is provided with a radially inwardly extending flange (244), the food supporting plate (23) being supported on a top surface of the flange (244).

5. The inner pot assembly according to claim 3, wherein the support frame (24) further comprises a plurality of correction protrusions (245), the plurality of correction protrusions (245) are arranged to protrude outward in a radial direction of the inner pot body (21) from the outer circumferential wall of the surrounding plate (243), and the correction protrusions (245) are in interference fit with the side wall of the inner pot body (21).

6. The inner pan assembly according to claim 5, wherein the alignment tab (245) is provided on the rib (242) radially outward of the shroud (243).

7. Inner pot assembly according to claim 5, characterised in that the inner wall of the inner pot body (21) is provided with a flange (211) extending in the circumferential direction of the inner pot body (21), the inner diameter of the flange (211) being smaller than the outer diameter of the enclosing plate (243), the correction protrusion (245) being supported on the flange (211).

8. The inner pot assembly according to claim 5, characterized in that the support frame (24) further comprises an elastic sleeve (247), the elastic sleeve (247) is an elastic member, the correction protrusion (245) can be inserted into the elastic sleeve (247), and the elastic sleeve (247) is in interference fit with the inner wall of the inner pot body (21).

9. Inner pot assembly according to any one of claims 3-8, characterized in that the support frame (24) is provided with a stop assembly enabling axial positioning of the food supporting plate (23), which stop assembly is arranged above the food supporting plate (23).

10. The inner pot assembly according to claim 9, wherein the stopper assembly comprises a stopper (246), the stopper (246) extends from the inner wall of the enclosing plate (243) inward in the radial direction of the inner pot body (21), and the stopper (246) is disposed above the rib plate (242); and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the limiting assembly comprises a limiting hole (248) and a limiting pin matched with the limiting hole (248), the limiting hole (248) and the limiting buckle (246) are arranged on the same circumference of the circumferential direction of the inner pot body (21) along the enclosing plate (243), the limiting buckle (246) and the limiting hole (248) are arranged in a central symmetry mode, and the limiting pin is inserted into the limiting hole (248) and can extend to the radial inner side of the inner pot body (21).

11. Air fryer according to one or more of the claims 1 to 10, characterized in that it comprises a head assembly (10), an outer pot (22) and an inner pot assembly according to one or more of the claims 1 to 10, the outer pot (22) having an inner cavity, the inner pot assembly being arranged in the inner cavity, the head assembly (10) being arranged above the outer pot (22).

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