EP3112526B1 - Dispositif de support pour filtres à air pour machines de séchage ou lavage/séchage, filtre à air destiné à des machines de séchage ou lavage/séchage pourvues de ce dispositif de support et machine de séchage ou lavage/séchage munie de ce filtre - Google Patents

Dispositif de support pour filtres à air pour machines de séchage ou lavage/séchage, filtre à air destiné à des machines de séchage ou lavage/séchage pourvues de ce dispositif de support et machine de séchage ou lavage/séchage munie de ce filtre Download PDF

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EP3112526B1
EP3112526B1 EP15174848.0A EP15174848A EP3112526B1 EP 3112526 B1 EP3112526 B1 EP 3112526B1 EP 15174848 A EP15174848 A EP 15174848A EP 3112526 B1 EP3112526 B1 EP 3112526B1
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Filippo Matarazzi
Giacomo Pittalis
Romina Catani
Elisa Polverini
Luca Andrenacci
Roberto Tarabu'
Gianbattista Pirola
Sandra MARINOZZI
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F58/00—Domestic laundry dryers
    • D06F58/20—General details of domestic laundry dryers 
    • D06F58/203—Laundry conditioning arrangements
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F58/00—Domestic laundry dryers
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  • the present invention relates to a support device, particularly adapted to support perfuming cartridges for air filters of drying or washing/drying machines.
  • the present invention also relates to an air filter for drying or washing/drying machines provided with such support device, as well as a drying or washing/drying machine, comprising said air filter.
  • Drying machines are per se known and normally comprise a drum in which clothes are accommodated that are dried by an air flow generated by a fan and heated by an electrical resistor or a condenser device in a machine with heat pump.
  • the hot air flow passes through the clothes in the drum, subtracting the moisture, and then passes through a filter to remove any possible impurities or fluff in the same airflow.
  • said air flow passes through a heat exchanger, where it cools as a result of the heat exchange with more fresh ambient air.
  • the air flow thus condenses and releases water that flows into a drip tray usually placed in the bottom part of the machine; from the drip tray, the water is carried by a pump into a removable container normally located in the upper part of the machine, in a position that is easily accessible by a user, which provides for removal and the periodic emptying of said container.
  • drying machines known to the state of the art may also be devoid of the drip tray; in such cases, they present only the container for collecting the condensed water, said container being usually placed in the bottom part of the machine itself.
  • Machines are also known in which the moist air coming from the drum does not condense, but it is discharged outside the machine.
  • drying machines known to the state of the art comprise:
  • these drying machines can also include heat exchanger means crossed by the air coming from the drum, which can be optionally associated with a container for collecting the condensed water.
  • a filter adapted to eliminate impurities or fluff in the air flow.
  • this filter has an opening that facilitates the entrance into the filter of the entire air flow coming from the drum, in such a way as to obtain the elimination of impurities or fluff in such airflow.
  • this filter is generally shaped in such a way as to be placed inside a dedicated housing of the machine, usually formed below the inlet of the drum.
  • European patent specification EP 2 749 687 B1 in the name of the same Applicant, discloses a perfuming system, adapted to be associated to said filter in order to perfume the air used for drying the clothes and make more pleasant the sensation of wearing said clothes once completed the drying step.
  • Document US 2005/102767 A1 discloses systems, methods, devices and kits for dispensing laundry additive materials into the drum of an automatic washing machine as that machine is used to carry out a fabric laundering operation.
  • a lidded housing structure is placed within the drum of an automatic washing machine, an insert, containing one or more laundry additives in each compartment, is placed within the lidded housing structure, the lid is closed and the machine is run through the several stages of its laundering cycle.
  • a selectively actable puncturing elements is provided to optionally open at least one compartment of the insert upon closing of the housing structure lid, thereby dispensing the contents of that opened compartment into the washing machine drum as wash additive materials and/or to open one or more compartments of the insert later in the laundering cycle to dispense contents of those compartments into the washing machine drum as rinse additive materials.
  • the selectively actable puncturing element is activated by centrifugal force arising during the spin cycle of the laundering operation. In a multiple rinse cycle laundering operation, the selectively actable puncturing element has a track and cam that allows for the dispensing of additives into the desired rinse cycle.
  • Document EP 2 669 423 A1 discloses a device having a treatment chamber for receiving a dried material.
  • a fan generates the process air flow, which is guided to and/or from the treatment chamber through an air duct.
  • An aperture is formed in the air duct.
  • a container is insertable into the aperture. The container receives and dispenses fragrance.
  • the aperture is lockable in an airtight manner by using a closure device, which is associated with the container.
  • the aperture is partially surrounded by an edge projected out from an aperture plane.
  • Document EP 1 932 964 A1 discloses a laundry machine.
  • the laundry machine includes a drum rotatably mounted in a cabinet, a hot air heater to heat air and supply hot air into the drum, a steam generator to supply steam into the drum, a water supply source detachably mounted in the cabinet to supply water into the steam generator, and a water leakage preventing unit to prevent water leakage when the water supply source is detachably mounted.
  • the Applicant has realized that it would be desirable to provide the perfuming systems with a support element having a simplified structure and permitting a quick and simple removal/replacement of the perfuming cartridge.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a support device which allows replacement of cartridges in a simple and easy way, in particular without requiring that the support be removed from the filter.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a support device which can be easily applicable to already existing filters, without requiring structural changes in the filter.
  • a filter assembly comprising an air filter for drying or washing/drying machines, a support device removably mounted to said air filter, said support device comprising a support structure adapted to support at least a cartridge, the latter being preferably a perfuming cartridge, wherein said support structure comprises a first portion and a second portion, said first and second portions defining a housing for at least one cartridge, said housing being defined between said first portion and said second portion, wherein said second portion is movable relative to said first portion between a first position in which no cartridge is housed in said housing, and a second position wherein it is capable of keeping at least one cartridge housed in said housing,wherein said first portion and said second portion are resiliently engaged to each other.
  • said first portion has an elongated shape having a first end and a second end.
  • said second portion has an elongated shape having a first end and a second end.
  • the second end of the first portion is engaged with the second end of the second portion so as to allow said second portion to be moved between said first and second positions.
  • the engagement between the first portion and the second portion tends to keep or bring said second portion in said first position when no cartridge is housed in said housing.
  • the engagement between the first portion and the second portion tends to keep the cartridge housed in said housing when the second portion is in the second position.
  • said second portion can be moved in said second position by a force applied by a user.
  • the first end of the second portion when the second portion is in the first position, the first end of the second portion is in a comparatively closer position to the first end of the first portion and, when the second portion is in the second position, the first end of the second portion is in a comparatively farther position from the first end of the first portion.
  • said second portion comprises a gripping element to allow a user to grab said second portion and displace it between the first and second position.
  • said support structure is adapted to engage into a hole of said filter.
  • said support device is realized in polypropylene with 30% glass reinforcement.
  • said support device further comprises an engaging portion for engagement with said filter, said engaging portion being associable with said filter by inserting at least a part of said device towards the inside of said filter from the outside thereof.
  • said engaging portion comprises a collar adapted to be coupled to a corresponding hole of said filter.
  • said support structure further comprises a protrusion, forming an engaging surface extending in a direction substantially parallel to the planar extension of said collar, said protrusion cooperating with said collar in order to engage said filter.
  • the invention refers to a machine adapted to carry out at least one drying cycle, said machine being a drying machine or a washing/drying machine, comprising said filter assembly.
  • figure 1 shows a block diagram of a drying machine according to the invention
  • the drying machine 100 ( figure 1 ) comprises a casing 101 which houses a drum 102 for containing clothes (not shown) to dry, said drum 102 being accessible from the outside through a door 103 usually provided with gaskets (not shown).
  • the drying machine 100 includes first means 104, 105 for the passage of heated air inside of said drum 102.
  • said first means can comprise an electrical resistor 104 and a fan 105 (as shown in figure 1 ), or a heat pump.
  • the drying machine 100 also comprises second means 106 for heat exchange that is crossed by the air coming from the drum 102; preferably, said second means comprises an exchanger 106 where the moist air coming from the drum 102 condenses.
  • the drying machine 100 further comprises at least one container 107 for collecting the condensed water produced by said second means 106.
  • moist air passes through a filter 1 to eliminate the impurities or fluff in the air flow; then the hot and moist air is cooled by heat exchange with fresh air (normally at ambient temperature) in said second means 106, said fresh air possibly being carried by a second fan (not shown in figure 1 ).
  • the condensed water contained into a drip tray 108 is pumped by a pump 109 in the container 107, where it is collected.
  • the drying machine 100 may also have the container 107 in the bottom part of the machine 100; in this case, the drying machine 100 can also be devoid of the drip tray 108 and/or pump 109. If the machine 100 provides for a vented drying process, there would not be condensation of the moist air and the machine would not then be provided with the drip tray 108, the pump 109 and the container 107. The moist air would be in fact evacuated outside the machine through suitable canalization.
  • the above description is a basic schematic description of a drying machine, aimed at explaining how it works; in reality the drying machine 100 may be provided with further components that in this description are omitted for sake of simplicity.
  • Figures 2a and 2b represent, respectively, a first and a second perspective view of the filter 1, which the support device 200 according to the invention (not shown in figures 2a, 2b ) can be applied to.
  • the filter 1 comprises a first frame 10 and a second frame 20 which contain within a filter element F (schematically represented only in figure 2a ), for example comprising a small fine net of porous plastic material, said first 10 and second frame 20 being connected to each other along respective first adjacent edges 11, 21 so that the filter 1 can be opened in a book-like fashion.
  • a filter element F Schematically represented only in figure 2a
  • connection along said first edges 11, 21 allows said first 10 and second frame 20 to rotate around an axis X, shown in figure 2b with a dash-dot line.
  • the particular shape of the filter 1 facilitates the removing operations of impurities or fluff collected within said filter 1; in fact, the possibility to open in a book-like fashion the filter 1 allows easy extraction of the filter element F in order to recondition, in particular, by removing the impurities or fluff that it retained.
  • first and second frame 10, 20 comprise respective second edges 12, 22 provided with strips 13, 23, each of said strips 13, 23 comprising:
  • said closing position of the filter 1 is shown in figure 2a , while figure 2b shows the filter 1 in an opening position.
  • these figures show the first strip 13 comprising a first grabbing hole 14 and the second strip 23 comprising a second grabbing hole 24.
  • the particular embodiment described above of the filter 1 allows at the same time to facilitate the removal of the filter 1 from the housing in which it is located inside the drying machine 100, to facilitate the opening operations of the filter 1 and to facilitate the removing operations of impurities or fluff collected within the filter 1 itself.
  • the grabbing holes 14, 24 of said strips 13, 23 allow the user to insert the fingers in order both to remove filter 1 from the drying machine 100 and in order to obtain a disengagement of the engagement means 15, 25 and get the opening of the filter 1.
  • the user in order to obtain this opening the user will merely need to carry out a mutual separation movement of the holes 14, 24 so as to obtain the release of said engagement means 15,25.
  • said engagement means comprise:
  • said at least one protrusion 15 is associated with a free end 13E of the first strip 13 and said at least one recess 25 is associated with a free end 23E of the second strip 23.
  • said at least one protrusion 15 is formed on a upper face 13S of the first strip 13, in particular next to the free end 13E of the first strip 13; in a complementary way, said at least one recess 25 is formed on a lower face 23' of said second strip 23, in particular next to the free end 23E of the second strip 23.
  • first 13 and second strip 23 can comprise a plurality of protrusions 15 and/or recesses 25; in addition, each of said first 13 and second strip 23 can comprise one or more protrusions 15 and/or one or more recesses 25.
  • said first 13 and second strip 23 comprise corresponding parts 16, 26 that allow to maintain the correct alignment between the first 10 and second frame 20 when the filter 1 is closed (as shown in figure 2a ).
  • the corresponding parts comprise:
  • first 13 and second strip 23 may be realized as a single piece respectively with said first 10 and second frame 20, for example during the molding operations of said first 10 and second frame 20, which are usually made of plastic material such as, for example, polypropylene approximately 30% talc filled; alternatively, said first 13 and second strip 23 may be realized separately from the first 10 and second frame 20 and then be associated with them.
  • said first and second strips 13, 23 are positioned substantially perpendicularly to said first 10 and second frame 20.
  • the free ends 13E, 23E of said first 13 and second strip 23 are wavy type, in such a way as to increase the mutual contact surface.
  • each of said strips 13, 23 has a plurality of slots 17, 27, in particular in order to allow adequate air flow coming from the drum 102 of the drying machine 100.
  • the filter 1 has a substantially V-shaped section, that is to say, it is realized in such a manner as to have a maximum width at said second edges 12, 22 and/or of said strips 13, 23; the width of said filter 1 progressively decreases up to a minimum value next to said first edges 11, 21.
  • first 10 and/or the second frame 20 have side walls 18, 28 (visible in particular in figures 2b , 3a and 3b ) presenting reduced width in the proximity of said first edges 11, 21.
  • the strips 13, 23 are associated with said first 10 and second frame 20 at opposite ends with respect to first edges 11, 21; however, it is clear that it is not necessary that said second edges 12, 22 correspond to the ends of said first 10 and second frame 20 opposite with respect to first edges 11, 21. As a result, it is clear that the strips 13, 23 can be associated to different points with respect to the ends of said first 10 and second frame 20.
  • the filter 1 is positioned below the opening that can be occluded by door 103 of the drying machine 100, in such a way as to be easily accessible by a user as a result of the opening of said door 103; preferably, said filter 1 is housed in a duct C for the recirculation of air inside the drying machine 100.
  • the filter 1 can be associated with one or more cartridges (such as perfuming cartridges) by means of a suitable support device 200 in order to perfume the air introduced into the drum 102 and give therefore a particularly pleasant perfume to cloths loaded in the drum 102 itself.
  • cartridges such as perfuming cartridges
  • the device 200 ( figures 4-8 ) comprises a support structure 210 adapted to support a perfuming cartridge 300 housed in said support structure 210.
  • the perfuming substance contained in the at least one perfuming cartridge 300 may be present in liquid form confined by at least one wall permeable to the perfume particles released from said perfuming substance.
  • the perfuming substance may be in solid form, in gel form or even in powder form.
  • the support structure 210 comprises a first portion 220 and a second portion 230.
  • the first and second portion 220, 230 cooperate to form a housing 240 for said cartridge 300.
  • the first portion 220 has an elongated shape, having a first end 221 and a second end 222.
  • the first portion 220 has a window 223 which helps the fragrance to be spread in the filter 1 when the cartridge 300 is inserted in the support structure 210.
  • the window 223 extends between the first end 221 and the second end 222 of the first portion 220.
  • the second portion 230 has an elongated shape, having a first end 231 and a second end 232.
  • the second portion 230 can be or comprise an L-shaped structure, the first end 231 being located on the longer part of the L-shaped structure, the second end 232 being located on the shorter part of the L-shaped structure.
  • the second end 222 of the first portion 220 is engaged with the second end 232 of the second portion 230 so as to allow the second portion 230 to be moved relative to the first portion 220.
  • the second portion 230 can rotate relative to the first portion 220, in particular along an axis X ( figure 5 ) that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal extension of the first and second portions 220, 230.
  • the engagement between the second end 222 of the first portion 220 and the second end 232 of the second portion 230 is a resilient engagement.
  • the second portion 230 is movable, relative to the first portion 220, between a first position and a second position.
  • the cartridge 300 is housed in the housing 240.
  • the second portion 230 when the second portion 230 is in the second position, it is moved to some extent away from the first portion 220, so as to keep the cartridge 300 housed in the housing 240.
  • the first end 231 of the second portion 230 when the second portion 230 is in the first position, the first end 231 of the second portion 230 is in a comparatively closer position to the first end 221 of the first portion 220; when the second portion 230 is in the second position, the first end 231 of the second portion 230 is in a comparatively farther position from the first end 221 of the first portion 220.
  • the engagement between the first and second portions 220, 230 tends to keep or bring the second portion 230 in its first position when no cartridge is housed in the housing 240.
  • the cartridge 300 can be kept constrained to the support structure 210 in a sufficiently secure manner.
  • the expression “in a sufficiently secure manner” means capable of resisting to the vibrations generated by the machine 100 during operation thereof.
  • the latter maintains its position in the housing 240, the vibrations of the machine 100 notwithstanding.
  • the second portion 230 in its second position pushes the cartridge 300 against the first portion 220.
  • the second portion 230 can be moved between the first position and the second position, and in particular from the first position to the second position, by a force applied by a user.
  • the second portion 230 can be provided with a gripping element 233 which allows the user to grab the second portion 230 and displace it between the first and second position.
  • the gripping element 233 extends between the first end 231 and the second end 232 of the second portion 230.
  • the second portion 230 can be also displaced, in particular through the gripping element 233, in a third position (not shown), wherein it is sufficiently distant from the first portion 220 to allow an easy insertion of the cartridge 300 in the housing 240.
  • the removal of the cartridge 300 can be carried out either bringing the second portion 230 back in the third position and picking the cartridge 300 from the housing, or simply by pulling the same cartridge 330 in a direction substantially parallel to the planar extension thereof and substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal extension of the first portion 210, without bringing the second portion 230 in the third position, and having the same second portion 230 directly move from the second position to the first position.
  • the support structure 210 is adapted to be removably mounted to the air filter 1.
  • the support structure 210 can be adapted to engage into one of the holes 14, 24 of said filter 1.
  • the support device 200 further comprises an engaging portion 250 for engagement with the filter 1; the engaging portion 250 is associable with the filter 1 by inserting at least a part of the device 200 towards the inside of the filter 1 from the outside thereof.
  • the engaging portion 250 comprises a collar 251 adapted to be coupled to a corresponding hole 14, 24 of the filter 1.
  • the collar 251 has a larger diameter than the hole 14, 24 so as to abut against the surface surrounding the hole 14, 24 when the support structure 210 in inserted in the same hole 14, 24.
  • the collar 251 substantially extends on a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the direction along which the first portion 220 extends.
  • the first portion 220 is connected with the engaging portion 250 at its first end 221.
  • the cartridge 300 shown in figure 8 has a substantially discoid shape; however, it is to be noted that the present invention can be suitably employed with cartridges of any shape.
  • the support structure 210 further comprises a protrusion 260, which forms an engaging surface extending in a direction substantially parallel to the planar extension of the collar 251.
  • the protrusion 260 cooperates with the collar 251 in order to engage the structure of the filter 1 surrounding one of the filter's holes 14, 24 and keep the support device 200 in place when inserted in one of said holes 14, 24.
  • the protrusion 260 and the collar 251 form a seat S in which the filter 1 is crimped when the support device 200 is mounted in the same filter 1.
  • the protrusion 260 has a horizontal (i.e. parallel to the collar 251) length that decreases moving away from the collar 251, in order not to hinder the insertion of the support device 200 into the filter 1.
  • the support device 200 is realized in a material capable of maintaining its structural and mechanical properties up to about 120°C.
  • the support device 200 can be effectively employed both in machines based on a ventilation technique and machines based on a condensation technique.
  • the support device 200 can be realized in polypropylene with 30% glass reinforcement.

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  1. Ensemble de filtre, comprenant :
    un filtre à air (1) pour machines de séchage ou de lavage/séchage (100),
    un dispositif de support (200) monté de manière amovible audit filtre à air (1), ledit dispositif de support (200) comprenant : une structure de support (210) adaptée pour supporter au moins une cartouche (300), cette dernière étant de préférence une cartouche de parfum, dans lequel ladite structure de support (210) comprend une première partie (220) et une seconde partie (230), lesdites première et seconde parties (220, 230) définissant un boîtier (240) pour au moins une cartouche,
    caractérisé en ce que ledit boîtier (240) étant défini entre ladite première partie (220) et ladite seconde partie (230), dans lequel ladite seconde partie (230) est mobile par rapport à ladite première partie (220) entre une première position dans laquelle aucune cartouche n'est logée dans ledit boîtier (240), et une seconde position dans laquelle elle est capable de garder au moins une cartouche logée dans ledit boîtier (240),
    dans lequel ladite première partie (220) et ladite seconde partie (230) sont engagées de manière résistante l'une avec l'autre.
  2. Ensemble de filtre selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ladite première partie (220) présente une forme allongée présentant une première extrémité (221) et une seconde extrémité (222), ladite seconde partie (230) présentant une forme allongée présentant une première extrémité (231) et une seconde extrémité (232), dans lequel la seconde extrémité (222) de la première partie (220) est engagée avec la seconde extrémité (232) de la seconde partie (230) de manière à permettre à ladite seconde partie (230) d'être déplacée entre lesdites première et seconde positions.
  3. Ensemble de filtre selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'engagement entre ladite première partie (220) et ladite seconde partie (230) a tendance à maintenir ou amener ladite seconde partie (230) dans ladite première position lorsque aucune cartouche n'est logée dans ledit boîtier (240).
  4. Ensemble de filtre selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'engagement entre la première partie (220) et la seconde partie (230) a tendance à maintenir la cartouche (300) logée dans ledit boîtier (240) lorsque la seconde partie (230) est dans la seconde position.
  5. Ensemble de filtre selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ladite seconde partie (230) peut être déplacée dans ladite seconde position par une force appliquée par un utilisateur.
  6. Ensemble de filtre selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel, lorsque la seconde partie (230) est dans la première position, la première extrémité (231) de la seconde partie (230) est dans une position comparativement plus proche de la première extrémité (221) de la première partie (220) et, lorsque la seconde partie (230) est dans la seconde position, la première extrémité (231) de la seconde partie (230) est dans une position comparativement plus éloignée de la première extrémité (221) de la première partie (220).
  7. Ensemble de filtre selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ladite seconde partie (230) comprend un élément de préhension (233) pour permettre à un utilisateur de saisir ladite seconde partie (230) et la déplacer entre les première et seconde positions.
  8. Ensemble de filtre selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ladite structure de support (210) est adaptée pour s'engager dans un trou (14, 24) dudit filtre (1).
  9. Ensemble de filtre selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ledit dispositif de support (1) est réalisé en polypropylène avec 30 % de renforcement en fibres de verre.
  10. Ensemble de filtre selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ledit dispositif de support (200) comprend en outre une partie d'engagement (250) pour un engagement avec ledit filtre (1), ladite partie d'engagement (250) pouvant être associée avec ledit filtre (1) en insérant au moins une portion dudit dispositif (200) vers l'intérieur dudit filtre (1) depuis l'extérieur de celui-ci.
  11. Ensemble de filtre selon la revendication 10, dans lequel ladite partie d'engagement (250) comprend un collier (251) adapté pour être couplé à un trou correspondant (14, 24) dudit filtre (1).
  12. Ensemble de filtre selon la revendication 11, dans lequel ladite structure de support (210) comprend en outre une saillie (260), formant une surface d'engagement s'étendant dans une direction sensiblement parallèle à l'extension planaire dudit collier (251), ladite saillie (260) coopérant avec ledit collier (251) afin d'engager ledit filtre (1).
  13. Machine (100) adaptée pour effectuer au moins un cycle de séchage, ladite machine (100) étant une machine de séchage ou une machine de lavage/séchage, comprenant un ensemble de filtre selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes.
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