GB1578459A - Stacking of bags - Google Patents

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GB1578459A
GB1578459A GB16540/77A GB1654077A GB1578459A GB 1578459 A GB1578459 A GB 1578459A GB 16540/77 A GB16540/77 A GB 16540/77A GB 1654077 A GB1654077 A GB 1654077A GB 1578459 A GB1578459 A GB 1578459A
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H31/00Pile receivers
    • B65H31/30Arrangements for removing completed piles
    • B65H31/3009Arrangements for removing completed piles by dropping, e.g. removing the pile support from under the pile
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G57/00Stacking of articles
    • B65G57/02Stacking of articles by adding to the top of the stack
    • B65G57/03Stacking of articles by adding to the top of the stack from above
    • B65G57/06Gates for releasing articles
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/16Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by contact of one face only with moving tapes, bands, or chains
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H31/00Pile receivers
    • B65H31/02Pile receivers with stationary end support against which pile accumulates
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H31/00Pile receivers
    • B65H31/30Arrangements for removing completed piles
    • B65H31/3027Arrangements for removing completed piles by the nip between moving belts or rollers
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H31/00Pile receivers
    • B65H31/32Auxiliary devices for receiving articles during removal of a completed pile
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31BMAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B70/00Making flexible containers, e.g. envelopes or bags
    • B31B70/74Auxiliary operations
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    • B31B70/98Delivering in stacks or bundles
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/422Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles
    • B65H2301/4226Delivering, advancing piles
    • B65H2301/42261Delivering, advancing piles by dropping
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/422Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles
    • B65H2301/4226Delivering, advancing piles
    • B65H2301/42262Delivering, advancing piles by acting on surface of outermost articles of the pile, e.g. in nip between pair of belts or rollers
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40Type of handling process
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    • B65H2301/422Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles
    • B65H2301/4226Delivering, advancing piles
    • B65H2301/42264Delivering, advancing piles by moving the surface supporting the lowermost article of the pile, e.g. conveyor, carriage
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/19Specific article or web
    • B65H2701/191Bags, sachets and pouches or the like

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Description

(54) IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO THE STACKING OF BAGS (71) We, FMC EUROPE N.V., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Kingdom of Belgium, of Denderstaat 56, B-9300 Aalst, Kingdom of Belgium, do hereby declare the invention, for which we pray that a patent may be granted to us, and the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement: This invention relates to apparatus for receiving bags and other generally laminar articles from a production machine and conveying the articles away in stacks containing a predetermined number of articles.
According to the present invention, there is provided apparatus for continuously receiving bags and other generally laminar articles from a production machine and conveying the articles away in stacks each containing predetermined number of articles, said apparatus comprising a plurality of spaced conveyor-belts located side by side, a plurality of fingers for receiving the said articles temporarily from the production machine above the conveyor belts, means for registering the received articles and movable into and away from the article path so as to pass at least partially between individual said fingers and means for placing the stacks of articles on the conveyor belts whereon stacking is continued until said predetermined number in each stack is achieved, said fingers being free to receive further bags after said stack with a predetermined number of bags has been formed on the conveyor belts, and means for co-ordinating the operation of the conveyor belts, the means for registering the received articles and the fingers for receiving the articles whereby the machine can continue to work without interruption or substantially without interruption, continuously, and supply articles to the apparatus.
Further according to the present invention, there is provided apparatus for continuously receiving generally laminar articles from a production machine and conveying the articles away in stacks each containing predetermined number of articles, said apparatus comprising a plurality of spaced conveyor- belts located side by side, a plurality of .fingers rotatably mounted at one end on a carriage and arranged to receive the said articles temporarily from the production machine above the conveyor belts, vertical depending fingers for registering the received articles in stacks and movable vertically into and away from the article path so as to pass at least partially between individual said rotatable fingers, and means for placing the stacks of articles on the conveyor belts whereon the accumulation of articles is con tinued until said predetermined number of articles is achieved, after which accumula tion of said predetermined number of articles in a stack on the conveyor belts following articles can be received by said fingers and means for co-ordinating the operation of the conveyor belts, the vertical depending fingers and the fingers for receiving the articles whereby the machine can continue to work without interruption or substantially without interruption continuously and supply articles to the apparatus.
Apparatus embodying the invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings, in which: Figure 1 shows a lateral view with cut away sections of one embodiment of bag stacking apparatus in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 shows a plan view of the appa ratus of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a section on the line III--III of Figure 1; Figures 4 to 9 show, schematically and in lateral section, six characteristic positions of certain components of the apparatus of Figures 1 to 3; Figures 10 to 15 are partial front views of the components of the apparatus of Figures 1 to 3; Figures 16 to 20 show five characteristic positions of the components of a modifica tion of the apparatus of Figures 4 to 15; Figures 21 to 25 show five characteristic positions of the components of a second modification of the apparatus of Figures 4 to 15.
In the embodiment as shown in Figures 1 to 9, the apparatus for stacking plastics bags comprising a frame 1, which supports an endless belt-conveyor 2, consisting of a plurality of commonly driven endless belts 3, an appropriate distance a being provided laterally between the belts.
At the sides, the frame 1 is provided with two guides or rails, respectively 4 and 5, with which support wheels, respectively 6, 7 and 8, 9 of a carriage 10 co-operate. A shaft 11 on the carriage supports a series of L-shaped fingers 12, the number of which is preferably equal to the number of belts 3 of the belt-conveyor 2, each finger 12 being preferably located centrally above one of the belts 3. It is clear, however, that the number of fingers 12 may be different from the aforesaid number of belts 3, depending on the articles to be transferred and material from which they are made.
In this embodiment, on the shaft 11, there is also provided an appendage 13, which is coupled with the piston rod of a pressure cylinder or actuator 14, which is fixed to the carriage 10, the positions of the fingers 12 being controlled by this pressure cylinder 14.
Furthermore, the carriage 10 itself is coupled to the piston rod 15 of a pressure cylinder 16, which is itself mounted on the frame 1.
Two further pressure cylinders 17 and 171 are also mounted on the frame, the piston rods of which are fixed to a common bar 18, carrying depending teeth 19, these teeth being preferably so arranged that they can interdigitate with the individual belts 3 of the belt-conveyor 2, but are nevertheless able to act upon articles conveyed or supported by the belts 3.
Two additional pressure cylinders or actuators 20 and 21 are mounted on the frame 1, the piston rods of which are connected by a bar 22, oh which a multiplicity of, in this case T-shaped, fingers 23 are fixed, so that the horizontal part 24 of each T-shaped finger is located in such a way that it can pass through the space of width a between adjacent belts 3 of the belt conveyor 2.
The hereinbefore described apparatus is installed, as shown in Figures 4 to 9, downstream of a transfer device 25 (chain lines in Figure 1) of a bag making machine, this transfer device comprising shafts 26 and 27, on which pick-up means, e.g. rubber members, respectively 28 and 29, are provided.
The products to be transferred, in this case plastics bags 30, are picked up by the members 28 and 29 which transfer them to apparatus in accordance with the invention where the bags are stacked to a predetermined number, and then conveyed away.
The operation of the apparatus will be explained, with particular reference to Figures 4 to 15.
As shown in Figures 4 and 10, the carriage 10 in its forward position has it fingers 12 horizontal; the T-shaped fingers 23 and fingers 19 are in their respective lowest positions, in other words the lower ends of the fingers 19 are located just below the upper face of the belts 3 of the belt-conveyor 2.
In this position, the bags 30, continuously transferred by the transfer device 25, are received on the horizontal fingers 12, whilst the fingers 19 ensure that these bags 30 are retained and become superposed in a registered stack.
In order to produce a properly registered stack, a stop 31, upstream of the fingers 19, is provided together with two laterally adjustable guides 32, 33 which are schematically shown in Figure 2.
In the positions shown in Figures 5 and 11, the T-shaped fingers 23 have moved upwards, the horizontal part 24 of each finger 23 passing between two belts 3 and next to a finger 19, so that the stack of bags 30 initially supported by the fingers 12 is lifted, in other words becomes free from the fingers 12, while the transfer of bags 30 to the already existing stack continues.
In the position shown in Figures 6 and 12, all components remain in the same position in relation to the previous position, except that the carriage 10 is moved backwards, whereby the fingers 12 are removed from below the stack of bags 30, which is possible because the latter is now resting on the fingers 23 which, after the carriage 10 has moved backwards, will be moved downwards, while bags 30 can continue being fed on to the stack.
In the position shown in Figures 7 and 13, the fingers 12 have been rotated upwardly around shaft 11, on the one hand, while, on the other hand, the fingers 23 are moved downwards again, resulting in the already formed stack of bags 30 reaching the still stopped bclt-conveyor 2, the transfer of bags 30, continuing in the meanwhile.
In the position shown in Figures 8 and 14, the carriage 10, with the fingers 12 fixed thereon remaining in their upper position, is moved forward again, i.e. towards the bagmaking machine, it still remaining clear that also in this position, the transfer of bags 30 on to the already formed pile remains possible and continues.
When a predetermined number of bags in a stack is attained, which is established by a counter (not shown), located either on the apparatus or on the bag-making machine, the fingers 12 move downwards again. until they reach the position as shown in Figures 4 and 10, whereby the bags 30, which are still being fed, automatically arrive on these fingers 12 to commence a fresh stack. This downwards motion of the fingers 12 will, of course, take place very rapidly, for example, in the time interval between the transfers of two successive bags while, under certain operational conditions when, for example, small bags are being produced at a high rate, the machine operation may be interrupted by an interval equal to the time taken for one transfer, in order to make it possible for the apparatus to bring the fingers 12 back to the horizontal position. For certain articles, it is possible that the period during which article manufacture is interrupted will be longer i.e. equal to the manufacture of two or three articles.
After this, the fingers 19 are moved upwards, Figures 9 and 15, and when the fingers are in their upper position, the beltconveyor 2 is automatically started and moves the stack of bags 30 which is placed on it.
The apparatus can be made to operate in such a way that bags transferred from a production machine, can be arranged into stacks and to convey away from the said stacks, without interrupting the transfer of bags from the production machine.
In a modification shown in Figures 16 to 20, the apparatus comprises the aforesaid components, the fingers 23 being, however, removed. In this modification, when the stack is approaching a predetermined number, the fingers are simply withdrawn from under the stack, the fingers 19 holding the stack in register and the stacking continuing until the predetermined number is achieved.
At that instant, the fingers 19 are drawn upwards and the belt-conveyor is started, so that the formed stack is carried away, while the transferred bags continue to arrive on the fingers 12 which have returned to the receiving position. Although good results can be achieved with this modified apparatus, it is only applicable to relatively rigid bags.
If fairly flexible goods must also be handled by such a simplified modification without fingers 23, it is possible so to locate the fingers 12 that they can be inserted between the belts 3. As may be clearly seen in Figures 21 to 25, the bags 30 will first be stacked an the fingers 12, in which case, when a sufficient number is attained, the fingers 12 are simply moved downwards, backwards and again upwards, so that, when the stack of bags counts a predetermined number of bags, the fingers 19 move upwards while simultaneously the fingers 12 move forward again and the belt 2 is started to carry away the first stack of bags, whilst bags continue to be transferred on to the fingers 12.
The apparatus hereinbefore described cooperates with a machine for producing paper bags, plastics foil bags and other generally laminar articles so that the articles can be conveyed away without having to stop the machine or to interrupt the bag-making cycle, and collected in stacks with a predetermined number of articles so that, once the predetermined number of articles is attained, the stack can be conveyed away without having to stop the production machine or to interrupt its cycle.
Although the apparatus is more especially intended for collecting small bags which are made from plastics foil, it is clear that the apparatus hereinbefore described may be used also for collecting and conveying away small paper bags, fabric bags or bags made from other materials and also for collecting and conveying away sheets, films, foils and suchlike items.
In the preferred embodiment and in the modifications thereof control means will be provided for the various actuators to ensure that the stacking apparatus is synchronized with operation of the bag-making or other production machine. Also the counter will initiate operation of the apparatus so that the various motions of the fingers are completed by the time that a stack with a predetermined number of bags is attained. It is preferred that the apparatus should operate without interrupting the continuous operation of the production machine but the loss of one or possibly even two or three articles is acceptable.
WHAT WE CLAIM IS:- 1. Apparatus for continuously receiving bags and other generally laminar articles from a production machine and conveying the articles away in stacks each containing predetermined number of articles, said apparatus comprising a plurality of spaced conveyor-belts located side by side, a plurality of fingers for receiving the said articles temporarily from the production machine above the conveyor belts, means for registering the received articles in stacks and movable into and away from the article path so as to pass at least partially between individual said fingers and means for placing the stacks of articles on the conveyor belts whereon stack- ing is continued until said predetermined number in each stack is achieved, said fingers being free to receive further bags after said stack with a predetermined number of bags has been formed on the conveyor belts, and means for co-ordinating the operation of the conveyor belts, the means for registering the received articles and the fingers for receiving the articles whereby the machine can continue to work without interruption or substantially without interruption, continuously, and supply articles to the apparatus.
2. Apparatus according to claim 1,
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**WARNING** start of CLMS field may overlap end of DESC **. fingers 12 to commence a fresh stack. This downwards motion of the fingers 12 will, of course, take place very rapidly, for example, in the time interval between the transfers of two successive bags while, under certain operational conditions when, for example, small bags are being produced at a high rate, the machine operation may be interrupted by an interval equal to the time taken for one transfer, in order to make it possible for the apparatus to bring the fingers 12 back to the horizontal position. For certain articles, it is possible that the period during which article manufacture is interrupted will be longer i.e. equal to the manufacture of two or three articles. After this, the fingers 19 are moved upwards, Figures 9 and 15, and when the fingers are in their upper position, the beltconveyor 2 is automatically started and moves the stack of bags 30 which is placed on it. The apparatus can be made to operate in such a way that bags transferred from a production machine, can be arranged into stacks and to convey away from the said stacks, without interrupting the transfer of bags from the production machine. In a modification shown in Figures 16 to 20, the apparatus comprises the aforesaid components, the fingers 23 being, however, removed. In this modification, when the stack is approaching a predetermined number, the fingers are simply withdrawn from under the stack, the fingers 19 holding the stack in register and the stacking continuing until the predetermined number is achieved. At that instant, the fingers 19 are drawn upwards and the belt-conveyor is started, so that the formed stack is carried away, while the transferred bags continue to arrive on the fingers 12 which have returned to the receiving position. Although good results can be achieved with this modified apparatus, it is only applicable to relatively rigid bags. If fairly flexible goods must also be handled by such a simplified modification without fingers 23, it is possible so to locate the fingers 12 that they can be inserted between the belts 3. As may be clearly seen in Figures 21 to 25, the bags 30 will first be stacked an the fingers 12, in which case, when a sufficient number is attained, the fingers 12 are simply moved downwards, backwards and again upwards, so that, when the stack of bags counts a predetermined number of bags, the fingers 19 move upwards while simultaneously the fingers 12 move forward again and the belt 2 is started to carry away the first stack of bags, whilst bags continue to be transferred on to the fingers 12. The apparatus hereinbefore described cooperates with a machine for producing paper bags, plastics foil bags and other generally laminar articles so that the articles can be conveyed away without having to stop the machine or to interrupt the bag-making cycle, and collected in stacks with a predetermined number of articles so that, once the predetermined number of articles is attained, the stack can be conveyed away without having to stop the production machine or to interrupt its cycle. Although the apparatus is more especially intended for collecting small bags which are made from plastics foil, it is clear that the apparatus hereinbefore described may be used also for collecting and conveying away small paper bags, fabric bags or bags made from other materials and also for collecting and conveying away sheets, films, foils and suchlike items. In the preferred embodiment and in the modifications thereof control means will be provided for the various actuators to ensure that the stacking apparatus is synchronized with operation of the bag-making or other production machine. Also the counter will initiate operation of the apparatus so that the various motions of the fingers are completed by the time that a stack with a predetermined number of bags is attained. It is preferred that the apparatus should operate without interrupting the continuous operation of the production machine but the loss of one or possibly even two or three articles is acceptable. WHAT WE CLAIM IS:-
1. Apparatus for continuously receiving bags and other generally laminar articles from a production machine and conveying the articles away in stacks each containing predetermined number of articles, said apparatus comprising a plurality of spaced conveyor-belts located side by side, a plurality of fingers for receiving the said articles temporarily from the production machine above the conveyor belts, means for registering the received articles in stacks and movable into and away from the article path so as to pass at least partially between individual said fingers and means for placing the stacks of articles on the conveyor belts whereon stack- ing is continued until said predetermined number in each stack is achieved, said fingers being free to receive further bags after said stack with a predetermined number of bags has been formed on the conveyor belts, and means for co-ordinating the operation of the conveyor belts, the means for registering the received articles and the fingers for receiving the articles whereby the machine can continue to work without interruption or substantially without interruption, continuously, and supply articles to the apparatus.
2. Apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the fingers are each provided at said one end with a vertical part attached to a common shaft, which shaft is rotatable in relation to the frame of the apparatus.
3. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fingers are mounted at said one end on a carriage which is movable lengthwise of the frame of the apparatus.
4. Apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein there is provided one said finger per conveyor belt and the fingers are arranged alternatively with the belts.
5. Apparatus according to any one of the claims 1 to 4, wherein the fingers are L-shaped.
6. Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the registering means comprise vertical, depending, fingers, directed downwards and secured at their upper ends to a common bar, and the vertical fingers are located between the fingers capable of temporarily receiving, above the belt-conveyor, the articles supplied by the production machine.
7. Apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the vertical depending fingers can move up and down, the fingers interdigitating with the receiving fingers in the down location.
8. Apparatus according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the vertical depending fingers are so located as to be capable of interdigitating with the conveyor-belts.
9. Apparatus according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the vertical depending fingers are so located as to engage the conveyor-belts.
10. Apparatus according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the number of vertical depending fingers is equal or equal less one to the number of conveyor-belts.
11. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the artide-placing means comprises fingers disposed below the belt-conveyors, which can move vertically in relation to the frame of the apparatus and are so arranged on a common bar that they can move into the spaces between the conveyor-belts.
12. Apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the fingers of the article-placing means are T-shaped.
13. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the article-placing means comprise horizontal fingers located in a horizontal plane between the conveyor belts, and means is provided for imparting a rectangular motion to said fingers, that is to say from above the belt-conveyor downwards, rearwards, again above the belt-conveyor and forwards.
14. Apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the length of the aforesaid horizontal fingers and length of the horizontal parts of the T-shaped fingers is equal to or greater than the width, or if appropriate the height of the articles to be stacked.
15. Apparatus for continuously receiving generally laminar articles from a production machine and conveying the articles away in stacks each containing predetermined number of articles, said apparatus comprising a plurality of spaced conveyorbelts located side by side, a plurality of fingers rotatably mounted at one end on a carriage and arranged to receive the said articles temporarily from the production machine above the conveyor belts, vertical depending fingers for registering the received articles in stacks and movable vertically into and away from the article path so as to pass at least partially between individual said rotatable fingers, and means for placing the stacks of articles on the conveyor belts whereon the accumulation of articles is continued until said predetermined number of articles is achieved, after which accumulation of said predetermined number of articles in a stack on the conveyor belts following articles can be received by said fingers and means for co-ordinating the operation of the conveyor belts, the vertical depending fingers and the fingers for receiving the articles whereby the machine can continue to work without interruption or substantially without interruption continuously and supply articles to the apparatus. - - --
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