GB1604192A - Method of detaching the connecting assembly from a universal joint and an apparatus for use in the method - Google Patents
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(54) A METHOD OF DETACHING THE CONNECTING ASSEMBLY
FROM A UNIVERSAL JOINT, AND AN APPARATUS FOR USE
IN THE METHOD
(71) I, JOHN FULTON KENNY, a
British subject, Rumdewan, Kingskettle,
Fife, Scotland,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:
The invention relates to a method of detaching the connecting assembly from a universal joint, and an apparatus for use in the method.
Hereinafter, the term "flanged member" will be used to mean having a pair of flanges upstanding therefrom, each flange having an aperture therethrough, the apertures in the two flanges being aligned with one another, whilst the term "connecting assembly" will be used to denote an assembly comprising a substantially cruciform body portion having four end portions mounted, or capable of being mounted, on the ends of its arms, so as to be rotatable on said arms so that the flanged members are pivotable independently of one another through at least a limited arc relative to the body portion. For convenience the body portion is considered as being constituted by a first member crossed by a second member, said first and second members providing first and second arms respectively.
It is known to form a universal joint by fixing together two flanged members and a connecting assembly (both as hereinbefore defined), two of the end portions of the connecting assembly being secured within the apertures in one flanged member and the other two end portions being secured within the apertures in the other flanged member, the two end portions secured to each flanged member being at opposed ends of one arm of the body portion of the connecting assembly. Certain joints of this type are sometimes referred to as Hooke's joints.
It is common practice to use a universal joint of the aforementioned type on frontengined, rear-wheel-drive motor vehicles between the two parts of the propellor shaft, the said two halves serving as the two flanged members. In the past it has been normal practice to secure the end portions of the connecting assembly within the apertures in such a joint using circlips. A more common practice now, though, involves securing the end portions within the apertures simply by means of a pressure fit therebetween.Unfortunately, the connecting assembly in such an impressed universal joint often fails after the Joint has been in use over an extended period (typically after 40,000 to 50,000 miles) and there has hitherto been no practicable method available to the vehicle owner by which the failed connecting assembly can be detached from the flanged members, and thus it has been necessary to purchase a complete new propellor shaft, which is very expensive.
The present invention seeks to provide a method and apparatus which facilitates the removal of the connecting assembly of a universal joint from one of the flanged members thereof. Preferred methods and apparatus of the invention also permit the securing of a new connecting assembly between the flanges of the flanged members, thereby permitting complete replacement of the connecting assembly.
Accordingly, the invention provides a method of detaching the connecting assembly (as defined hereinafter) from one of the flanged members (as hereinafter defined) of a universal joint in which joint end portions rotatably mounted on the ends of the arms of crossed first and second members of the connecting assembly are secured by means of a press-fit into apertures in the flanges of the flanged members, wherein
the ends of the first member of the connecting assembly and/or the end portions thereon and/or a flanged member secured to said end portions is/are abutted against two spaced abutment surfaces on a first stop member, there being a gap between said spaced abutment surfaces through which the second member of the connecting assembly and one of the flanges secured to the end portions mounted on said second member can pass; the outer face of one of the flanges secured to the end portions on the said second member is abutted against an abutment surface on a second stop member for applying pressure to the said outer face of the flange which it abuts without applying pressure to the end portion secured thereto, said second stop member having a recess for accommodating at least part of the end portion adjacent thereto, said recess being at least partially surrounded by said abutment surface; at least one of the first and second stop members is moved towards the other of said stop members so that the abutment surface on the second stop member applies pressure to said outer face and urges that face towards the first stop member without applying pressure to the end portion secured in the flange having said outer face, movement being continued until said end portion originally secured to the flange abutting said second stop member becomes substantially detached therefrom and enters the recess in the second stop member; and thereafter the end portion originally mounted on the other end of said second member is detached from the flange to which it was originally secured.
Once one end portion has been removed from the flange to which it was originally secured, it may be possible to remove the body portion of the connecting assembly from between the flanges of the flanged member bearing that flange and thereafter simply to punch the end portion out of the other flange on that flanged member.
However, desirably the end portion secured to the said other flange is removed in precisely the same manner as the other one, the flanged member having first been turned through 1800 so that the said other flange thereon abuts the second stop member.
Obviously, once the connecting assembly has been detached from one of the flanged members by the method of the invention, it may be detached from the other flanged member by repeating the method.
The invention also provides an apparatus for carrying out the method of the invention, said apparatus comprising:
relatively movable first and second stop members wherein
the first stop member has two spaced abutment surfaces for each abutting one of the ends of the first member of the connecting assembly and/or the end portions thereon and/or a first flanged member secured to said end portions, there being between the two spaced abutment surfaces a gap through which a second member of the connecting assembly and one of the flanges (of a second flanged member) secured to the end portions mounted on said second member can pass; second
the second stop member has an abutment surface disposed facing the gap between the spaced abutment surfaces on the first stop member for applying pressure in use of the apparatus, to the outer face of the other flange of the second flanged member without applying pressure to the second member end portion secured to said other flange, when said stop members are moved towards each other, said second stop member abutment surface being provided with a recess for accommodating at least part of the end portion on the second arm secured to said other flange of the second flanged member, said recess being at least partially surrounded by the second stop member abutment surface; and
the first and second stop members are provided with movement means arranged for relative movement of said stop members towards and away from one another along an axis passing through the recess in the second stop member and the gap between the abutment surfaces on the first stop member.
It is desirable that the method of the invention also include securing a replacement connecting assembly to the two flanged members from which the old con pectin assembly has been removed.
Accordingly, desirably the method of the invention includes the further steps of:
placing the body portion of a replacement connecting assembly between the flanges of one of the aforementioned flanged members with one member of the body portion aligned with the said flanged member; placing adjacent the outer ends of each aperture in the two flanges of said flanged member an end portion which cannot slide freely into the aperture adjacent which it is placed; abutting the outer end of each end portion against a secondary stop member, each secondary stop member having an abutment surface with predetermined dimensions such that it can enter the aperture adjacent which it lies; moving at least one of the secondary stop members towards the other secondary stop member, thereby exerting pressure on the end portions but not on the flanges adjacent which they are placed and so forcing the end portions into the apertures in the two flanges, thereby securing the end portions to the said flanged member and holding the connecting assembly body portion between the flanges of the said flanged member; and thereafter repeating said aforementioned further steps to secure two further end portions to a second flanged member and holding the body portion between the flanges of the second flanged member.
A major advantage afforded by the invention is that it enables the replacement of defective connecting assemblies from uni versal joints of the above-mentioned type quickly and economically whilst substantially avoiding any damage to the flanged members.
To prevent the flanges on either of the flanged members bending toward one another during the pressing of the end portions into the apertures in those flanges, (with consequent risk of misalignment of the joint to be formed), it is desirable that a spacer be inserted between the two flanges (on either or both of the flanged members), this spacer serving to keep the two flanges the proper distance apart. Furthermore, it is desirable that each secondary stop member be formed in such a way that, as the end portion in contact therewith is forced into its aperture, the secondary stop member will crimp material from the outer face of the adjacent flange radially inwardly behind the end portion, thereby helping to prevent the end portion slipping back out of the aperture.
To enable the apparatus of the invention to carry out the further steps described above, the apparatus desirably further comprises two secondary stop members each having an abutment surface capable of entering the aperture in the flange of a flanged member, at least one of the two secondary stop members being provided with means for moving it toward and away from the other secondary stop member.
Preferably, each secondary stop member is provided with crimping members adjacent its abutment surface, the crimping members being capable of crimping material radially inwardly from the outer face of a flange of a flanged member as the abutment surface of the secondary stop member enters the aperture in that flange.
A particularly preferred form of the apparatus of the invention comprises:
a base member having two limbs; and
first and second spigots mounted one upon each of the limbs of the base member so as to face the other of said limbs, the two spigots being aligned with one another and at least one of the spigots being movable toward and away from the other spigot along a line passing through both spigots, the first stop member of the apparatus being mounted or releasably mountable upon the first spigot, the second stop member of the apparatus being releasably mountable on the second spigot, and one of the two secondary stop members of the apparatus being releasably mountable on the first spigot whilst the other secondary stop member is releasably mountable on the second spigot.
It will be appreciated that when the first and second stop members of such an apparatus are mounted on the spigots thereof, the apparatus may be used to remove a connecting assembly from a flanged member, whilst, when the secondary stop members are mounted upon the spigots, the apparatus may be used to secure end portions to a flanged member, holding a body portion between the flanges of the flanged member.
In such a particularly preferred apparatus of the invention, conveniently one of the spigots has a threaded section engaged in a threaded aperture in one limb of the base member and movement of the said one spigot toward and away from the other spigot is effected by rotating the said one spigot.
A preferred embodiment of the invention will now be described, though by way of illustration only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure I is a side elevation, partly in section, of the preferred apparatus of the invention being used to remove a connecting assembly from a flanged member;
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the preferred apparatus of the invention being used to secure end portions to the flanges of a flanged member and thereby hold the body portion of a connecting assembly between the said flanges; and
Figures 3A and 3B are respectively an end elevation and a side elevation, the latter being partly in section, of one of the secondary stop members shown in Figure 2.
The preferred apparatus of the invention shown in Figures 1 and 2 comprises a substantially U-shaped base member 1 having two parallel upstanding limbs 2 and 3. A first cylindrical spigot 4 is mounted upon the inward face of the limb 2 so as to face the limb 3, whilst a second spigot (generally designated 5) having an unthreaded cylindrical section 6, a threaded section 7 and a hexagonal-prismatic section 8, has its threaded section 7 engaged with a corresponding thread in a bore 9 in the limb 3. The spigots 4 and 5 are aligned with one another, sharing a common axis, and by applying a spanner to the hexagonal section 8, the spigot 5 may be rotated and hence moved toward or away from the spigot 4 along this common axis or even detached completely if rotation to move it away from the spigot 4 is continued.
In Figure 1, a first stop member (generally designated 10) is shown detachably mounted on the first spigot 4. This first stop member 10 comprises an upright portion 11 in the left-hand face (in Figure 1) of which is cut a cylindro-conical recess 12 accommodating the first spigot 4. From either end of the upright portion extend two parallel limbs 13 and 14. The end faces of the limbs 13 and 14 constitute abutment surfaces 15 and 16 respectively of the first stop member, these abutment faces lying in the same plane and being separated by a gap 17.
Also in Figure 1, a second stop member 18 is shown detachably mounted on the second spigot 5. This second stop member 18 is substantially cylindrical and has at its one axial end (to the right in Figure 1) an axial, cylindrical recess which accommodates one end of the cylindrical section 6 of the second spigot 5. The opposed axial end face of the second stop member 18 has an axial cylindrical recess 19 encircled by an annular abutment surface 20. The said opposed axial end of the second stop member 18 has a chamfer 21, whose purpose will be explained hereinafter.
In Figure 1, the apparatus of the invention is shown operating upon part of a universal joint, this part comprising a flanged member (generally designated 22) and a connecting assembly. The flanged member 22 comprises a shaft 24 having two upstanding flanges 25 and 26 arranged to form with the shaft a generally fork-like structure. Apertures in the form of co-axial bores of the same diameter pass through the flanges 25 and 26. The connecting assembly has a crucifortn body portion 23 having a first member crossed by a second member said first and second members providing first and second arms respectively, each arm terminating in a cylindncal spigot 27.The spigots 27 on the second member (the horizontal member as viewed in Figure 1) each carry an end portion or cap 28; the cap is substantially cylindrical and is hollow, being closed at its outer end, and is rotatable relative to the spigot 27 which it encircles by means of a plurality of roller bearings 29 mounted on the inner cylindrical surface of the cap 28 and lying parallel to the axis thereof. Between each cap 28 and an adjacent shoulder 30 on the body portion 23 lies a metal washer 31 and a rubber washer 32, the rubber washer permitting the cap 28 to slide axially relative to the associated spigot 27 to a limited extent.
In the assembled universal joint, the spigots 27 on the first member (the vertical member as viewed in Figure 1) of the body portion are, of course, also provided with caps 28. If desired, such caps may be replaced on the spigots of the vertical limb before the apparatus is assembled as shown in Figure 1 in order to spread the load on the abutment surfaces of the first stop member during the method described below).
To use the apparatus shown in Figure 1 to carry out the method of the invention, the apparatus is assembled in the position shown in that Figure with the spigots 27 on the first vertical member of the body portion 23 abutting the abutment surfaces of the first stop member 10, and the second horizontal member of the body portion and one of the flanges secured thereto passing into the gap between the two abutment surfaces.
The outer (right-hand) face to the righthand flange 26 in Figure 1 is then abutted against the abutment surface 20 of the second stop member 18, the recess 19 of the second stop member 18 being aligned with the outer end face of the cap 28 adjacent thereto. The hexagonal section 8 of the second spigot 5 is now turned with a spanner so as to move the second spigot 5 and the second stop member 18 mounted thereon towards the first spigot 4 along the common axis of the spigots, thereby causing the abutment surface 20 to apply pressure on the outer face of the flange 26 but not on the cap 28 secured thereto. The flanged member 22 is thus shifted to the left in Figure 1 whilst the connecting member is held stationary by the first stop member 10.Eventually, the cap 28 originally secured to the flange 26 (by its press-fit) therewith) becomes detached therefrom and enters and is accommodated within the recess 19 of the second stop member 18.
Thereafter, the shaft 24 is rotated through 1800 about its own axis and the method repeated to remove the cap 28 from the other end of the same arm of the body portion 23.
The apparatus shown in Figure 1 may be used in a very similar manner to detach a connecting assembly from one or both of two flanged (fork-like) members between whose flanges it is held. In this case, the abutment surfaces of the first stop member are abutted against the edges of the flanges secured to the vertical arm of the body portion. The chamfer 21 on the second stop member 18 prevents that stop member contacting projections present on the flanges of certain commercially-used flange members when the apparatus of the invention is being used in this way.
In Figure 2, the base member shown in
Figure 1 has mounted upon its spigots 4 and 5 two secondary stop members (generally designated 35), one of which is shown in more detail in Figures 3A and 3B. Each secondary stop member 35 has substantially the form of a solid cylinder having at the centre of its one axial end face a bore 36, which can receive one of the spigots 4 and 5, and at its opposed axial end an abutment surface 37 raised above the level of the adjacent end surface part of which constitutes a central circular recess 38 capable of accommodating a small elevation (not shown in the drawings) on the end face of each cap 28 and the size of the surface 37 is such that it can enter the bores in the flanges 25 and 26.Equally spaced around the periphery of the surface 37 are four cylindrical crimping members 39 having axial end faces spaced by 0.010 inches along the axis of the secondary stop member from the adjacent portions of the surface 37.
In Figure 2, the apparatus of the invention is shown being used to secure two caps 38 to the flanges 25 and 26. The body portion 23 of a new connecting member which has first had two pairs of washers 31 and 32 placed in position on one of its arms, is placed between the flanges 25 and 26 with the said one arm aligned with the common axis of the bores in those flanges, and adjacent the outer end of each bore is placed a cap 28 which cannot slide freely into the bore adjacent which it lies, the open ends of the caps 28 facing the bores. A spacer 40 (shown in broken lines in Figure 2 is inserted between the flanges 25 and 26 to keep them the correct distance apart.The outer ends of the caps 28 are abutted against the abutment surfaces 37 of the secondary stop members 35, and the hexagonal section 8 of the second spigot 5 is then turned with a spanner so as to move the second spigot 5 and the secondary sto member 35 mounted thereon towards the first spigot 4 along the common axis of the spigots, thereby causing the abutment surfaces 37 to exert pressure on the caps 28 but not on the flanges 25 and 26 and so forcing the caps into the bores in the two flanges, thereby securing the caps to the flanged member 22 and holding the body portion of the connecting member between the flanges 25 and 26.As the caps 28 are forced into the bores in the flanges, the abutment surfaces 37 also enter these bores, whilst the crimping members 39 are forced into contact with the other faces of the flanges 25 and 26 adjacent the bores extending there-through and crimp material from the outer faces of the flanges radially behind the caps, thereby helping to prevent the caps slipping back out of the bores.
After the caps have thus been secured to the flanges of one flanged member, the method just described is repeated to secure a further pair of caps to the flanges of a second flanged member, thereby holding the body portion of the aforementioned new connecting assembly also between the flanges of the second flanged member.
The preferred embodiment of the invention described above enables even an unskilled person to quickly and easily remove and replace the connecting assembly of a universal joint. Furthermore, because during the securing of the caps of the connecting assembly to the flanges of the flanged member is effected by forces directed along the common axis of the bores in the flanges, there is little or no risk of misalignment of the joint formed.
The first spigot 4 in the preferred embodiment of the invention may be replaced by a spigot identical to the second spigot 5, the limb 2 being modified accordingly so that the first spigot could also be detached by unscrewing it completely, said first spigot being mounted on the limb 2 between the spaced abutment surfaces of the first stop member. In this case also the second stop member is releasably mountable upon the second spigot and one of the two secondary stop members is releasably mountable on the first spigot whilst the other secondary stop member is releasably mountable on the second spigot.
The preferred embodiment of the invention may also be modified by securing the first sto member 10 permanents to the limb 2 this is equivalent to the first stop member being formed integrally with the limb) and extending the first spigot 4 so that it passes through the upright portion 11 of the first stop member 10. One secondary stop member 35 may then be mounted on the part of the first spigot 4 projecting from the upright portion 11.
WATI CLAIM IS:
1. A method of detaching the connecting assembly (as defined herembefore) from one of the flanged members (as hereinbefore defined) of a universal joint in which joint end portions rotatably mounted on the ends of the arms of crossed first and second members of the connecting assembly are secured by means of a press-fit into apertures in the flanges of the flanged members wherein
the ends of the first member of the connecting assembly and/or the end portions thereon and/or a flanged member secured to said end portions is/are abutted against two spaced abutment surfaces on a first stop member, there being a gap between said spaced abutment surfaces through which the second member of the connecting assembly and one of the flanges secured to the end portions mounted on said second member can pass; the outer face of one of the flanges secured to the end portions on the said second member is abutted against an abutment surface on a second stop member for applying pressure to the said outer face of the flange which it abuts without a plying pressure to the end portion secured thereto said second stop member having a recess for accommodating at least part of the end portion adjacent thereto, said recess being at least partially surrounded by said abutment surface; at least one of the first and second stop members is moved towards the other of said
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1. A method of detaching the connecting assembly (as defined herembefore) from one of the flanged members (as hereinbefore defined) of a universal joint in which joint end portions rotatably mounted on the ends of the arms of crossed first and second members of the connecting assembly are secured by means of a press-fit into apertures in the flanges of the flanged members wherein
the ends of the first member of the connecting assembly and/or the end portions thereon and/or a flanged member secured to said end portions is/are abutted against two spaced abutment surfaces on a first stop member, there being a gap between said spaced abutment surfaces through which the second member of the connecting assembly and one of the flanges secured to the end portions mounted on said second member can pass; the outer face of one of the flanges secured to the end portions on the said second member is abutted against an abutment surface on a second stop member for applying pressure to the said outer face of the flange which it abuts without a plying pressure to the end portion secured thereto said second stop member having a recess for accommodating at least part of the end portion adjacent thereto, said recess being at least partially surrounded by said abutment surface; at least one of the first and second stop members is moved towards the other of said
stop members so that the abutment surface on the second stop member applies pressure to said outer face and urges that face towards the first stop member without applying pressure to the end portion secured in the flange having said outer face movement being continued until said end portion originally secured to the flange abutting said second sto z member becomes substantially detached t erefrom and enters the recess in the second stop member; and thereafter the end portion originally mounted on the other end of said second member is detached from the flange to which it was originally secured.
2. A method as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the end portion originally mounted on other end of said second member is detached from the flange to which it was originally secured is effected by turning the flanged member through 18 and thereafter repeating the preceding steps of the method.
3. A method as claimed in Claim 1 or 2, which method includes the further steps of:
placing the body portion of a replacement connecting assembly between the flanges of one of the aforementioned flanged members with one member of the body Portion aligned with the said flanged member;
placing adjacent the outer ends of each aperture in the two flanges of said flanged member an end portion which cannot slide freely into the aperture adjacent which it is placed;
abutting the outer end of each end portion against a secondary stop member; each secondary stop member having an abutment surface with predetermined dimensions such that it can enter the aperture adjacent which it lies;
moving at least one of the secondary stop members towards the other secondary stop member, thereby exerting pressure on the end portions but not on the flanges adjacent which they are placed and so forcing the end portions into the apertures in the two flanges thereby securing the end portions to the said flanged member and holding the connecting assembly body portion between the flanges of the said flanged member and thereafter repeating said aforementioned further steps to secure two further end portions to a second flanged member and holding the body portion between the flanges of the second flanged member.
4. A method as claimed in Claim 3, wherein a spacer is inserted between the two flanges on either or both of the flanged members, this spacer serving to keep the flanges the proper distance apart during the pressing of the end portions into the apertures in the said two flanges.
5. A method as claimed in Claim 3 or 4, wherein each secondary stop member is formed in such a way that, as the end portion in contact therewith is forced into its aperture, the material from the outer face of the adjacent flange is crimped by the secondary stop member radially inwardly behind the end portion, thereby helping to prevent the end portion slipping back out of the aperture.
6. An apparatus for use in carrying out a method as claimed in Claim 1 comprising relatively movable first and second stop members wherein
the first stop member has two spaced abutment surfaces for each abutting one of the ends of the first member of the connecting assembly and/or the end portions thereon and/or a first flanged member secured to said end portions, there being between the two spaced abutment surfaces a gap through which a second member of the connecting assembly and one of the flanges (of a second flanged member) secured to the end portions mounted on said second member can pass;;
the second stop member has an abutment surface disposed facing the gap between the spaced abutment surfaces on the first stop member for applying pressure in use of the apparatus, to the outer face of the other flange of the second flanged member without applying pressure to the second member end portion secured to said other flange, when said stop members are moved towards each other, said second stop member abutment surface being provided with a recess for accommodating at least part of the end portion on the second arm secured to said other flange of the second flanged member, said recess being at least partially surrounded by the second stop member abutment surface; and
the first and second stop members are provided with movement means arranged for relative movement of said stop members towards and away from one another along an axis passing through the recess in the second stop member and the gap between the abutment surfaces on the first stop member.
7. An apparatus as claimed in Claim 6, which apparatus includes two secondary stop members each having an abutment surface for entering the aperture in the flange of a flanged member, at least one of the two secondary stop members being provided with movement means for moving it toward and away from the other secondary stop member.
8. An apparatus as claimed in Claim 7, wherein each secondary stop member is provided with crimping members adjacent its abutment surface for crimping material radially inwardly from the outer face of a flange of a flanged member as the abutment surface of the secondary stop member en ters the aperture in that flange.
9. An apparatus as claimed in Claim 7 or
Claim 8 which apparatus also includes a base member having two limbs; and
first and second spigots mounted one upon each of the limbs of the base member so as to face the other of said limbs, the two spigots being aligned with one another and at least one of the spigots being movable toward and away from the other spigot along a line passing through both spigots and in that the first stop member is mounted or releasably mountable upon the first spigot;
the second stop member is releasably mountable upon the second spigot; and one of the two secondary stop members is releasably mountable on the first spigot whilst the other secondary stop member is releasably mountable on the second spigot.
10. An apparatus as claimed in Claim 9, in which one of the spigots has a threaded section engaged in a threaded aperture in one limb of the base member and movement of the said one spigot towards and away from the other spigot is effected by rotating said one spigot.
11. An apparatus as claimed in Claim 7 or Claim 8 which apparatus also includes a base member having two limbs one of said limbs being constructed so as to provide the first stop member and first and second spigots mounted one upon each of the limbs of the base member so as to face the other of said limbs the two spigots being aligned with one another and at least one of the spigots being movable towards and away from the other spigot along a line through both spigots, the first spigot being detachably mounted upon said one of said limbs in the gap between the spaced abutment surfaces of the first stop member the second stop member is releasably mountable upon the second spigot and one of the two secondary stop members is releasably mountable on the first spigot whilst the other secondary stop member is releasably mountable on the second spigot.
12. A method of detaching the connecting assembly (as hereinbefore defined) of a universal joint from one of the flanged members (as hereinbefore defined) thereof, the method being substantially as herein described, with reference to and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
13. An apparatus for carrying out a method as claimed in any of Claims 1 to 8, the apparatus being substantially as herein descnbed, with reference to and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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