JP3662397B2 - Conveying device for integrated packaging of packaging sheets - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to a transport apparatus suitable for use in an integrated packaging for collecting and packaging packaging sheets, and more particularly to a general transporting apparatus for integrated packaging that can cope with different packaging forms with one apparatus.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In the so-called pillow packaging in which a plurality of packaging sheets are collected and packaged, for example, when the article to be packaged is a tablet, depending on the type of drug, a method of pillow packaging by combining 10 packaging sheets of roses, There is a method of pillow-wrapping a plurality of bundling sheets obtained by bundling a plurality of packaging sheets. The transport method of the pillow-wrapped packaging sheet or the assembly thereof differs depending on the packaging form, but conventionally, since a separate transport device has been prepared for each packaging method, a large variety of small-quantity production is performed. In some cases, every time the packaging method is changed, there is a problem that a transport device corresponding to the packaging method must be prepared. In this specification, “rose” means a state in which a plurality of packaging sheets are not bound by a band, a tape or the like.
[0003]
That is, for example, in the case of pillow packaging of 10 loose packaging sheets without binding, in order to prevent the stacking of the packaging sheets from collapsing in the middle of conveyance, the supply of the packaging sheets to the pillow intake conveyor should be transferred. In order to ensure, the delivery is carried out in a state where 10 stacked packaging sheets are gripped by a chuck that can be swiveled by a transfer device. After a predetermined number of packaging sheets are bound to form a binding sheet, When a plurality of bundling sheets are packaged together and pillow-wrapped, it is necessary to provide a bundling band machine on the downstream side of the transfer device. For this reason, in order to cope with the different packaging methods described above, each of the conveying devices has a structure having a dedicated line configuration.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The problem to be solved by the present invention is that there is a difference in the packaging method as in the case of pillow wrapping a plurality of unbundled packaging sheets and the case of wrapping a plurality of binding sheets formed by banding the packaging sheets. It is to provide a conveying device for stacking and packaging of packaging sheets, and a conveyor used in such a device.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The transport apparatus for integrated packaging according to the present invention is provided adjacent to a bulk sheet conveyor that intermittently transports a plurality of wrapping sheets every predetermined number of sheets, and a first take-out portion of the bulk sheet conveyor. A band bundling mechanism for bundling a predetermined number of packaging sheets sent by the bulk sheet conveyor into a bundling sheet, and an upstream end disposed adjacent to the second take-out portion of the bulk sheet conveyor, An intake conveyor having a first transport path for transporting a predetermined number of unbound packaging sheets sent by the loose sheet conveyor and a second transport path for transporting a plurality of band-bound sheets, and the band binding A bundling sheet collecting mechanism that is arranged downstream of the mechanism and collects a plurality of bundling sheets band-bundled by the band bundling mechanism; and A carry-in mechanism provided at a rear portion of the second conveyance path of the insertion conveyor, and carrying a plurality of bundle sheets sent through the second conveyance path into the first conveyance path of the intake conveyor; It is prepared for.
The conveyor for a packaging apparatus according to the present invention includes an endless flexible body that cyclically moves according to a predetermined path, and a number of feeding members attached to the endless flexible body at a predetermined interval, the first extending in the vertical direction. A feed member having a feed portion and a second feed portion extending in the left-right direction, and a path through which the first feed portion passes and which is provided along a movement path of the feed member A rose sheet guide for guiding a packaging sheet on which roses are stacked, and a common sheet guide arranged in series with the rose sheet guide, which defines a passage through which a feeding claw passes and overlaps the roses A common sheet guide for guiding the packaged sheets, a bundling sheet guide for guiding the bundling sheet provided at a position below the loose sheet guide along the moving path of the bundling sheet, and a bundling sheet guide Next to the end And a loading mechanism for loading the common sheet guide unity sheets fed from the binding sheet guide be arranged in a portion of the common sheet guide side of the rose sheet guide is configured to be removable.
[0006]
The loose sheet guide and the bundling sheet guide each define a passage through which the first feeding portion of the feeding member passes, and a packaging sheet that is attached to the lower guide plate so as to be adjustable and is conveyed Or you may provide the side part guide member which guides a binding sheet.
In the above conveying device, it is possible to easily and selectively transport loose packaging sheets and bundling sheets by changing the arrangement of some parts of the device. It is possible to quickly cope with a change in packaging form when it is performed.
[0007]
【Example】
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing the arrangement of each mechanism of a transport apparatus 1 for packaging and packaging of packaging sheets according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a conveying device 1 includes a bulk sheet conveyor 2 that receives a predetermined number of packaging sheets produced and sent by a blister packaging machine and intermittently transports them along a predetermined transport path, and a bulk sheet conveyor 2. A band bundling mechanism 3 that is provided adjacent to the first take-out portion 201 of the sheet conveyor 2 and that binds a predetermined number of packaging sheets sent by the loose sheet conveyor, and a second bundling mechanism 3 of the bulk sheet conveyor 2. An intake conveyor 4 provided adjacent to the take-out section 202 and transported through the first transport path in a state where a predetermined number of packaging sheets sent by the loose sheet conveyor are stacked, and downstream of the band bundling mechanism 3 A bundling sheet collecting mechanism 5 arranged in the band bundling mechanism for bundling a plurality of bundling sheets bound by the band bundling mechanism; Provided in the conveyor 4 is provided with a carry-in mechanism 6 for sending the bundled sheet sent through the second conveyance path of the intake conveyor to the first conveyance path, and they are arranged in the positional relationship shown in FIG. Yes.
[0008]
7a and 7b are conveyors for feeding the banded bundled sheets BS one by one to the bundled sheet collecting mechanism 5, and 7c is a bundle of a plurality (five in this embodiment) bundled by the bundled sheet collecting mechanism 5. It is a conveyor that takes sheets to the vicinity of the conveyor. The loose sheet conveyor 2 includes a gripping chuck 21 attached to an endless flexible body 20 such as a belt or a chain that travels in a predetermined path at a predetermined interval, and a plurality of sheets stacked vertically by the gripping chuck. It grips and conveys (for example, 10) loose sheets. The loose sheet conveyor 2 is configured to endlessly hold a predetermined number (for example, 5 or 10) of loose packaging sheets S supplied from the upstream side by the intake section 203 with a gripping chuck 21. The flexible body 20 is cyclically moved in the moving direction, and is sequentially sent to the first and second take-out portions 201 and 202. Since this bulk sheet conveyor may have a known structure, a detailed description of the structure and operation is omitted. Further, since the conveyors 7a and 7c may be belt conveyors having a known structure, a detailed description of the structure and operation thereof will be omitted. Furthermore, since the transfer of a plurality of packaging sheets from the bulk sheet conveyor 2 into the band bundling mechanism 3 and onto the intake conveyor 4 may be performed by a transfer device having a known structure, description thereof will be omitted. To do. Furthermore, the band bundling mechanism 3 and the bundling sheet collecting mechanism 5 can be of a known structure, and therefore, detailed description of the structure and operation thereof is omitted in this specification.
[0009]
2 and 3, a conveyor 7b has a rotating shaft 710b arranged horizontally and is a driving wheel intermittently rotated by a driving mechanism having a known structure (in this embodiment, a driving toothed belt wheel, which is described below). In this embodiment, it is called a driving belt wheel 71b, a driven wheel (in this embodiment, a belt wheel with a driven tooth, hereinafter called a driven belt wheel) 72b, and a driving belt wheel 71b. And an endless flexible body (in this embodiment, an endless toothed belt, hereinafter referred to as a belt) 73b hung on the driven belt wheel 72b. A plurality of pairs of transport plates 74b are attached to the belt 73b at a predetermined interval. The conveyor 7b is configured such that the binding sheet BS supplied between the pair of transport plates 74b from the upstream side at the intake position is sandwiched between the transport plates, and the lower side of the binding sheet BS is supported by the guide plate 75b. The belt is moved in the moving direction of the belt and sequentially sent to the take-out position.
[0010]
4 to 9, the take-out conveyor 4 is a pair of drive wheels (in this embodiment, a drive toothed belt wheel) that is simultaneously rotated by a drive shaft 410 that is rotatably supported by the frame 40. In the following, it is referred to as a driving belt wheel 41 and a pair of driven wheels (in this embodiment, a belt wheel with driven teeth) that is rotatably supported by a support shaft 420 supported by the frame 40. 42) and a pair of endless flexible bodies (in this embodiment, an endless toothed belt, hereinafter referred to as a belt) 43 that are hung on the driving belt wheel 41 and the driven belt wheel 42. Yes. The driven belt wheel 42 is disposed adjacent to the second take-out position 202 of the bulk sheet conveyor 2. The drive shaft 410 is continuously or intermittently rotated by a drive mechanism having a known structure.
[0011]
A large number of feed members 44 are fixed to the pair of belts 43 at predetermined intervals via a pair of crank-shaped attachments 440. The feed member 44 includes a horizontal rod portion 441 extending between the pair of attachments 440 and a vertical rod portion 442 extending vertically upward from the central portion of the horizontal rod portion 441. The vertical rod portion is formed by welding or the like. It is integrally fixed to the horizontal rod part. The vertical rod portion 442 constitutes the first feeding portion of the claimed invention, and the horizontal rod portion constitutes the second feeding portion of the claimed invention. At a position above the horizontal rod portion 441 of the feed member 44 above the frame 40, a pair of lower guide plates 451 with the vertical rod portion 442 sandwiched between the position A on the upstream side of the intake conveyor and the driving belt wheel. It is attached by the attachment member 450 over the position B of 41 (in FIG. 4). Similarly, between the position C and the position D, as shown in FIG. 7, a pair of lower guide plates 461 are attached by an attachment member 460. A gap 455 between the pair of lower guide plates 451 forms a passage through which the vertical rod portion 442 passes, and a gap 465 between the pair of lower guide plates 461 forms a passage through which a feed claw described later passes. Yes. A side guide member 452 is attached to each lower guide plate 451.
[0012]
The side guide member 452 is attached so that the position thereof can be adjusted by a fixture 453 such as a set screw so that the distance L ₁ from the center position 0-0 of the vertical rod portion can be changed. This is for adjusting the position of the side guide member 452 corresponding to the case where the width W _{1 of the} packaging sheet to be conveyed is changed. A side guide member 462 is also attached to the lower guide plate 461 so as to be position-adjustable by a fixture 463 such as a set screw. This not only the width W ₁ of the package sheet to address to be changed when carrying the wrapping sheet superimposed rose, the plurality when conveyed side by side a plurality of bundling sheets band bundling This is because the position of the side guide member 462 is adjusted in accordance with the width W ₂ (in the case of horizontal alignment) or W ₃ (in the case of vertical alignment to be described later). The lower guide plate 451, the side guide member 452, and the like constitute a loose sheet guide 45, and the lower guide plate 461, the side guide member 462, and the like constitute a common sheet guide 46. The loose sheet guide 45 and the common sheet guide 46 constitute a first transport path of the intake conveyor. In order to be able to adjust the positions of the side guide members 452 and 462, a plurality of screw holes for the fixtures 453 and 463 formed in the lower guide plates 451 and 461 are formed at different positions from the central position 0-0. It is only necessary to change the mounting position of the fixing tool with respect to the lower guide plate. Further, the attachment member may be replaced and used as shown on the left and right of FIGS.
[0013]
As shown in FIG. 8, a pair of lower guide plates 471 similar to the lower guide plate 461 is detachably provided between the position B and the position C (in FIG. 4). Side guide members 472 are also attached to the pair of lower guide plates 471 so that their positions can be adjusted by a fixture 473 such as a set screw. The lower guide plate 471 side guide member 472 and the like constitute a removable loose sheet guide 47, and this loose sheet guide 47 also constitutes a first transport path. The lower guide plate 471 and the side guide member 472 are provided when a loose wrapping sheet is sent from the loose sheet guide 45 to the common sheet guide 56, and removed when a bundling sheet described later is sent to the common sheet guide.
[0014]
A discharge mechanism 49 is provided on the common sheet guide 46. This discharge mechanism includes a drive wheel 491 such as a drive sprocket or a belt wheel, a driven wheel 492 such as a driven sprocket or a belt wheel, and an endless flexible member such as a chain or belt hung on the drive wheel and the driven wheel. And an endless flexible body that moves continuously or intermittently in the direction of arrow Y. Many feed claws 494 are attached to the endless flexible body at a predetermined interval. This feeding claw 494 has a dedicated shape as shown in FIG. 10A when feeding a loose packaging sheet with the common sheet guide 46, and its tip enters the gap 465 between the lower guide plates 461. It is like that. On the other hand, when a plurality of bundling sheets arranged side by side are sent, they are inverted T-shaped as shown in FIG. Therefore, the feeding claw is replaced according to the object to be conveyed.
[0015]
In the intake conveyor 4, a lower guide plate 481 is disposed between the position E and the position A in FIG. 4 and below the moving path of the horizontal rod portion 441, and is attached to the frame 40 by a known method (not shown). It is fixed. On the lower guide plate 481, a pair of side guide members 482 are attached so as to be adjustable in position so that the distance L ₂ from the center 0-0 can be changed by a set screw 484 constituting a fixture. . This is for adjusting the position of the side guide member 482 not only when the bound sheets are transported side by side and when they are transported side by side but also when the size of one bound sheet is changed. The method of adjusting the position of the side guide member is to provide a plurality of screw holes 484 for the fixture 483 formed in the lower guide plate 481 at different positions from the center 0-0, and What is necessary is just to enable it to change a fixed position. One side guide member 482 (left side in FIG. 9) extends along the moving direction of the belt between position E and position B in FIG. 4, and the other side guide member 482 (right side in FIG. 9) It extends between position F and position B. The lower guide plate 481 and the side guide member 482 constitute a bound sheet guide 48, and this bound sheet guide 48 constitutes a second transport path of the intake conveyor. At position I, one frame 40 is formed with an insertion slot 401 as shown in FIG. 9, and an insertion guide 402 is provided at the insertion slot. In this insertion guide, five bundled sheets BS lined up by the conveyor 7c are fed onto the lower guide plate 481 through the insertion port. The bundling sheet may be fed by, for example, a pusher (not shown) moved by a fluid scintillator or the like.
[0016]
The intake conveyor 4 further incorporates a carry-in mechanism 6. The carry-in mechanism 6 is disposed adjacent to the position of the drive belt wheel 42. The carry-in mechanism 6 includes an actuator 61 such as a fluid cylinder (hereinafter referred to as a fluid cylinder) whose center axis is inclined at an angle θ with respect to the lower guide plate 451 or 461, and a guide member fixed to the cylinder body 611 of the fluid cylinder. The rod 631 is supported by the fluid cylinder 62 so as to be movable parallel to the center axis of the fluid cylinder, and the slider 63 is fixed to the piston rod 612 of the fluid cylinder 61. The slider 63 is provided with a carry-in member 633 on which the bundling sheet guided by the bundling sheet guide 46 and fed to the position A by the feeding member 44 is placed. This carrying-in mechanism 6 is a bundle sent from the bundling sheet guide 48 when the piston rod 612 of the fluid cylinder 61 is retracted as shown in FIG. 4 and the front surface 634 of the slider body 632 of the slider 63 is in the position M. The sheet can be placed on the carry-in member 633. When the piston rod 612 extends and the front surface 634 of the carry-in member 633 is moved to the position N, the upper surface of the carry-in member 633 is at the same level as the upper surface of the lower guide plate 461 of the common sheet guide 46, and on the carry-in member 633. The binding sheet can be moved onto the lower guide plate.
[0017]
In the intake conveyor 4, the belt 43 is intermittently moved in the direction of arrow X in FIG. When the loose packaging sheet is conveyed to, for example, a downstream pillow packaging machine, first, a loose sheet guide 47 is provided between the position B and the position C as shown in FIG. The upper packaging sheet can be guided on the lower guide plate 461, and the fluid cylinder 61 of the carry-in mechanism 6 is operated to move the slider to near the position N, thereby preventing the movement of the feeding member 44 by the slider. I am trying not to. In addition, all the side guide members 452, 462, and 472 are positioned in accordance with the width of the bulk packaging sheet to be conveyed. Under such a bear, when a wrapping sheet S of roses is placed on the lower guide plate 451 of the loose sheet guide 45 in a position near the driven belt wheel 42 as a set of 10 sheets, for example, together with the belt 43 The first feeding portion of the moving feeding member 44, that is, the back side of the rose packaging sheet on which the vertical rod portion 442 is stacked is pushed, and the packaging sheet is moved from the left side to the right side in FIG. It is sent through one transport path.
[0018]
On the other hand, when sending a plurality of bound sheets (in this embodiment, five in a line), first, the movable loose sheet guide 47 between the positions B and C is removed, and the slider 63 of the carry-in mechanism 6 is shown in FIG. Wait at the indicated position. Further, the position of the pair of side guide members 462 of the common sheet guide 46 is adjusted so that five bundled sheets arranged horizontally between them can be conveyed. In this state, when the five binding sheets BS are arranged side by side on the lower guide plate 481 in the position I and are pushed through the insertion port 401 by a pushing mechanism (not shown), the pusher 486 operates to move the binding sheets. Move until rear green reaches position F. Thereafter, the bundling sheet BS is pushed by the feeding member 44 by the intermittent movement of the belt 43 and is fed toward the position A through the second conveyance path. When the feeding member reaches position A, the binding sheet is placed on the carry-in member 433. Then, the fluid cylinder of the carry-in mechanism 6 operates and the slider moves to the position N. The bound sheets placed on the carry-in member are aligned with the lower guide plate of the common sheet guide 46. Thereafter, the paper is discharged from the intake conveyor by the feed claw 494 of the discharge mechanism 49.
[0019]
Next, the operation of the transport apparatus will be described throughout.
First, when a plurality of loose wrapping sheets (10 in this embodiment) are stacked and sent to the pillow wrapping machine, the loose sheet guide 47 of the intake conveyor 4 is placed between positions B and C in FIG. Install as indicated. In this state, 10 packaging sheets S stacked one above the other by the bulk sheet conveyor 2 are placed on the lower guide plate 451 of the intake conveyor 4 from the second take-out position 202. Then, by the intermittent movement of the feed member 44 due to the intermittent movement of the belt 43 in the arrow X direction, the belt 43 is pushed toward the position B by being pushed by the first feed portion, that is, the vertical rod portion 442. When the vertical rod portion 442 arrives at the position B, the packaging sheet S pushed by the vertical rod portion is placed on the lower guide plate 471 of the loose sheet guide 47. Then, the feed claw 494 of the discharge mechanism 49 sends the packaging sheet from the loose sheet guide 47 to the downstream device (not shown), for example, a pillow packaging machine, through the common sheet guide 46. In this way, the loose packaging sheet is sent through the first conveyance path.
[0020]
Next, when a plurality (10 in this embodiment) of packaging sheets are band-bound and the plurality of binding sheets BS are sent to a downstream apparatus at a time, the loose sheet guide 47 between the positions B and C is used. Is removed. In this state, the 10 packaging sheets taken into the band binding mechanism 3 from the first take-out position 201 are band-bound as a set of 10 sheets by the band binding mechanism. The banded bundled sheets BS are sent to the bundled sheet collecting mechanism 5 one by one via the conveyors 7a and 7b, and are bundled together in a state where the five sheets are arranged side by side. The combined five bound sheets are sent to the position near the insertion port 401 of the intake conveyor by the conveyor 7c. The five bundling sheets sent there are inserted onto the lower guide plate 481 of the bundling sheet guide 48 through an insertion port by a pusher (not shown). The bundling sheets placed on the lower guide plate are made into a set of five, are pushed by the second feeding portion of the feeding member, that is, the horizontal rod portion 441, and are fed to the position A through the second feeding path, and the loading mechanism 6 is moved. To the common sheet guide 46 constituting the first conveyance path, and is discharged by the discharge mechanism 49.
[0021]
FIG. 11 shows a modified example of the transport device. In the conveying apparatus 1a of this modification, the bulk sheet conveyor 2, the band bundling mechanism 3, the intake conveyor 4 and the like are the same as those of the conveying apparatus of the above embodiment, but there are a plurality of bundling sheet collecting mechanisms 5a (this embodiment) The example is different from the bundling sheet collecting mechanism 5 in that the bundling sheets BS are arranged vertically along the conveying direction of the intake conveyor. Reference numerals 8a and 8b are conveyors for sending the bundled sheets one by one to the bundled sheet collecting mechanism 5a, and 8c is a conveyor for sending the vertically bundled bundled sheets to the vicinity of the insertion port 401 of the intake conveyor 4.
[0022]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) Since only one transport device can cope with different packaging forms by changing or changing the position of some parts, the packaging cost can be reduced.
(2) Since it can respond to a different packaging form with one device, the space of the entire packaging device can be reduced.
[A simple explanation of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a transport apparatus for stacking and packaging of a packaging sheet of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the conveyor 7b of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line JJ of the conveyor of FIG.
FIG. 4 is a schematic new view along the longitudinal direction of the intake conveyor.
5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of position A in FIG.
6 is an enlarged sectional view of a position B in FIG.
7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a position G in FIG.
8 is an enlarged European view of position H in FIG. 4;
FIG. 9 is an enlarged station surface view at position 1 in FIG. 4;
FIGS. 10A and 10B are diagrams showing different shapes of a conveyance claw, wherein [A] shows a feeding claw for a rose packaging sheet, and [B] shows a feeding claw for a binding sheet.
FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a modified example of the transport apparatus for stacking packaging sheets according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 1a Conveying device 2 Bulk sheet conveyor 3 Band bundling mechanism 4 Intake conveyor 43 Endless flexible body 44 Feed member 45 Bulk sheet guide 46 Common sheet guide 47 Bulk sheet guide 48 Bundled sheet guide 49 Discharge mechanism 441 First feed portion 442 Second feed portion 451 Lower guide plate 452 Side guide member 561 Lower guide plate 462 Side guide member 471 Lower guide plate 472 Side guide portion village 481 Lower guide plate 482 Side guide members 5, 5a Bundling sheet collecting mechanism 6 Loading mechanism

Claims (3)

A bulk sheet conveyor that intermittently transfers the wrapping sheet into a predetermined number of sheets, and a predetermined number of sheets that are provided adjacent to the first take-out portion of the bulk sheet conveyor and sent by the bulk sheet conveyor A band bundling mechanism for bundling the wrapping sheets into a bundling sheet, and a predetermined number of sheets sent by the bulk sheet conveyor, the upstream end being disposed adjacent to the second take-out portion of the bulk sheet conveyor An intake conveyor having a first transport path for transporting unbound packaging sheets and a second transport path for transporting a plurality of band-bound bundle sheets; and disposed downstream of the band binding mechanism, A bundling sheet bundling mechanism for bundling a plurality of bundling sheets band-bundled by the band bundling mechanism, and a second conveyance path of the intake conveyor It provided in the packaging sheet of the integrated packaging transport apparatus provided with a plurality of tie sheet fed through the transport path of the second and loading mechanism for loading the first conveyance path of the intake conveyor. An endless flexible body that cyclically moves according to a predetermined route;
A number of feed members attached to the endless flexible body at predetermined intervals, the feed member having a first feed portion extending in the vertical direction and a second feed portion extending in the left-right direction;
A loose sheet guide provided along a movement path of the feed member, defining a passage through which the first feed portion passes, and guiding a packaging sheet on which roses are stacked;
A common sheet guide disposed in series with the loose sheet guide, the common sheet guide defining a path through which the feed claw passes and guiding a packaging sheet overlaid with roses;
A bundling sheet guide that is provided along a movement path of the feeding member at a position below the loose sheet guide, and that guides the bundling sheet;
A carrier mechanism that is arranged adjacent to the terminal end of the binding sheet guide and carries the binding sheet sent from the binding sheet guide into the common sheet guide,
An integrated packaging conveyor in which a part of the common sheet guide side of the loose sheet guide is removable. 3. The integrated packaging conveyor according to claim 2, wherein the loose sheet guide and the bundled sheet guide are respectively provided on a lower guide plate that defines a passage through which the first feeding portion of the feeding member passes, and on the lower guide plate. An integrated packaging conveyor comprising a side guide member that is mounted so as to be position-adjustable and that guides a packaging sheet or a binding sheet to be conveyed.

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