JP5854789B2 - Volatile drug storage container mounted on slime removal device for bathroom drain - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a volatile drug storage container to be mounted on a slime remover for a drain outlet in a bathroom.

The drainage port of the kitchen or bathroom easily propagates microorganisms and generates slime. Therefore, various anti-swelling agents and their containers have been sold for the purpose of preventing this slime. For example, the present inventors have proposed a slime removing device for a bathroom drain that contains a solid medicine containing a growth inhibitory substance for microorganisms for the purpose of preventing slime of the bathroom drain (Patent Documents 1 and 2). ). Furthermore, in the bathroom, the bathroom was aromad for relaxation, and various fragrances and their containers were sold for that purpose. For example, the present inventors have proposed a slime removing device provided with a fragrance and / or a deodorant for the purpose of both preventing the slime at the drain outlet and aroma (Patent Documents 2 and 3).
However, when a slime inhibitor and a fragrance are set close to each other, the medicinal component of the slime inhibitor and the fragrance may react and change in some cases. In addition, since the bathroom drainage contains a surfactant, when the fragrance comes into contact with the wastewater, the fragrance component dissolves and flows out into the wastewater, resulting in a short period of fragrance. For this reason, development of storage containers for volatile chemicals such as fragrances that prevent slime and exhibit fragrance for a long period of time is desired.

JP 2003-213754 A JP 2004-140309 A JP 2007-046393 A

  The subject of the present invention is attached to a container containing a solid drug containing a microbial growth inhibitory substance (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “anti-smudge agent”), without mixing water in which the anti-smudge agent is dissolved, An object of the present invention is to provide a container in which the effect of a volatile drug such as a fragrance is exhibited.

  As a result of diligent research to solve the above problems, the present inventors have no openings on the upper surface portion and side surface upper portion of the volatile drug storage container, and at least one of the bottom surface portion and the lower side surface has ventilation openings. By providing the portion, the inflow of the waste water in which the surfactant was dissolved was prevented, and at the same time, it was found that the volatile agent was appropriately volatilized, and the present invention was completed.

That is, the present invention
(1) A volatile drug storage container mounted on a bathroom drainage slime remover equipped with a drug storage container placed in a bathroom drainage and storing a solid drug containing a microbial growth inhibitory substance. And
The volatile drug storage container does not have an opening at the top, and has an opening at at least one of the bottom and the bottom of the side surface,
(2) The volatile drug storage container according to (1) above, wherein the volatile drug storage container can be detachably attached to a slime removal device for a bathroom drain outlet,
(3) The bathroom drain outlet slime remover is ring-shaped or arc-shaped, and the volatile drug storage container is an arc-shaped container that can be mounted along the inner side surface of the bathroom drain outlet slime remover. The volatile drug storage container according to (1) or (2) above, and
(4) The volatile drug container according to any one of (1) to (3) above, wherein the opening is closed with a sheet-like substance that allows the vapor of the volatile drug to pass through without passing water.

  If the slime removal device for a bathroom drain port to which the volatile drug container of the present invention is attached is used, it is possible to sufficiently volatilize the volatile drug in the bathroom while preventing the slime of the bathroom drain port.

It is the perspective view which looked at the volatile chemical | medical agent storage container of one embodiment of this invention from upper direction. It is the perspective view which looked at the volatile chemical | medical agent storage container of one embodiment of this invention from the downward direction. It is a perspective view of the slime removal device for bathroom drains equipped with the volatile medicine storage container of one embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the slime remover for bathroom drains before mounting the volatile medicine storage container of one embodiment of the present invention. It is the perspective view which looked at the volatile chemical | medical agent storage container of the other embodiment of this invention from the upper direction and the downward direction. It is the perspective view which looked at the slime removal device for bathroom drains equipped with the volatile medicine storage container of other embodiments of the present invention from the upper part and the lower part. It is the schematic when the slime removal device for bathroom drains equipped with the volatile chemical | medical agent storage container of one embodiment of this invention is mounted in the drainage of a bathroom.

1 Volatile medicine container 2, 3 Small hole (opening)
4 Protrusion fitting 5 Sheet 6 impregnated with volatile chemicals Protrusion 7 Drainage remover 8 for bathroom drainage outlet Storage container 9 for solid medicine containing microbial growth inhibitor 9 Hair passage 10 Slit 11 Drainage outlet 12 Drainage outlet lid

(Slimer for bathroom drain)
The bathroom drain outlet slime remover to which the volatile drug storage container of the present invention is attached has any form as long as the drainage flows in, the slime inhibitor dissolves, and the dissolved drainage flows out. Although a ring shape or an arc shape is particularly preferable.
In addition, in this invention, a bathroom is a place which can wash | clean a body with water etc., and shows the place which has a discharge port which can discharge the washed water. The bathroom includes, for example, a system bath and unit bath having a bathtub and a washing place, a unit bath having a bathtub and a toilet, a shower room having only a shower facility, and a common bath used by an unspecified number of people. In particular, the place where the bathroom is installed is not limited, but specific examples include a general house, a condominium, a one-room apartment, an apartment house, a hotel, a gym, a public bath, a pool, a hot spring inn, and the like.

When the volatile drug storage container is detachably mounted on the bathroom drainage slime remover, the slime remover has a mechanism for detachably mounting the volatile drug storage container. For example, when the volatile medicine storage container has a protrusion such as a fitting piece or a pin, a slit or a hole for fitting it is provided in the slime remover.
The slime remover for a bathroom drain outlet preferably includes a medicine storage container for storing a solid medicine containing a substance that suppresses the growth of microorganisms and a hair passage portion through which hair can pass, and the outer periphery of the medicine storage container. The surface is provided with an outer hole through which part of the drainage flows in or out.
Various known bactericides and antibacterial agents can be used as substances that suppress the growth of microorganisms stored in the drug storage container, and compounds and antibacterials known as general antifungal agents or antibacterial agents can be used. Any natural essential oils having an action can be used, but those having a broad antibacterial spectrum are preferred.

  Examples of substances that suppress the growth of the microorganism include, for example, chlorinated oxidants such as dichlorodimethylhydantoin, bromochlorodimethylhydantoin, sodium dichloroisocyanurate, potassium dichloroisocyanurate, and sodium dichloroisocyanurate (dihydrate). ), Potassium dichloroisocyanurate hydrate, trichloroisocyanuric acid, calcium hypochlorite and the like, and as drugs other than chlorinated oxidants, sodium percarbonate, potassium persulfate, Sodium perborate, orthophenylphenol, diphenyl, 2-isopropyl-5-methylphenol, parachlorometaxylenol, n-butyl parahydroxybenzoate, ethyl parahydroxybenzoate, methyl parahydroxybenzoate, benzoyl chloride Luconium, benzethonium chloride, chlorohexidine hydrochloride, chlorohexidine gluconate, methylenebisthiocyanate, 2-pyridinethiol-1-oxide, 2-pyridinethiol-1-oxide zinc, 2-pyridinethiol-1-oxide sodium, N, N '-Hexamethylenebis (4-carbamoyl-1-decylpyridinium bromide), 4,4'-(tetramethylenediamino) bis (1-decylpyridinium bromide), 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol Etc. can be illustrated.

  In addition, an inclusion compound composed of an antifungal agent or antibacterial agent and a multimolecular host compound can be advantageously used as the substance that suppresses the growth of the microorganism. When this inclusion compound is used, the antifungal agent or antibacterial agent is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one and 2-methyl-4-isothiazoline-3. -One, 4,5-dichloro-3-n-octyl-isothiazolin-3-one, 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one, 2-methoxycarbonylbenzimidazole, 2,3,5,6-tetrachloro- 4-methanesulfonylpyridine, 2-thiocyanomethybenzothiazole, 2,2-dithio-bis- (pyridine-1-oxide), 3,3,4,4-tetrahydrothiophene-1,1-dioxide, 4 , 5-dichloro-1,2-dithiolane-3-one and the like.

  Here, the polymolecular host compound refers to a compound that forms a crystalline complex (inclusion compound) together with an antibacterial agent serving as a guest, and is not particularly limited as long as it is a compound having the above properties. 1,2,2-tetrakis (4-hydroxyphenyl) ethane, 1,1,2,2-tetrakis (3-fluoro-4-hydroxyphenyl) ethane, 1,1,2,2-tetrakis (3-chloro- 4-hydroxyphenyl) ethane, 1,1,2,2-tetrakis (3-methyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) ethane, 1,1,2,2-tetrakis (3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl) ethane, etc. In addition to tetrakisphenols, 1,1,6,6-tetraphenyl-2,4-hexadiyne-1,6-diol, 1,6-bis (2-chlorophenyl) -1,6 Diphenylhexane-2,4-diyne-1,6-diol, 1,1,4,4-tetraphenyl-2-butyne-1,4-diol, 2,5-bis (2,4-dimethylphenyl) hydroquinone 1,1-bis (2,4-dimethylphenyl) -2-propyn-1-ol and the like.

Furthermore, a bacterium capable of removing slime can be used as a substance that suppresses the growth of the microorganism. Specific examples include Bacillus subtilis (genus Bacillus), and examples of Bacillus subtilis include Bacillus natto.
The shape of the solid drug may be any shape such as a spherical shape, a tablet shape, a cylindrical shape, a rectangular parallelepiped shape, a pyramid shape, or a donut shape, and any size is acceptable as long as the size can be accommodated in a container. But you can.

When the slime remover for bathroom drains used in the present invention is a slime remover for ring-shaped bathroom drains, examples thereof include the following.
Example 1 A ring-shaped bathroom drain outlet slime remover having a plurality of arc-shaped drug storage containers, and a hair passage portion through which hair can pass is provided between the arc-shaped drug storage containers. That is, the arcuate medicine storage container and the hair passage part are alternately provided on the same circumference.
Example 2) Arc-shaped drug storage containers and hair passing portions are alternately provided on the same circumference, and the arc-shaped drug storage containers are fixed to each other by a connecting rod extending in the radial direction from the center.
Example 3) Arc-shaped medicine storage containers having different diameters are alternately provided in all directions, and a step formed by their ends is defined as a hair passage part, and connecting bars extending in the radial direction from the center are mutually connected. It is fixed.
Example 4) A medicine container having a horizontally long triangular shape, a horizontally long square shape, a horizontally long trapezoidal shape, and the like and a hair passage portion are alternately provided, and the medicine containing containers are fixed to each other, for example, a connecting rod extending in the radial direction from the center. They are fixed to each other.
Due to the simplicity of the manufacturing method, etc., the slime remover for the ring-shaped bathroom drainage port, particularly the slime for the ring-shaped bathroom drainage port having the hair inflow hole or the hair inflow gate provided between the arc-shaped drug storage containers as the hair passage part. A take-off device is preferred. Further, the size of the slime removing device for a bathroom drain according to the present invention is not limited as long as it can be placed around the drain of the bathroom. In the case of a vessel, one having an outer diameter larger than the diameter of the drain outlet such as 105 mm or more is used. In addition, there is a bathroom drainage outlet where the bathtub drainage flows directly into the drainage outlet through the water distribution pipe. For example, the bathtub drainage flows to the center of the eye plate that collects and drains the wastewater from the washroom. If the drainage pipe is installed through the eye plate, the central part of the bathtub drainage pipe will be in the way, so it can be made into a circular arc with part of the ring shape cut or stored in this shape Since it is sometimes easily deformed by an external force or the like, it can be formed into a ring shape provided with a scheduled cutting portion that can be easily cut with a cutting tool such as a hand or a pinch.

  The drug storage container such as the arc-shaped drug storage container is not particularly limited as long as it can store a solid drug, but a container having a flat bottom surface is stably placed near the drain outlet. Is preferable. Part of the wastewater flows into the medicine container such as the arc-shaped medicine container, and the inflowed wastewater dissolves the solid medicine stored in the container and maintains the solid medicine solution at a relatively high concentration. A plurality of outer holes, preferably including a lower end of the outer peripheral surface, are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the container for the purpose of flowing out. Examples of the outer hole including the lower end of the outer peripheral surface include a slit-shaped outer hole extending from the lower end of the outer peripheral surface to the upper side of the outer peripheral surface. As described above, the hole provided in the medicine container such as the arc-shaped medicine container requires the outer hole provided in the outer peripheral surface of the container, but the hole is also provided in the inner peripheral surface, upper surface, and lower surface of the other container. It can also be provided as appropriate. Among these, the inner hole for discharging the drug solution by drainage is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the medicine container such as the arc-shaped medicine container so that the sum of the areas of the inner holes is smaller than the sum of the areas of the outer holes. It is preferable to provide it in order to continuously flow out a relatively high concentration drug solution. In addition, an upper hole can be provided on the upper surface for the purpose of removing air. The slit width of the slit-shaped hole such as the slit-shaped outer hole is preferably 0.5 to 4 mm, more preferably 0.5 to 3 mm, and particularly preferably 1 to 2 mm. If the slit width is 0.5 mm or more, the balance of the surface tension of water is broken, and the drainage can be allowed to flow into the container. Further, when the slit width is 4 mm or less, preferably 3 mm or less, inflow of foreign matters such as hair can be prevented as much as possible. In addition, when the outer hole including the outer peripheral surface upper end is provided together with the outer hole including the outer peripheral surface lower end as the outer hole provided on the outer peripheral surface of the medicine container, the top and bottom of the slime removing device of the present invention is concerned. It can be installed in the drain of the bathroom without any In this case, the outer hole (lower hole) including the lower surface of the outer peripheral surface is mainly used as an inflow or outflow hole for drainage, and the outer hole (upper hole) including the upper surface of the outer peripheral surface is mainly used as an inflow hole for air venting and / or drainage. It will be responsible for the function.

  Drug storage containers such as arc-shaped drug storage containers are usually made of plastic, but can be subjected to hydrophilic treatment or water repellent treatment as needed. For the hydrophilic treatment or water repellent treatment, for example, a hydrophilic or water repellent resin material is used for the container, a material in which a hydrophilic or water repellent surfactant is kneaded into the resin of the container, or the surface of the container. It can be carried out by applying a hydrophilic or water-repellent coating agent or paint to the surface. By making the whole or part of the container material hydrophilic, for example, a medicine container, the influence of the surface tension of water can be reduced, and drainage from the outer hole provided in the container into the container is made smoother. Can be allowed to flow into. On the contrary, by making all or part of the material of the container water-repellent, it is possible to prevent adhesion of dirt due to the water-soluble dirt substance.

  The hair passing portion may be a space through which foreign matter such as hair can pass. In the case of the ring-shaped bathroom drain outlet slime remover, for example, three hair passing portions of about 1/12 of the circumference are provided. Compared to the arc-shaped drug storage container part, the flow rate of drainage is larger in the hair passage part, and the hair flows into the drainage port without being caught in the arc-shaped drug storage container part and is collected by the eye plate. become. As such a hair passage portion, a hair inflow hole or a gate-like hair inflow gate without a lower portion of the inflow hole can be specifically exemplified. In particular, when a gate-like hair inflow gate is provided, the hair has an arc shape. It flows into the drainage port without clinging to the medicine container, and most of it is collected by the eye plate. In addition, if the circular portion surrounded by the lower end of the inner peripheral surface of the ring-shaped bathroom drain port slime remover is configured as a hair collecting unit that collects hair flowing into the drain port, the hair collecting unit The hair is collected and the trouble of removing the hair from the eye plate can be saved. The hair collection part is made of a water-permeable material. Examples of the hair collecting part made of a water-permeable material include cloth-like, film-like, paper-like, and net-like sheet-like plastics, paper, fibers, metals, and the like. Specifically, Nonwoven fabric, synthetic resin net, synthetic resin sheet having water passage holes, synthetic resin film having water passage holes, felt and the like can be mentioned. In addition, since there is a type that drains the water in the bathtub with a hose at the bathroom drain, one or more concentric circles can be cut by hand according to the size of the various drain pipes in the hair collecting part. It is also possible to provide a scheduled cutting part.

(Volatile drug container)
The volatile drug storage container of the present invention is a container for storing a volatile drug and releasing the volatilized drug, and is not particularly limited in terms of size, shape, and material. However, there is no opening in the upper part of the container to prevent inflow of water, and an opening for ventilation is provided only in the lower part. The lower part of the container means the bottom part and the lower part of the side surface. The opening may be in at least one of the bottom and the lower side. The shape of the opening is not particularly limited, but considering the formability, a substantially circular shape or a slit shape is preferable. In the case of a substantially circular shape, the diameter is preferably 1 to 10 mm, more preferably 2 to 6 mm. In the case of a slit shape, the distance of the narrow portion is preferably 0.5 to 5 mm, more preferably 1 to 3 mm. It is also possible to close the lower opening with a sheet-like substance that does not allow water to pass through, such as a nonwoven fabric or a microporous film, and allows the vapor of volatile chemicals to pass through.
The volatile drug storage container can be divided into, for example, an upper part and a lower part of the container so that the volatile drug is taken in and out, and the upper part can be detachably covered on the lower part.
The shape of the volatile drug container can be selected as appropriate according to the shape of the slime remover. For example, the rectangular parallelepiped or a rectangular parallelepiped is deformed into an arc shape.
When the bathroom drainage slime remover is ring-shaped, an arc-shaped container in which the volatile drug storage container can be mounted along the inner side surface of the bathroom drainage slime remover is preferable.

Depending on the type of drainage in the bathroom, a pipe may be installed in the center of the drainage so that the drainage of the washing area and the drainage of the bathtub flow at the same time. A shape deformed into an arc shape is preferable. Various materials can be used as the material for the volatile drug storage container, but a plastic resin is preferably used from the viewpoint of processability and economy, and polyethylene, polypropylene, etc. are particularly preferably used because there is no deterioration due to contact with a fragrance or the like. The
The volatile drug storage container may be attached integrally with the slime remover or may be detachable. When the volatile drug storage container is integrated with the slime remover, it is removable because the possibility of the volatile drug reacting with the active ingredients of the slime remover during the storage period until use after production is increased. It is preferable that the volatile drug container and the slime remover are separately packaged during storage, and more preferably integrated during use.
When the volatile drug storage container is made detachable, the volatile drug storage container is provided with a hook, a pin or the like for attaching to the slime remover. In that case, the slime remover is provided with a slit or hole in which a hook or pin can be fitted.
In a state where the volatile drug storage container and the slime remover are integrated, the bottom surface of the volatile drug storage container is set to be 1 to 10 mm, preferably 2 to 5 mm higher than the bottom surface of the slime remover. If the difference between the bottom of the volatile medicine container and the bottom of the slime remover is 1 mm or less, when the slime remover is installed at the drain of the bathroom, it will be between the floor of the drain outlet and the bottom of the volatile medicine container. The wastewater is constantly accumulated, and the volatilization of volatile chemicals is hindered. Volatile drug volatilization is good when the bottom of the volatile drug container is higher than 10 mm, but there are many bathroom outlets where the gap between the floor of the outlet and the lid of the outlet is narrow. , The number of drain outlets that can be equipped with a slime remover set with a volatile medicine container is reduced.

  In addition, the volatile drug storage container is provided with a plurality of protrusions of arbitrary shapes such as a rectangular parallelepiped shape and a hemispherical shape in order to place the volatile drug on the inner bottom surface and hold it away from the opening, A volatile drug is placed thereon. The height of the protrusion can be appropriately set according to the size of the volatile drug storage container, but is preferably 20 to 50% of the inner height of the volatile drug storage container. In particular, when using a material in which a sheet is impregnated with a volatile chemical, it is preferable to increase the number of protrusions.

The volatile drug storage container set in the slime remover volatilizes the volatile drug from the lower opening while being installed at the drain of the bathroom, and diffuses the active ingredient into the bathroom and the drain.
When drainage is drained, the volatile drug container is temporarily submerged in the drainage or the entire bottom of the container, but there is no opening at the top of the container and the container is kept airtight. Penetrates only into the lower part of the container, and the solid volatile chemicals held in the upper part of the container by the protrusions do not come into contact with the waste water. For this reason, the volatile active ingredient does not dissolve in the waste water and flows out unnecessarily, and when the volatile chemical is wetted with water, the surface of the solid chemical is covered with water and the volatilization of the active ingredient may be inhibited. Disappear.

(Volatile drug)
The volatile drug used in the present invention must be a solid body that can be held by protrusions, but its active ingredient is a compound that volatilizes at room temperature and normal pressure, and is selected from a fragrance, a deodorant, and a repellent 1 Species or two or more types, which may be solid or liquid, and specifically include volatile drug substance powder, volatile drug-filled capsules, volatile drug-containing substances, volatile drug mixed substances, etc. Can do.
In order to make the volatile agent into a solid body, it may be formed into a gel-like molded body by various known methods, or may be impregnated with a sheet-like material made of natural fibers or synthetic resin fibers. A solid volatile drug or liquid drug can be impregnated into a powder and tableted with excipients.
It is preferable that the volatile drug storage container used in the bathroom slime remover is installed in a narrow drainage port so that the container has a small capacity, and the volatile drug to be stored also has a small capacity. For this reason, it is preferable that a volatile chemical | medical agent contains a high concentration active ingredient compared with a normal fragrance | flavor.

Ordinary fragrance is used by filling a container diluted with a solvent such as alcohol or gelling in order to control the evaporation rate of the fragrance. It is preferable to use it by impregnating or impregnating it into a sheet-like material. As the sheet-like material impregnated with the fragrance stock solution, a felt-like non-woven fabric made of polypropylene fibers can be impregnated with a high concentration of fragrance and is particularly preferably used because it does not change in quality due to the fragrance.
In the present invention, the volatilization rate of the volatile active ingredient is controlled by the area of the opening at the bottom of the container.
The deodorant is not particularly limited as long as it is a substance that removes an unpleasant odor component by decomposition or adsorption, and may be a reagent sold as a deodorant or a commercially available deodorant. A part of the odor eliminating part may be cut off. The repellent is not particularly limited as long as it contains substances that are not preferred by insects such as mosquitoes and moths. Insects that climb up the drain pipe can be repelled because the repellent is dissolved in the waste water.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
1 and 2 show a volatile drug container (1) of the present invention. The volatile medicine container (1) is an arc-shaped container when viewed from the upper surface thereof, and has a small hole (2) and (3) for ventilation on the bottom and side surfaces thereof. Further, the outer side surface of the container has a plurality of piece-like fitting projections (4) for detachably fitting to the slime remover. Furthermore, a plurality of protrusions (6) for placing a sheet (5) impregnated with a volatile chemical is provided on the bottom surface of the container.
FIG. 4 shows a slime remover (7) for a bathroom drain before mounting the volatile drug container (1) of the present invention. The bathroom drain outlet slime remover (7) is provided with a medicine container (8) containing a solid medicine containing a microbial growth inhibitory substance and a hair passage part (9) alternately, and the hair passage part. A slit (10) is provided in a part of (9) so that the fitting protrusion (4) of the volatile drug container (1) can be fitted.
FIG. 3 shows a slime remover (7) for a bathroom drainage port equipped with the volatile drug container (1) of the present invention. The volatile medicine container (1) is mounted along the inner side surface of the bathroom drainage slime remover (7).
5 and 6 show another embodiment of the volatile drug container of the present invention. 1 differs from the embodiment of FIG. 1 in that the fitting projection (4) for detachably fitting to the slime remover is in the shape of a pin. A hole for receiving a pin is provided in a part of the upper surface of the slime remover so that the fitting protrusion of the volatile drug container (1) can be detachably fitted. The fitting projection can be fitted.
FIG. 7 is a schematic view when the bathroom drainage slime remover (7) equipped with the volatile drug container (1) of the present invention is placed on the bathroom drainage (11).

Claims (4)

A volatile drug storage container mounted on a bathroom drain outlet slime remover equipped with a drug storage container placed in a bathroom drain and containing a solid drug containing a microbial growth inhibitory substance,
The volatile agent container has no opening in the top, bottom and have at least one the opening of the lower side surface, and a plurality of projections on the inside of the bottom surface, is placing the volatile agent A volatile drug storage container characterized by being made capable of . The volatile drug storage container according to claim 1, wherein the volatile drug storage container can be detachably attached to a slime remover for a bathroom drain outlet. The bathroom drain outlet slime remover is ring-shaped or arcuate, and the volatile drug storage container is an arcuate container that can be mounted along the inner side surface of the bathroom drainage slime remover. The volatile medicine container according to 1 or 2. The volatile drug container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the opening is closed with a sheet-like substance that allows the vapor of the volatile drug to pass through without passing water.

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