JP6308750B2 - planter - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a planter.

  The planter body has a dedicated support leg so that it can be easily cared for elderly people with disabilities and people with disabilities who care for planted flowers without taking into consideration design or bending too much. It has been proposed to arrange at a high place using a part (stand) (for example, see Patent Document 1).

And the drain hole which drains excess water is provided in the bottom in the bottom of a planter main body so that excess water may not accumulate in culture soil.
In addition, like a conventional pottery or plastic molded product planter (plant pot),
A pot bottom net is provided above the drain hole to prevent the culture soil from leaking from the drain hole, and in order to prevent root rot, put the pot bottom stone on it and then put the culture soil on it. It is common.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-267009

However, as described above, in order to prevent root rot, setting the pot bottom net and pot bottom stone before putting the culture soil is troublesome, and when replacing the culture soil, the pot bottom stone is sieved out. There must be.
Moreover, before putting culture soil, since the said planter main body must be formed combining a metal plate-shaped member, there exists a problem that it is troublesome and heavy.
On the other hand, when the planter body is made of a conventional resin molded product or an inorganic material molded product such as ceramics, there is a problem that it becomes bulky during transportation and storage.

  In view of the above circumstances, the present invention is less likely to cause root rot without using a pot bottom net or pot bottom stone, can be easily planted, and planted without being bent too much. The purpose is to provide a planter that makes it easy to care for flowers, even for elderly people with disabilities and people in wheelchairs.

In order to achieve the above object, a planter according to the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “planter of the present invention”) comprises a planter body having a container part for containing plant culture soil, a bottom surface of the container part, and a planter installation surface. A support leg for supporting the planter body so as to form a ventilation space therebetween , wherein the planter body is formed of a foldable flexible sheet material, and at least the entire container part is permeable and ventilated. A planter having at least a water retaining property on the outer side of the container part and separable from the supporting leg part , wherein the supporting leg part comprises a leg part body member and a leg part. A container part receiving member that is detachably attached to the main body member and receives a bottom of the container part in a mounted state, or a container part receiving member that is shaped like a metal mesh, and the leg body member has removed the container part receiving member In optionally be substantially flatly foldable formed, the leg portion main body member includes a pair of first parallel leg is provided so as to connect the one end portions of the two first parallel leg, the leg engaging portion A first leg member having a rod-shaped first locking receiving portion to which the two are connected, a pair of second parallel legs, and one end portions of the two second parallel legs are connected to each other. A second leg member having a rod-like second latch receiving part for latching the stopper, and the first leg member and the second leg member intersect the first parallel leg and the second parallel leg. The crossing angle is pivotally supported so that the crossing angle can be changed, one end of the first locking receiving portion or the vicinity thereof, one end of the second locking receiving portion or the vicinity thereof, the other end of the first locking receiving portion. Alternatively, the vicinity thereof and the other end of the second locking receiving portion or the vicinity thereof each have a joint at the center, and the crossing angle supports the planter body in the extended state. Is characterized in that it is connected by the position regulating link position regulating so that the crossing angle of.

The planter of the present invention may be formed, for example, by sewing or adhering or fusing a sheet-like material having water retention property such as a nonwoven fabric to the entire container part. It is preferable to have an inner layer made of a synthetic resin sheet having air permeability and higher strength than the nonwoven fabric.
That is, since the inner layer of the container part directly touching the culture soil is formed of a synthetic resin sheet having higher strength than the synthetic resin of the nonwoven fabric, the load applied to the container part from the culture soil is received by this inner layer. Therefore, even if the nonwoven fabric is thinned, the container body can ensure sufficient strength.

The nonwoven fabric has water permeability and breathability and secures appropriate water retention without causing root rot, and its material is not particularly limited. For example, natural fibers such as cotton, hemp, pulp, rayon, nylon , Polyester, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyurethane, vinylon, acrylic fibers and other chemical fibers, and mixtures thereof. However, chemical fibers are preferable to natural fibers because mold does not occur or hardly occurs, and polypropylene and polyester fibers are particularly preferable.
The synthetic resin sheet is not particularly limited as long as it has water permeability and breathability, is stronger than a nonwoven fabric, and does not hinder folding, and examples thereof include nylon and polyester mesh sheets.

  In the planter of the present invention, the planter body has a container portion and a plurality of leg locking portions provided along the peripheral edge of the opening of the container portion, and the support leg portion is engaged with the leg locking portion. It is preferable to have a latch receiving portion that is stopped and holds the container portion in the upper open state.

Moreover, the said leg part latching | locking part can be set as the structure latched by a 1st latching receiving part, a 2nd latching receiving part, and a position control link.
Furthermore, the first leg member has a first container part receiving member support bar provided in parallel to the first locking receiving part on the first locking receiving part side from the crossing part, and the second leg member from the crossing part. A second container receiving member supporting bar provided in parallel with the second locking receiving portion on the second locking receiving portion side, and the wire mesh receiving member is connected to the first container portion receiving member supporting bar and the second It can be set as the structure made to span between container part receiving member support bars.

  The planter of the present invention comprises a planter body having a container part for containing plant culture soil, and a planter having support legs for supporting the planter body so as to form a ventilation space between the container part bottom surface and the planter installation surface. The planter body is formed of a foldable sheet-like material, at least the entire container portion has water permeability and air permeability, at least the container body outer layer side has water retention, and Since it can be separated from the support leg, the following excellent effects are obtained.

That is, the planter body is formed of a foldable sheet material having water permeability and air permeability, and a ventilation space is formed below the bottom of the container portion, so that the plant grows well without putting a pot bottom stone. In addition, since air permeability can be ensured over the entire side wall of the container portion, root rot is less likely to occur.
In addition, since at least the outer layer of the container portion has water retention capacity, it is possible to retain excess water, maintain the culture soil in the planter at a moderate humidity for a long time, and stabilize plant growth. At the same time, the number of watering to the planter can be reduced.

Since it is not necessary to put the pot bottom stone in the container portion, the exchanging work of the culture soil becomes easy, and the trouble of separating the used culture soil and the pot bottom stone is unnecessary.
In addition, when transporting or not in use, the planter body can be separated from the support legs and transported in a compact manner by removing the culture soil, and does not take up storage space.
Moreover, since it is only folded, it is only necessary to spread it out and set it on the support leg, and it is easy to assemble.

1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing one embodiment of a patterner according to the present invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the planter of FIG. It is a front view of the planter of FIG. It is a bottom view of the planter of FIG. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is the B section enlarged view of FIG. It is a figure which shows the state which folded the leg part main body member of the planter of FIG. 1 seeing from the side surface. It is a perspective view showing an example of the use condition of the planter of FIG. It is a conceptual diagram showing the effect of the planter of this invention in contrast with the conventional planter.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings showing embodiments thereof.
1 to 8 show one embodiment of the planter of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the planter A includes a planter body 1 and support legs 2.
As shown in FIG. 2, the planter body 1 includes a container part 11 and four leg locking parts 12 to 15.

The container part 11 has a long quadrangular pyramid shape that increases toward an upper opening having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view, and as shown in FIG. 6, the outer layer 11a and the inner side of the outer layer 11a are arranged from the upper edge of the outer layer 11a. An inner layer 11b formed so as to cover the entire inner side of the outer layer 11a from a slightly lower position.
The outer layer 11a is a sheet-like non-woven fabric such as polypropylene or polyester (formed with a thickness of 0.5 to 1.5 mm, and the four leg locking portions 12 to 15 extend from the rectangular sides of the upper opening. It is provided to do.

A hook material (or loop material) 16 of a planar fastener is fixed to the outer wall surface of the outer layer 11a.
The inner layer 11b is formed of a mesh sheet made of polyester or nylon having a higher tensile strength than the nonwoven fabric constituting the outer layer 11a, and the upper edge thereof is sewn to the outer layer 11a.
The mesh sheet forming the inner layer 11 is a long quadrangular pyramid except for the bottom side long side part of the container part 1.

When the outer layer 11a is punched or cut out from the sheet-shaped nonwoven fabric raw material in the expanded state, the leg locking portions 12 to 15 are cut out integrally with the expanded body of the outer layer 11a and are provided continuously to the outer layer 11a.
The loop material (or hook material) 17 of the planar fastener is fixed to the front end portions of the leg locking portions 12 to 15 at positions corresponding to the hook material (or loop material) 16 of the planar fastener of the outer layer 11a. ing.

The support leg 2 includes a leg body member 3 and a container part receiving member 4.
The leg body member 3 includes a first leg member 31, a second leg member 32, a pair of first position restriction links 33, and a pair of second position restriction links 34.

The first leg member 31 includes a pair of first parallel legs 31a, a first locking receiving portion 31b, a first container receiving member support bar 31c, two upper reinforcing bars 31d, and a lower reinforcing bar 31e. I have.
The two first parallel legs 31a are formed of a steel pipe, and a head resin cap 36 is fitted at the upper end, and a leg resin cap 37 is fitted at the lower end.

The 1st latching receiving part 31b is formed from the steel pipe, and the edge part is welded and fixed to the 1st parallel leg 31a, respectively near one end (upper end side of a planter) of the two 1st parallel legs 31a.
The 1st container part receiving member support bar 31c is formed from the steel pipe of the same length as the 1st latching receiving part 31b, and is the planter upper end side a little from the center of the longitudinal direction of the 1st parallel leg 31a, and an end is The first parallel legs 31a are fixed by welding.

The two upper reinforcing bars 31d are formed of a steel pipe having the same length as the first locking receiving portion 31b, and the like between the first locking receiving portion 31b and the first container portion receiving member support bar 31c. It arrange | positions at a space | interval and the edge part is weld-fixed to the 1st parallel leg 31a, respectively.
The lower reinforcing bar 31e is formed of a steel pipe having the same length as that of the first locking receiving portion 31b, and an end portion is welded and fixed to the first parallel leg 31a on the lower end side of the one parallel leg 31a.

The second leg member 32 includes a pair of second parallel legs 32a, a second locking receiving portion 32b, a second container portion receiving member support bar 32c, two upper reinforcing bars 32d, and a lower reinforcing bar 32e. I have.
The two second parallel legs 32a are formed of steel pipes, and are fitted with a resin head cap 36 at the upper end and a resin leg cap 37 at the lower end.

The second locking receiving portion 32b is formed from a steel pipe that is slightly longer than the first locking receiving portion 31b, and has an end portion in the vicinity of one end (the upper end side of the planter) of the two second parallel legs 32a. Each leg 32a is fixed by welding.
The 1st container part receiving member support bar 31c is formed from the steel pipe of the same length as the 2nd latching receiving part 32b, and it is a planter upper end side from the center of the longitudinal direction of the 1st parallel leg 31a, and an end is the end. Each of the second parallel legs 32a is fixed by welding.

The two upper reinforcing bars 32d are formed of a steel pipe having the same length as the second locking receiving portion 32b, and the like between the second locking receiving portion 32b and the second container portion receiving member support bar 32c. It arrange | positions at a space | interval and the edge part is weld-fixed to the 2nd parallel leg 32a, respectively.
The lower reinforcing bar 32e is formed of a steel pipe having the same length as that of the first locking receiving portion 32b, and an end portion is welded and fixed to the second parallel leg 32a on the lower end side of the second parallel leg 32a.
In the first leg member 31 and the second leg member 32, the two first parallel legs 31a fit between the second parallel legs 32a of the second leg member 32, and the first container part receiving member support bar 31c. Further below, the first parallel leg 31a and the second parallel leg 32a are pivotally supported by a connecting shaft 38 composed of a bolt and a nut.

When the leg body member 3 is transported or not in use, as shown in FIG. 7, the crossing angle of the first parallel leg 31a and the second parallel leg 32a is in a substantially flat state of several degrees or less. Can be folded.
Bolts and nuts can be tightened as necessary. Therefore, the leg main body member 3 can separate the first leg member 31 and the second leg member 32 by removing the bolt for the connecting shaft 38.

The first position restricting link 33 has two first link plates 33a having the same length pivotally supported at one end and the other end of one first link plate 33a is a first parallel leg. A bolt is pivotally supported at the same height as the first locking receiving portion 31b of 31a, and the other end of the other first link plate 33a is at the same height as the second locking receiving portion 32b of the second parallel leg 32a. It is pivotally supported by screwing.
That is, the first position restricting link 33 can be separated from the first parallel leg 31a and the second parallel leg 32a by loosening and removing the bolt.
Further, the longitudinal dimension of the two first link plates 33a is such that the crossing angle between the first parallel leg 31a and the second parallel leg 32a is in the extended state with the longitudinal axes being substantially parallel to each other. The distance between the stop receiving portion 31b and the second locking receiving portion 32b is set to a length capable of restricting the position so that the container portion 11 stops at an intersection angle that is slightly longer than the upper edge width in the short direction. .

The second position restricting link 34 includes two second link plates 34a each having a shorter length than the first link plate 33a, and pivotally supported at one end thereof. The end is pivotally supported at the same height as the lower reinforcing bar 31d of the first parallel leg, and the other end of the other second link plate 34a is the same height as the lower reinforcing bar 31d of the second parallel leg. It is pivotally supported by screwing a bolt into the shaft.
That is, the second position restricting link 34 can be separated from the first parallel leg 31a and the second parallel leg 32a by loosening and removing the bolt.
In addition, the longitudinal dimension of the two second link plates 34a is such that the crossing angle between the first parallel leg 31a and the second parallel leg 32a is the first relation in the extended state where the longitudinal axes are substantially parallel. The distance between the stop receiving portion 31b and the second locking receiving portion 32b is set to a length capable of restricting the position so that the container portion 11 stops at a crossing angle that is slightly longer than the upper edge width in the short direction.

The container portion receiving member 4 is made of a stainless steel round bar material or a galvanized steel round bar material, and is arranged at equal intervals, and has five horizontal rails 41 having locking claw portions 41b on both sides of the horizontal rail portion 41a. It has a lattice shape composed of three vertical bars 42 fixed at equal intervals to the beam part 41a.
And the container part receiving member 4 receives the horizontal crosspiece part 41a of each horizontal crosspiece 41 from the lower side by the 1st container part receiving member support bar 31c and the 2nd container part receiving member support bar 32c, and a latching claw part 41b is latched by the 1st container part receiving member support bar 31c and the 2nd container part receiving member support bar 32c, and a horizontal shift is prevented.

The vertical rail 42 receives the bottom of the container part 11.
That is, the load of the culture soil applied to the bottom of the container part 11 is received by the first container part receiving member support bar 31c and the second container part receiving member support bar 32c via the container part receiving member 4. Yes.

This planter A is configured as described above. In use, as shown in FIG. 2, first, the leg body member 3 has a maximum crossing angle between the first parallel legs 31a and the second parallel legs 32a. In other words, after the first position restricting link 33 and the second position restricting link 34 are in the extended state, the resin leg cap 37 is installed on the mounting surface such as the floor, the front door, the garden or the like. To do.
When the first leg member 31, the second leg member 32, the first position restricting link 33, and the second position restricting link 34 are in the disassembled state by removing the bolts that serve as shafts, the bolts and nuts are set in advance before the installation. The leg part main body member 3 is assembled using it.

Next, the container part receiving member 4 is supported between the first container part receiving member support bar 31c and the second container part receiving member support bar 32c of the leg body member 3.
And while making the container part receiving member 4 receive the bottom of the container part 11 of the planter main body 1, the leg part latching parts 12-15 are each turned up to the outer layer 11a side of the container part 11, and the surface of the corresponding outer layer 11a The hook material (or loop material) 16 of the zigzag fastener and the loop material (or hook material) 17 of the surface zipper are overlapped and engaged to obtain a fixed state.

That is, by this fixing, the leg locking portion 12 and the leg locking portion 14 are locked to the first position restricting link 33, and the leg locking portion 13 becomes the second locking receiving portion 32b. The leg portion locking portion 15 is locked to the first locking receiving portion 31b.
Then, with this planter A installed on the installation surface such as a garden, entrance porch, floor, etc., culture soil is put in the container part 11 and plants F are planted as shown in FIG.
In addition, in the case of this planter A, the height from the planter installation surface of the upper edge of the container part 11 is the height (for example, 65-80cm) in which the person who got on the wheelchair can take care of the planted flower F. It has become.

This planter A is as described above and has the following excellent performance.
(1) Since the planter body 1 is formed of a sheet-like nonwoven fabric, which is a foldable sheet material having water permeability and air permeability, and a mesh sheet, the planter body 1 is used during transportation or when not in use. Can be folded compactly.
(2) Since the planter body 1 is provided so as to form a ventilation space below the bottom of the container part 11 via the support legs 2, even if a large amount of water is sprinkled in the container part 11, excess water is not As shown in FIG. 9A conceptually, the water is drained from the entire bottom of the container part 11. Of course, part of the water is also drained from the side wall of the container 11. And since the outer layer 11a is formed with the nonwoven fabric with high water retention, the water sprinkled is drained gradually, and water spreads easily to the culture soil 5 uniformly.
(3) When the water is drained to some extent, the air permeability is secured over the entire side wall of the container part 11, and the drain hole 110 is provided at the bottom, and the other parts are not air-permeable as shown in FIG. Compared to the conventional planter 100 shown, the culture soil can be efficiently aerated. Therefore, the flower F grows without causing root rot or the like without arranging the pot-bottom stones 120 on the bottom.
Moreover, since it is not necessary to put the pot bottom stone 120, the exchanging work of the culture soil 5 becomes easy, and the trouble of separating the used culture soil 5 and the pot bottom stone 120 is unnecessary.
(4) Since the leg body member 3 can be folded into a substantially flat state in which the crossing angle between the first parallel legs 31a and the second parallel legs 32a is several degrees or less during transportation or when not in use. Compact when transported or not in use.
(5) Since the outer layer 11a of the container part 11 is formed of a nonwoven fabric, it has excellent water retention, and excess water sprinkled in the container part 11 is retained in the outer layer 11a. Therefore, the culture soil in the container part 11 can be kept at a moderate humidity for a long time, so that the growth of plants can be stabilized and the number of water sprays can be reduced.
(6) Since the inner layer 11b made of a mesh sheet having higher strength than the outer layer 11a is provided, the load applied to the inner surface of the container part 11 from the culture soil in the container part 11 is received by the inner layer 11b, and the outer layer 11a is thinned. Alternatively, a non-woven fabric having a high water retention effect can be used for the outer layer 11a even if it is weak in strength.
(7) The leg locking portions 12 and 14 each cover almost the entire length of the first position restricting link 33, and the hook material (or loop material) 16 and the loop material (or hook material) 17 Since the tip end portions of the portion locking portions 12 and 14 are held firmly fixed, the first link plate 33a and the first link plate 33a, which are intermediate joint portions of the first position restriction link 33, The rotation at the shaft support portion can be suppressed. Therefore, when the planter A is held with the leg body member 3 and the installation position of the planter A is shifted, the first leg member 31 and the second leg member 32 are folded in the folding direction (the first orientation leg 31a and the second parallel leg 32a). In the direction in which the tolerance angle becomes smaller, and the possibility that the container portion 11 is deformed and affects the planted flower F is reduced.
In addition, although this planter A does not need to basically put a pot bottom stone, depending on a plant to be planted or a user's preference, the pot bottom stone is placed in the container part 11 before putting the culture soil into the container part 11. You can keep it in the bottom.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, there are two layers of the outer layer and the inner layer of the container portion. However, a material layer having a low tensile strength but a high water retention performance may be provided between the outer layer and the inner layer. .
In the above embodiment, the leg locking portion is fixed to the outer wall of the container portion with the planar fastener, but a snap button may be used.

In the above embodiment, the position restricting link is provided only above the planter from the connecting shaft of the first parallel leg and the second parallel leg. However, the position restricting link may be provided below the connecting shaft.
In the above embodiment, the container portion has the shape of a long quadrangular pyramid having an opening having a rectangular shape in plan view, but may be a rectangular parallelepiped shape or a cylindrical shape.

(Experiment 1)
Begonia was cultivated for 50 days in a state where the pot bottom stone was not laid on the bottom of the container part 11 on the planter A in FIG.
(Comparative Experiment 1)
Begonia was cultivated for 82 days with an unglazed planter laid with a pot-bottom stone in a state where a water passage space was left between the installation surface and a grid-like stand in the same manner as the bottom of the container part of the planter in FIG. .
(Comparative experiment 2)
The begonia was cultivated for 82 days with a plastic planter laid with pot bottom stone in a state where a water passage space was opened between the installation surface and a grid-like table in the same manner as the bottom of the container part of the planter in FIG. .
82 days later, the begonia cultivated in Experiment 1 and Comparative Experiments 1 and 2 were extracted from each planter and examined for the growth state of the flower part and the root. The planter of FIG. When A was used, the growth of roots was slightly better. In addition, white mold was observed in the plastic planter.

(Experiment 2)
In the state where the pot bottom stone is not laid on the bottom of the container part 11 in the planter A of FIG.
(Comparative Experiment 3)
The unglazed planter with a pot bottom stone is placed on a grid-like stand like the bottom of the container part of the planter in Fig. 1 with a water passage between the installation surface and the tomatoes in the middle for 82 days. Cultivated.
(Comparative Experiment 4)
A plastic planter with a pot-bottom stone is placed on a grid-like stand like the bottom of the container part of the planter in Fig. 1 with a water passage between the installation surface and the tomatoes for 82 days. Cultivated.
82 days later, the tomatoes grown in Experiment 2, Comparative Experiments 3 and 4 were extracted from each planter and examined for root growth. The maximum root length of the tomatoes grown in Experiment 2 was 165 cm. In contrast, the maximum length of the root of the medium tomato grown in Comparative Experiment 3 was 105 cm, and the maximum length of the root of the medium tomato grown in Comparative Experiment 4 was 145 cm.

A Planter 1 Planter body 11 Container part 11a Outer layer 11b Inner layers 12-15 Leg locking part 16 Hook material (or loop material)
17 Loop material (or hook material)
2 support leg 3 leg body member 31 first leg member 31a first parallel leg 31b first locking receiving part 31c first container receiving member support bar 31d upper reinforcing bar 31e lower reinforcing bar 32 second leg member 32a first 2 parallel leg 32b 2nd latching receiving part 32c 2nd container part receiving member support bar 32d Upper reinforcement bar 32e Lower reinforcement bar 33 1st position control link 33a 1st link board 34 2nd position control link 34a 2nd link board 36 Head resin cap 37 Leg resin cap 4 Container portion receiving member 41 Horizontal beam 41a Horizontal beam portion 41b Locking claw portion 42 Vertical beam F Flower

Claims (3)

A planter body having a container part for containing plant culture soil, and a support leg part for supporting the planter body so as to form a ventilation space between the container part bottom surface and the planter installation surface ,
The planter body is formed of a foldable flexible sheet material, at least the entire container part has water permeability and air permeability, and at least the container part outer layer side has water retention, and A planter that is separable from the support leg ,
The support leg includes a leg main body member, and a container part receiving member that is detachably attached to the leg main body member and receives a bottom of the container part in a mounted state or a metal mesh shape.
The leg body member is formed so as to be foldable substantially flat with the container receiving member removed.
The leg main body member is provided so as to connect a pair of first parallel legs and one end portions of two first parallel legs, and a rod-shaped first locking receiver on which the leg locking portions are locked. A first leg member having a portion;
A second leg member having a pair of second parallel legs and a rod-like second latch receiving part which is provided so as to connect one end parts of the two second parallel legs and which latches the leg latch part. And with
The first leg member and the second leg member are pivotally supported so that the first parallel leg and the second parallel leg intersect, and the intersection angle can be changed at the intersection,
One end of the first locking receiving portion or the vicinity thereof, one end of the second locking receiving portion or the vicinity thereof, the other end of the first locking receiving portion or the vicinity thereof, and the other end of the second locking receiving portion or the vicinity thereof. The planter is characterized in that each has a joint in the center and is connected by a position restricting link for restricting the position so that the intersecting angle becomes an intersecting angle that supports the planter body in the extended state . The planter according to claim 1, wherein the leg locking portion is locked to the first locking receiving portion, the second locking receiving portion, and the position restriction link . The first leg member has a first container portion receiving member support bar provided in parallel with the first locking receiving portion on the first locking receiving portion side from the intersection.
The second leg member has a second container part receiving member support bar provided in parallel with the second locking receiving part on the second locking receiving part side from the intersection;
The planter according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein a container part receiving member is stretched between the first container part receiving member support bar and the second container part receiving member support bar .

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