KR102124616B1 - Aquarium equipped with slip type expansion tank - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an aquarium having a slip-type expansion tank, and more specifically, to expand the aquarium by simply mounting it, so that the activity radius of an ornamental fish can be expanded, and due to the structure of supplying/discharging water to the tank and recirculating it through water purification. It is convenient for cleaning and maintenance of the aquarium, and relates to an aquarium having a slip-type expansion tank characterized by maximizing the aesthetics of a tubular aquarium by adding aesthetics to the overall structure of the exterior.
The aquarium provided with such a slip-type expansion tank according to the present invention includes a housing body, a base tank installed at the top of the housing body, a standing tank variably standing in the base tank, and a base tank and a standing tank in the housing body. A water storage tank provided separately so that water for supply is stored, a water supply means installed in the housing body to supply water from the water storage tank to the base water tank, and to prevent overflow of the base water tank and discharge or recycle water. Characterized in that it comprises a water discharging means installed, and ascending supply means installed to fill the water in the standing water tank by the negative pressure action by connecting the standing water tank and the water storage tank with a negative pressure pipe.

Description

Aquarium equipped with slip type expansion tank

The present invention expands the water tank with a simple mounting to widen the activity radius of the ornamental fish, maintains the clean state of the water and cleans and manages the aquarium by purifying and circulating the water, and can add aesthetic sense to the beauty of the structure and shape. It relates to an aquarium having a slip-type expansion tank to enable.

In general, an aquarium is mostly composed of a box-type water tank with an open top, and is used to grow ornamental fish by adding ornamental fish after filling it with sand or gravel, etc. You can see the ornamental fish along the ship and feel the nature close to it, which helps with emotional life and increases the aesthetic sense due to the decorative effect when installed indoors and outdoors, and can even provide indoor humidity supply.

According to the Utility Model Publication No. 20-0482812 for such an ornamental aquarium, an air bubble filter for an aquarium and the same are provided to provide mobility, such as providing a stable and strong fixing force on an aquarium water tank and allowing easy position adjustment. We have known the technology of an aquarium.

However, in a conventional aquarium, after a long time, the aquarium is polluted as pollutants discharged from ornamental fish and food left over from them are accumulated on the bottom of the aquarium or float on the water contained in the aquarium. In this case, using a separate container or hose, such as a gourd, to drain contaminated water inside the aquarium, and after cleaning the aquarium, it takes a long time to supply new water, and ornamental fish that are kept inside the aquarium. I have a problem that puts a lot of stress on other creatures.

In addition, the conventional aquarium has a non-economic problem, such as the lack of beauty and limited activity radius of the ornamental fish, as the main shape of the closed square box, to purchase a new larger aquarium to expand the activity radius.

KR (Y1) 20-0482812 (Mar. 07, 2017)

Accordingly, in the present invention, as a new technology was devised to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, the aquarium can be expanded by simply expanding the aquarium to expand the activity radius of the ornamental fish, and supply/discharge and purified water are recycled to the water tank. The structure is convenient for cleaning and maintenance of the aquarium, and relates to an aquarium equipped with a slip-type expansion tank capable of maximizing the aesthetics of the ornamental aquarium by adding beauty to the overall structure of the exterior.

As a specific means for solving the problems of the present invention, the housing main body, a base tank in which a blocking wall is installed on a slope at an upper end of the housing body, and a floating base in a base tank to be variablely mounted to lower the range to expand the range of activity of ornamental fish The opening, and the standing water tank through which the water inlets are introduced to both sides is provided, and the housing body is provided with water for supply to the base water tank and the standing water tank separately, and includes a drain valve for external discharge of the stored water. A water storage tank having a direct discharge pipe and a suction pipe installed in the housing body to communicate with the water storage chamber to supply water from the water storage tank to the base tank are connected to the pump, and the supply pipe and the discharge pipe communicating the pump and the base tank are installed. Supply means, water discharge means installed to connect the overflow pipe and the circulation pipe at the bottom of which the drain valve communicating with the base water tank and the pump chamber to prevent overflow of the base water tank and discharge or recirculate water, and standing water tank and water It characterized in that it comprises an ascending supply means for connecting the storage tank with a negative pressure pipe to fill and circulate the standing water tank by negative pressure.

In addition, the inside of the housing body is divided into a pump chamber and a water storage chamber by a vertical partition plate, and the water storage chamber is divided into a lower water storage tank and an upper water treatment chamber by a horizontal partition plate, and the horizontal partition plate communicates with the water storage tank. It characterized in that the water penetration hole is formed through.

In addition, the water supply means is characterized in that it further comprises an injector with an air inlet pipe protruding upward on the outer circumferential surface so that the discharge of water and the supply of oxygen are simultaneously performed between the supply pipe and the discharge pipe.

In addition, the water storage tank and the water supply means are provided separately in the form of a drawer, it is characterized in that it is configured to be detached in a drawer type by forming an opening groove through the water storage chamber on one side of the housing body.

In addition, it is characterized in that a filter member is further included to filter and purify foreign substances in the water when re-supplying water discharged from the base water tank and discharged into the water storage tank.

In addition, the filtration member is formed of a primary filtration unit having a receiving groove in which a filtration filter for filtering foreign matter in the water is formed, and a secondary filtration unit for filtering and discharging foreign matter in the filtered water through the primary filtration unit again. A filter tube is provided, wherein the second filter part is formed with a first partition wall in which a lower through hole is formed in front of the primary filter part, and a second partition wall in which an upper through hole is formed in front of the first partition wall is formed. It is characterized in that it consists of a discharge hole through which purified water is discharged to the bottom of the partition wall.

According to the aquarium having a slip-type expansion tank according to the present invention, due to the structural characteristics of simply mounting the standing tank of the structure standing in the base tank, the range of activity of the ornamental fish is expanded while highlighting the beauty of the appearance due to the unusual structure of the aquarium. It provides the effect of improving the aesthetic sense.

In addition, as the housing body is formed at the bottom of the base water tank and a water storage tank for storing water is separately provided, exposure of the device and the pipe is minimized, circulating and cleaning of the water is easy, and filtration to purify water in the process of recirculating water It is very convenient to maintain the cleanliness of the water as the member is provided for easy cleaning.

1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of an aquarium having a slip-type expansion tank according to the present invention
Figure 2 is a rear view of Figure 1
Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the internal configuration of the aquarium having a slip-type expansion tank according to the present invention
4 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 3
Figure 5 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the aquarium having a slip-type expansion tank according to the present invention
Figure 6 is a functional cross-sectional view showing the process of filling the water of the aquarium having a slip-type expansion tank according to the present invention
Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the process of circulating the water of the aquarium having a slip-type expansion tank according to the present invention
Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a process of discharging the water of the aquarium having a slip-type expansion tank according to the present invention to the outside

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail according to specific embodiments of the accompanying drawings. The following drawings according to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention are examples for specifically explaining the configuration and the effect of operation, and the technical scope of the present invention is not limited or changed thereby. Therefore, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention based on these embodiments.

In addition, technical terms used in the present specification are terms selected in consideration of functions in the embodiments, and the meaning of the terms may vary according to specific embodiments of the present invention. Therefore, the terms used in the embodiments described below, if specifically defined in this specification, follow the definition, and if there is no specific definition, it should be interpreted as the meaning of the technical terms generally recognized by those skilled in the art.

1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of an aquarium having a slip-type expansion tank according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a rear view of FIG. 1.

The aquarium 1 having a slip-type expansion tank according to the present invention includes a housing main body 10, a base water tank 20 formed on an upper portion of the housing body 10, and a variable type in the base water tank 20. A standing water tank 30 to stand upright, a water storage tank 40 separately provided to store water for supply to the base water tank 20 and the standing water tank 30 in the housing body 10, and the housing body 10 ) Water supply means (50) installed on the other end to supply the water from the water storage tank (40) to the base water tank (20), and the overflow of the base water tank (20) and the discharge of water to discharge or recycle the water It includes a means (60), and ascending supply means (70) to fill the standing water tank (30) with water.

On the other hand, it may further include a filtration member 80 for filtering and re-purifying the water re-entered into the water storage tank 40 having a slip-type expansion tank according to the present invention.

The aquarium (1) provided with the slip-type expansion tank of the present invention constitutes an expansion tank that expands the range of activity of ornamental fish by simply mounting the standing tank (30) to the base tank (20), and also the structure itself. By adding a sense of beauty, it is possible to create an aesthetic sense to the surrounding environment, and functionally, while supplying the water stored in the water storage tank 40 while some water is filled in the base water tank 20, the water storage tank 40 and the standing water tank are simultaneously provided. The tank 30 is filled with water due to the negative pressure action due to the structure in which the 30 is tightly connected, and the aquarium is discharged or recycled to prevent water from overflowing from the base tank 20. It is more convenient to manage the water, and it also has technical features to keep the water clean by easily filtering and purifying the water re-entered into the water storage tank 40.

Figure 3 shows a perspective view showing the internal configuration of the aquarium having a slip-type expansion tank according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the housing body 10 is divided into a pump chamber 12 and a water storage chamber 13 by a vertical partition plate 11 inside, and the water storage chamber 13 is moved back and forth to a horizontal partition plate 14. Divided, the lower side becomes a water storage tank 40, and the upper side forms a water treatment room 15 in which a filtration member 80 is installed, and the horizontal partition plate 14 injects water in communication with the water storage tank 40. The ball 16 is formed through, so that water can be introduced into the water storage tank 40 through the water treatment room 15.

The housing body 10 has a plurality of opening and closing covers (17, 18, 18a) for opening and closing the pump chamber 12 and the water treatment room 15 on the front and other sides for the convenience of pipe assembly, cleaning and maintenance. It is provided.

The water inlet hole 16 is provided with an opening and closing stopper 19 so as to be opened and closed, and the opening and closing stopper 19 is a water inflow hole 16 to facilitate formation of a negative pressure for raising water in the first standing water tank 30 ) Is used to close the water storage chamber (13), and then the standing water tank (30) is filled with water, so when the water is circulated, the opening/closing stopper (19) is removed to open the water inlet hole (16). Becomes.

In addition, a water induction groove 14a for guiding water through the water inlet hole 16 is formed in the horizontal partition plate 14 of the water treatment room 15.

The base tank 20 is formed with a blocking wall 21 in a slope so that the upper portion is opened at the upper end of the housing body 10, and the blocking wall 21 is formed of plastic or tempered glass having transparency.

The standing water tank 30 is provided with a closed structure in which the lower portion is opened, and the inlets 31 and 31a are penetrated to both lower portions to flow water.

The standing tank 30 is made of plastic or tempered glass having transparency, but may be provided in various shapes such as a quadrangular shape, a cylinder, and a cone. By the negative pressure action by the sanding supply means 70, the water is filled into the standing water tank 30 so that the activity range of the ornamental fish can be expanded.

The water storage tank 40 is installed in a closed structure in the water storage chamber 13 of the housing body 10 to store water.

In addition, the water storage tank 40 is provided so that the direct discharge pipe 42 including a drain valve (drain-valve, 41) communicates to discharge water directly to the outside or to discharge foreign substances that have settled inside the water.

The water supply means 50 is provided with a pump 51 for supplying water from the water storage tank 40 to the base water tank 20 in the pump chamber 12 of the housing body 10, and water is supplied to the pump 51. A suction pipe 52 for communicating the pump 51 and the water storage chamber 13 is installed for input of the pump 51 and the base water tank to supply water to the base water tank 20 by the pump 51 A supply pipe 53 communicating with (20) is installed, and an injector 54 is installed at the front end of the supply pipe 53 to simultaneously discharge water and supply oxygen, and downward to the front end of the injector 54 The bent discharge pipe 55 is installed.

In the injector 54, the air inlet pipe 54a protrudes upward on the outer circumferential surface to simultaneously supply oxygen when the water supplied from the pump 51 is discharged to the base water tank 20.

That is, in the process of circulating water by the injector 54, air injection is simultaneously performed to supply oxygen, so that a separate oxygen supply is unnecessary at all.

On the other hand, referring to Figure 5, the water storage tank 40 and the water supply means 50 can be configured to be provided with a separate drawer-type to facilitate cleaning and maintenance.

To this end, an opening groove 18b penetrating the water storage chamber 13 is formed at one side of the housing body 10, and the drawer-type water storage tank 40 and the water supply means 50 are inserted and removed by the opening groove 18b. Can be combined or separated.

The water discharge means 60 is formed with an overflow pipe 61 communicating with the base water tank 20 and the pump chamber 12 to prevent the water level of the base water tank 20 from overflowing, and the overflow pipe 61 At the bottom of the drain valve (drain-valve, 62) is installed so as to discharge the foreign matter that has settled inside the water, and the external discharge pipe communicating with the outside side to discharge the foreign matter to the bottom of the drain valve (62) ( 63) is connected.

In addition, between the drain valve 62 and the overflow pipe 61, a circulation pipe 64 communicating with the water treatment room 15 is installed to overflow and discharge the discharged water through the water treatment room 15 through the water storage tank ( 40) to be recirculated.

The ascending supply means 70, the water supplied to the base water tank 20 to the standing water tank 30 mounted so as to stand on the base water tank 20 is introduced into the standing water tank 30, and also inside the standing water tank 30. A negative pressure pipe 71 communicating with the standing water tank 30 and the water storage chamber 13 is installed in order to fill and fill the water with negative pressure. In the middle of the negative pressure pipe 71, the discharge amount of air or water Flow control valve 72 for adjusting the is installed.

The negative pressure pipe 71 is installed to communicate with the upper end of the standing water tank 30 and the water storage chamber 13, but the upper negative pressure pipe 71a and the lower negative pressure pipe 71b are centered around the flow control valve 72. It is divided into, and the lower negative pressure pipe (71b) is installed so that the lower end is close to the suction pipe (52) connected to the pump (51), and is pulled up to the upper portion of the standing water tank (30) by the suction force of the pump (51). Under the action of generating negative pressure, the water is filled and circulated inside the standing water tank 30.

The filtering member 80 is filtered water by filtering the water in the process of re-introducing the water discharged to the overflow pipe 61 of the water discharge means 60 into the water storage tank 40 through the circulation pipe 64 It is composed of a filtration filter 82, which is provided with a filter cylinder 81 with an open top to be re-supplied to the water storage tank 40 and inserted into the filter tank 81.

The filtration tube 81 is filtered through the primary filtration unit 84 where the receiving groove 83 in which the filtration filter 82 is accommodated is formed, and the water filtered through the primary filtration unit 84 is filtered again and precipitated before being discharged. It consists of a secondary filtration unit 85 to allow.

The second filtration part 85 is formed with a first partition wall 86 in which a lower through hole 86a is formed in front of the primary filtration part 84, and an upper through hole 87a is formed in front of the first partition wall 86. ) Is formed a second partition wall 87 is formed, a discharge hole 88 is formed in the purified water is discharged to the bottom of the front of the second partition (87).

The secondary filtration unit 85 allows the water filtered through the filtration filter 80 of the primary filtration unit 84 to rise and fall through the first partition wall 86 and the second partition wall 87 and then descend. After sedimentation to the bottom, only purified water is drained into the discharge hole 88 to be re-introduced into the water storage tank 40.

Hereinafter, the operation of the aquarium having the slip-type expansion tank according to the present invention configured as described above will be described.

Referring to FIG. 6, the base water tank 20 and the water storage tank 40 are filled with water in a state where the standing water tank 30 is mounted in a standing structure inside the base water tank 20.

At this time, the water stored in the water storage tank 40 is for filling the standing water tank 30, and when the pump 51 of the water supply means is operated, the water in the water storage tank 40 is sucked into the suction pipe 52 To the base water tank 20 through the supply pipe 53 and the discharge pipe 55, and simultaneously draw air into the base water tank 20 by the injector 54 installed between the supply pipe 53 and the discharge pipe 55. It is injected and oxygen is supplied at the same time.

At the same time, as the suction force of the pump 51 acts as the lower negative pressure pipe 71b installed close to the suction pipe 52, air is sucked into the standing water tank 30 and the standing water tank 30 at the same time. As the negative pressure is generated therein, the water in the base water tank 20 is sucked into the standing water tank 30 and filled as it rises.

At this time, the flow rate control means 72 connected to the negative pressure pipe 71 should always be open to the maximum, and the water inlet hole 16 is closed with an opening/closing stopper 19 to facilitate the negative pressure action on the standing water tank 30. The storage room 14 must be closed.

In this way, when the standing water tank 30 is completely filled with water, the opening/closing stopper 19 of the water inlet hole 16 is removed to open the water storage chamber 14, and the water supply means 50 and the water discharge means The water is circulated through the (60) and the ascending supply means (70).

Referring to FIG. 7 for the circulating action of the water, the water in the water storage tank 40 is continuously supplied to the base water tank 20 by the operation of the pump 51 of the water supply means 50 continuously. When the standing water tank 30 is completely filled with water, the water of the standing water tank 30 through the upper negative pressure pipe 71a and the lower negative pressure pipe 71b by the suction action of the pump 51 is a water storage tank 40 It is discharged to and circulated, and when the water supplied to the base water tank 20 as the standing water tank 30 is filled reaches the water level of the overflow pipe 61, it is discharged through the overflow pipe 61 and at the same time It is discharged to the water treatment room 15 through the circulation pipe 64 connected to the overflow pipe 61 and re-supplied to the water storage tank 40 through the water introduction hole 16 to circulate the water.

Here, as the circulation pipe 64 communicates with the water treatment room 15, the overflowed water is filtered by the filtration member 80 to resupply the purified water.

At this time, when the overflow water is supplied to the filtration member 80, after the primary filtration so that the foreign matter is filtered by the filtration filter 82, the foreign matter is precipitated through the first partition wall 86 and the second partition wall 87 It is re-supplied to the water storage tank 40 by allowing the second filtration to sink.

In addition, when cleaning or maintaining a pump or the like of the aquarium 1 provided with a slip-type expansion tank according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 8, in order to discharge water from the base water tank 20 and the standing water tank 30, By simply opening the drain valve 62 of the water discharge means 60 and opening the drain valve 41 to which the direct discharge pipe 42 of the water storage tank 40 is connected, it is possible to conveniently discharge and clean.

According to the aquarium (1) having a slip-type expansion tank of the present invention as described above, as the installation of the water storage tank 40 and the water supply means 50 and the water discharge means 60 inside the housing body 10 is made The appearance of the device and piping is minimized, the appearance is clean, and the structure of the standing tank 30 standing in the base tank 20 is easily mounted, and the range of activity of the ornamental fish is expanded, and the appearance of the structure itself makes it more beautiful. Because it can be highlighted, it provides the effect of further enhancing the aesthetic sense when contemplating the aquarium.

In addition, the water storage tank 40 can supply water to the standing water tank 30 according to characteristics separately configured in the housing body 10, and can also store water when cleaning the standing water tank 30 and the base water tank 20. In addition to easy cleaning and maintenance, since the filtration member 80 is configured in the water treatment room, it is easy to clean water that is circulated, and it is easy to remove the filtration member 80, so it is easy to clean and clean the water. It is very convenient to maintain. In addition, the discharge of water is easy by the drain valves 41 and 62 connected to the direct discharge pipe 42 and the external discharge pipe 63.

In addition, as a plurality of covers 17, 18, 18a of the housing body 10 are provided, it is easy to assemble in the manufacturing process, and maintenance can be carried out very conveniently in the event of problems such as a pump 51 or each water pipe. have.

As described above, in the detailed description of the present invention, the most preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, but various modifications may be made within the scope of the technical scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention is described above. It is not limited to the example, but the scope of protection should be recognized from the technologies described in the claims to be described later and from these technologies to equivalent technical means.

1: Aquarium
10: housing body 11: vertical compartment 12: pump chamber 13: water storage chamber
14: horizontal division plate 14a: water induction groove 15: water treatment room 16: water inlet
17, 18: opening and closing cover 19: opening and closing stopper 18b: opening groove
20: base tank 21: barrier wall
30: Standing water tank 31, 31a: Inlet
40: water storage tank 41: drain valve 42: direct discharge pipe
50: water supply means 51: pump 52: suction pipe 53: supply pipe
54: injector 54a: air inlet pipe 55: discharge pipe
60: water discharge means 61: overflow pipe 62: drain valve 63: external discharge pipe
64: circulation pipe
70: a sanding supply means 71: negative pressure pipe 71a: upper negative pressure pipe 71b: lower negative pressure pipe
72: flow control valve
80: filtration member 81: filtration tube 82: filtration filter 83: receiving groove
84:1 primary filtration unit 85: secondary filtration unit 86: first bulkhead 86a: lower through hole
87: second partition 87a: upper through hole 88: discharge hole

Claims (6)

The inside is divided into the pump chamber 12 and the water storage chamber 13 by the vertical partition plate 11, and the water storage chamber 13 is again divided by the horizontal partition plate 14 to the lower water storage tank 40 and the upper water purification treatment chamber ( 15), the horizontal partition plate 14 is a housing body 10 through which a water inlet hole 16 communicating with the water storage tank 40 is formed,
A base water tank (20) in which a blocking wall (21) is installed on a slope at the top of the housing body (10),
A standing water tank 30 in which the lower part is opened to widen the range of activity of the ornamental fish by standing up in a variable manner in the base water tank 20, and through which the inlets 31 and 31a through which water is introduced are penetrated.
In the housing body 10, the water for supplying to the base water tank 20 and the standing water tank 30 is separately provided so that the direct discharge pipe 42 including the drain valve 41 is provided for external discharge of the stored water. Formed water storage tank 40,
A suction pipe 52 installed in the housing body 10 and communicating with the water storage chamber 13 to supply the water from the water storage tank 40 to the base water tank 20 is connected to the pump 51, and the pump 51 And a water supply means 50 having a supply pipe 53 and a discharge pipe 55 communicating with the base water tank 20,
To prevent overflow of the base water tank 20 and to discharge or recirculate water, a drain valve 62 communicating the base water tank 20 and the pump chamber 12 is provided with an overflow pipe 61 and a circulation pipe 64 installed at the bottom. ) Is connected to the water discharge means 60 is installed,
Ascending supply means (70) for connecting the standing water tank (30) and the water storage tank (40) with a negative pressure pipe (71) to fill and circulate water in the standing water tank (30) by negative pressure,
When re-supplying the water overflowing from the base water tank (20) to the water storage tank (40), it includes a filtration member (80) that is easy to install or remove in the water treatment room (15) to filter and purify foreign substances in the water. ,
The negative pressure pipe 71 of the ascending supply means 70 is formed to communicate with the upper end of the standing water tank 30 and the water storage chamber 13, and discharges air or water in the middle of the negative pressure pipe 71 Flow control valve 72 is formed to control the
The flow control valve 72 is divided into an upper negative pressure pipe 71a and a lower negative pressure pipe 71b, and the lower negative pressure pipe 71b is an upper portion of the standing water tank 30 by suction power of the pump 51. Aquarium with a slip-type expansion tank, characterized in that the lower end is configured to be close to the suction pipe (52) connected to the pump 51 so as to generate a negative pressure.
delete The method according to claim 1,
Water supply means (50) is characterized in that the air inlet pipe (54a) on the outer circumferential surface of the injector 54 is further protruding upward so that the discharge of water and oxygen supply at the same time between the supply pipe (53) and the discharge pipe (55) Aquarium equipped with a slip-type expansion tank.
The method according to claim 1,
The water storage tank 40 and the water supply means 50 are separately provided in a drawer form,
An aquarium having a slip-type expansion tank, characterized in that it is configured to form an opening groove (18b) penetrating the water storage chamber (13) at one side of the housing body (10) to be inserted and removed in a drawer type.
delete The method according to claim 1,
The filtration member 80 is a primary filtration unit 84 having a receiving groove 83 in which a filtration filter 82 for filtering foreign substances in the water is accommodated, and foreign substances in the water filtered through the primary filtration unit 84 A filter vessel 81 formed of a second filtration unit 85 to filter and settle again is provided,
The second filtration part 85 is formed with a first partition wall 86 in which a lower through hole 86a is formed in front of the primary filtration part 84, and an upper through hole 87a is formed in front of the first partition wall 86. A second tank (87) is formed is formed, the aquarium having a slip-type expansion tank characterized in that it consists of a discharge hole (88) for discharging purified water to the front of the second partition (87).

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