US1066032A - Typographical composing and casting machine. - Google Patents

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CIMUEHLBISEN.

TYPOGRAPHICAL coMPosING AND oAs'rING MACHINE.

APPLIOATIOB FILED 00T. 20, 1910.

Patented July 1, 1913.

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TYPOGBAPHIGAL OOKPOSING AND CASTING MACHINE.

APPLIUATIOH FILED 00T. 20, 1910,

Patented July 1,1913

5 SHEETS-SHEET 2 C. MUBHLEISEN. TYPOGRAPHIGAL CoMPoVsING AND CASTING MACHINE.

' APPLIOATIGN FILED 00Tl 2G, 1910. 1,066,032. Patented July 1, 1913.

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C. MIIEHLEISBN.

TYPOGRAPEIGAL COMPOSING AND CASTING MACHINE.

APPLIOA'TION FILED 00T. 2c, 1910.

1,066,032, Patented July 1, 1913.

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C. MUBHLEISBN.

TYPOGRAI'. ICAL COMPOSING AND CASTING MAGHINE .PLIGATION FILED 00T` 2o, 1910.

1,066,032. Patented July 1,1913.

UNITED sTaTEs PATENT oEEioE.

-CARL MUEHLEISEN, OF BERLN, GERMAN Y, ASSIGNOR TO MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPOGRAPHIICAL COMPOSING AND CASTING LIACHINE.

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7b all wlw/'14, it may mmc/vi: l l Be it known that I, C-Aiit, MUEHLEISEN, a citizen ofthe United States of America, residing at 88 Chausseestrasse, Berlin, N. 4, in the Empire of'Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in 'lypographical Composing and Casting Machines of which the following is a specification. y

The present invention consists of improvementsin typographical composing and cast.- ing machines equipped lwith matrices or type dies having Amore than one face in the same surface. The terms matrix, matrices are to be hereafter understood as including type die, type dies respectively. It has up to the present, been the practice in machines of this class, to provide the assembler e.,`the organ in which the line of matrices is composed) with a switch device'adapted to control the level or position with reference to the line -of composition, which each matrix assumes before, at, or immediately after the `moment of its entering the assembler. Coiisei quently, the single guide in 'the assembler, as well as in the organs between the assembler and the distri-buter, and which sullicetl so long as each matrix had only onel face, had to be supplemented by an additional guide for each additional face. In such a machine so equipped in respect of faces, switch, and guides it was possible to coinposea single line in either of the faces throughout, or in all the faces; the switch securing the presentation on the part of each succeeding matrix, off the desired face in the' line of composition, and the guides maintaining such presentations for as long as was necessary. After a line had been composed, its .subsequent treatment depended upon whether it consisted of inatrices or of type dies. If it consisted. of matrices, it was transferredto the casting mechanism, the latter thereupon casting a linotype from it. If it consisted of type dies, it was transferred to the iiidenting or dented a Hong or printing mechanism, which lthereupon in-y y printed on a Strip or sheet. `Ineither case, it was subsequently transferred to the distributer. (As the present invention makes no distinction between matrices and type dies, the terms matrix, matrices are used hereinafter as e including type die type dies Now in machines characterized by the above Specicaton of letters Patent.

mentioned single guide in the assembler and Patented July 1, ,1913.14 Application filed October 20, 1910. SerialvNa 588,141.

subsequent organs of the machine, all the matrices in the composed line are held by the special device which presents lthem to the distributor, at a common level; but in machines characterized by additional guides, they are held at as many ditferentlevels as there are different faces in the composed line.

It is no unusual thing fora .nactiine'of the class described, to have severalorgans concerned in the act of thetransferring the composed line to the distributer. The assembler itself may be stationary orbe one of these transferring organs. In either case,

each organ must have tlie'additional guides,

and, in any case, the Organ or the last ofi the series of organs that etfects the transferencejof the composed line, necessarily has its guide retractable from its operative pesition, to allow of the switched matrices returniig to the common level. The spacers in the composed linewould be moved through the assembler with the;` matrices,

and. as they@ must occupy @predetermined pizfsition in the organ (shown invtheaccompanying drawings as the first elevator of a Mergenthaleii linot.ype.iinachine) which con- VreyS` them tol their operative position, they might be moved too fa to propeilye'ngage in the said orgam Inclined guides, suchV as are shown in the speciticatiolngof.British Letters Patent. 12453 of 1999 as located in the path of the l composed line from the assembler to the said organ, would be necessary to restore the spacers so moved too far, to their engaging `yyposition. of transferring the conipipsed line as a whole along the said path, tenils to prevent such restoration inasmuch as the transferring device would hold the spacers nipped bet-Ween the matrices. 5

The present. invention iiicludes the substi tntion for the assembler switch and retractable guide, of an adjustabll'ity in the assembler and, sometimes, one also in the organ that has hitherto carriedlthe v,said guide,

The act i adjacent organ on the other; and extending ik to. as many assembling. positions* such a way as 'to nialre them switch guides in the manner of the well kn'own switch rails' of a permanent, Way.'

The in'entiCn includes, further, the spacer guide iii the assembler b'eing'adjustable in the same'direeti'ori las the assembler and in being combined with a special horizontal spacer guide in 'the organ that is adjacentto the assembler' in the direction in which the composed line travels through the machine, this spacer' guide being,r so positioned A as to practically register with the engaging position'above referred to, `and also, preferably, so arranged that the adjustment 'of it eti'ects the adjustment of .the assembler.

rihe arrangemcnt. further consists, prefer ably, in providing 'that the spacer guide VVshall, when' adjusted, limit the adjusting motionof the assembler.

The `accompanying drawings illustrate constructional forms of the invention which it, preferably, ta-kes'j when itis applied to the Welly knownMergenthaler liuoti-ype machine when the latter is eqnippedwith twoface matrices.. i

`Figure `l f is a vfront; sectional Aehwat ion showing .the-machine adjusted for and dealing with lines presenting their bottom tai-es throughout in lthe composing line; Fig. Q,

a section Aon the llino -flof- Fig. l; Fig.

5, a section on the line tl-W?, of Fig. t, and including the cooperating?r end ot' the. rst organ of the distributor; Fig'` 4, a sectional elevation showing tlienlaehine adjusted for and dealing'with lilies presenting their botvtonrfaces throughoutinthe composing line-7 Fig; 5, a sectionalel'eration showingjr the machine 'adjusted "for dealing 'with lines presenting., tl'ioiig tophn-esv throughout in the composing tine; .F.ig. (3, -asectional -eleration lshowing afmaehine for dealingr with lines each composed in both faces, adjusted .for andfdeali'ng`with lines qnfesenting'their. top facetsv thrtnigbout. in the composing line;

. Fig. 7, sentii-.nal elet'ation 'of' the, saine .machineadjusted forand dealing with .lines .each-composed in both faces-V; Figs. S andi).

sectimial 'front elevations of a' piv ted switch for etiecting :the before described adjustability withontlhe adjustable-stop; Fig. 10, a sectional front )elevation showing the spacerguide on the. assembler', raised; Fig. lha sectional sidefelevation from the right tion showing thtI spari-r guide in the assembler, lowered; and Fig. 123, a sectional side elevation from the right, of Fig. lf2.

l.v l are the matrices; 3, part of the channeled assen'ibler guide down whirh the matrices drop from their magazine on to 3,

the traveling asseinbler belt which in turn i delivers them ,successively onto the inclined guide -l. down which euch matrix slides until it is within reach of the .rotat ing assembler wheel 5 which drives it into the assembler t?.

T is the liulieoiineetinf the assembler G to the means by` which it'is reciproeated between itsl two terminal positions. One of these positions is the line-assembling posi# lion shown in Fig. i, when the assembler rests upon the lixrd support 8; tho other is when it` engages \\'itlr tlie fixed stop t), theremediate channel l() into und through which the composed line is moved into the rising andfallinzg tirstelevator il whenlhe latter is in the dotted line posit-ion .shown in Fig. l.

l2 is a tixed stop to limit. the rise of the irSt elevator. *"v

lf is a second iiitermediat-efchannel (known as tho spat-e bar intermedia-te channel) into which the composed line is n'ioved when the elerati'ir 11 registers with it and which itidot-s when it is up to thel stop i9.

t-t is the cooperating end of the first member et the 'distribute-1 and on to which.

the e.- mposed line is threaded try-:its being moved Into the'chanu'el .15 is a depressor in the pat-h of raised` matrigfes' as they enten-"the channel 1? to del'irtss (hein to Ath(` eomnion4 levi-hns shown in Fiji. 7. j

'l`he parts inst deseril'iod 'nre :is heretofore., 16,17 bh-r t3; it, if), those iu the channel .ltll "il thos(l lin the tirs! etovaton ll j., and tho Single one in the channel l.

At this point` it i must.- be explained that the pri-sont aiiparatus which. however. is Shown simply by way ot example, requires that all the matrices-tor any given liml ot" -comi o.sit.ion shall he. always:isseu'ihh'd on the same matrix guide, irrespective ot" which face or faces are to be presented in the com posing line, and il' there is more than one matrix guidmsueh matrices 'arrY assembled on the top one, to be afterward nun-ed by hand on to their respective guides arrordin;y to 'face desired.

23 is a -stop easily Amorablcby the oper.

:ttor into and out of the path of the assembler C 'to registrati0nwith the channel '10, by any suitable means, c. g.,'.by being pivaretlnfixed guides in tlnx-assem-A otedugon the stationary pin 24 above the said path. NVhen this Stop is moved into the path of the assembler 6, its nose-project. `beyond therstop Q .inggzhabpath fora distance equal to that between two faces in a matrix. Consequently, when the stop 23 is out of the said path-Fig. 4, the assembler 6 will rise vto the stop 9; the bottom faces of matrices assembled in a single guide assembler will Abe in the composing line; and their feet will successively register with, and be moved on to and along, the top guides V18 and 20. .On the other hand, when the :stop 23 is inthe said path--F ig. 5, the assembler 6 will only rise to the said stop; `the top faces of the same matrices will be 'in the composing line; and their feet will successively register with, and be moved on to and along, the bottom guides 19 and 21. The channel 10 is an instance of the above mentioned respectively' adjacent organ in the direction in which the composed line travels through the machine; and it is the stop 23 which provides' the desired adjustability in the assembler with reference to the said adjacent organ. 25 is a second stop. lts function is to provide a like adjustability in the elevator 11 with reference to the channel 13. It is, therefore', mounted upon the machine in such a position that it can be easily moved by .the operator into-F ig. 4, or out (if-Fig. 5, the path of the elevator 1.1 asI it moves 1nto cooperating position with the channel 13. It is preferred to connect the sto 2,5 with the stop 23 insuch a Way that w en the operator moves one, into the path ofthe respective elevator, he moves the other out of it. The connecting means illustrated consists of a link 26- from the stop 25 to a suitable extension of the stop 23 beyond its pivot 24. When the stop 25 is in the path of the elevator 1.1-Fig. 4, the latter will move only high enough to 4make ita-:top guideZO register with the guide 22.

When it is out of that path- Fig 5, the ele- 'vater 11 will move high enough to malte its bottom guide 21 register with the guide 22'. In either case, it will be the guide 2() or 21, having thev composed line on it, that so registers- The elevator 11 is an instance .of the above mentioned yorgan that had its vguide retractable, while the channel 13 is an instance of the respectively adjacent organ `in the direction in .which 'the composed line moves through the machine.

Consequently, the presence of the stop 23 in, or its absence from, the path of the assembler 6 decides whether any given line shall throughout present its top or its bottom faces in the composing line. If the matrices have more than two faces each, an additional stop 23, 25,' is provided for eachfadditional face.

Referring to Figs. Gand 7, /it Will be noticed that the assembler 6 has two guides 1S, 17, instead of one only, (it being assumed that the matrices have two faces.) Further, that these guides are stationary with respect to the assembler; that there is out, the stop 23 is moved into thepath of the assembler (3. The rising assembler 6 will be stopped by it with the guide 16 registering with the guide 19 of the channel 10. The guide 21 of the elevator 11 will register with the guide 19, when ,the elevator registers with the channel 10;,and after itA has moved to the stop 12, its guide 21 will register withl the Guide 22 of the channel. 13. It, on the otherthand, the line is to present the bottom face throughout,tl'1e stop 23is moved out of the path of the assembler 6, after which the guide 16 will register with the guide 18, the matrices be moved ott' it on to the guide 20 and be depressed by theA depressor 15 as they are moved on to theguide 22.

Fig. 7 shows how a line having both faces posed line are moved manually down on to the guide 17, so that when the assembler G is stopped by the stop 9, both its guides 16, 17, register, respectively, with the guides 18, 19, with which will register, respectively,

'the guides 20, 21 vof the elevator 11 when the latter registersvwitlivthe channel 10.' After the elevator 11 has moved up to the stop 12, its guideI 21 will register With the guide 22 of the channel 13, the'higher matrices being depressed by the depressor 15 as they are 'moved on the said guide. Themovement of the matrices on to the guide 13 threads them on to the member 14.

It will be understood that the particular form and mounting of the stops 23and 25, as herein shown and described, are'not essential to the operation oty my invention, as such stops may be differently arranged and located and still be comprised within its spirit.

'lhe adjustability illustrated in Figs. 8 and consists in the substitution forthe adjustable stop 23,'of a switch uide 27 pivoted on a pivot 28 transverse o the entrance to the assembler 6 so that its opposite end,

1. e., the one next to the intermediatechanfor so setting the guide 27 may be uSed.

* vFor the adjusting motion of the assembler 6 The one illustrated consists-of a linger lever `29 working on a transverse pivot 30 carried vby' a lug 31 depending from the bottom of -the assen'tbler (3, and a link 32 from it to the said guide 27. Any suitable means, for maintaining the guide 27 in either of its positions may be used. line is to present the same face in the comp'osing' line throughout, thc switch 27 need only be single as shown in the Figs. 8 and 9, butif the said line is to present more than one face in the composing line, the construction of the switch and the corresponding parts in'ust be varied to suit the-altered Con-` ditions, as willjbeobvious to those skilled -in the art, in accordance with the principles of my invention as herein set. forth.

Referring to Figs. 10 to v13, 33, 33, are the spaeers; 34 the spacer guide on the assembler G; and 35 the special spacer guide in the channel 10. The spacer guide 34 must be movable for a distance equal to that which separates the 4two matrix guides 18, t!) from cach other. The guide 34 would, therefore, be sometimes in and sometimes ont. of register with the spacer guide 35, but

supplen'ienting that of the guide 34 and makingl it so register, If vthe composed line ist() present its top faces in the composing line` the. guide 34; is raised-Figs. l() and 11, with the result thatit engages with the tixed stop 9,5 when the guide 16 registers with the guide lt)` and itself with the guide 35.

`When -the said line is`moved into andV through the channel 10, the spacers 33 will he engaged in the guide 35 and the matrices t on tt'icguide t9.L It the composed line is to vpresent itsv bottomv faces in the compositi tine. the guide is lowered-Figs. 12 an t3, with the-result that it engages with the tixett stop S) when the guide 16 registers with tltegiiidc 1S. and itself again with the guide 35. When lt he said line is movedinto midthrongh t he"eh:iii|`iel 10, the spacers Will again be engaged in the guide 35, audaz-the matrices 1 on the guide 18. Thus,` when (he guide @nr-Ilv is dnw'ir---li`ig` l2 tlliel l3,lf l1aS farther to travel before it engages with the fixedl stop SL than when it is 11p-Figs. 10 and 11. so that-. in either case, its engage- "nient with the stop 9 is coincidentiwith its registration with the guide 35.

v Figs. 1l and t3 show vthe spacer guide :t on only the rear side of the assembler ltl may, howerer, he on boththe front and rear sides.

vThe exact form and mounting of the spacer guide and assembler stop 34, as here.- in shown and described, are not essential to my invention, as it may be'ditferently fashioned and arranged and still be comprised within its broad spirit; numerous equivalents to perform similar functions Awill then the composed 'ple face matrices, the-,combin freadily suggest themselves to those skilledA in the art. V

In order to simplify and reduce the illustration in the drawings,v the adjustable spacer guide and connected parts have been shown only in Figs. 10,11, 12 and 1 3. Obviously, however, they also may be'used in connection with the devices illustrated in' other figures, and it is clearly vto be understood that because of this selective illustration, their purposes and functions are'not limited to any particular form. The casting and distributing mechanisms in connection with which my inventionis to be employed may be of any desired construction, although preferably and in .the

ple face matrices, the combination of a; plurality of organssuccessively occupied by the composed line after fits assemblage, saidl organs being provided with-guidi means for maintaining the matrices. at' itferent relative levels therein, with Ineansf-to vary the registration of the severalguiding means with respect to the successive organs. f 2. In a typographical machi or multiorgan temporarily occupied by 'thecomposed line after its assemblage and provided with guiding means for maintaining the matrices at different levels therein, with the assembling organ wherein the line is composed at one level, and means to register the assembled matrices with either' one of the several guiding means of the first-mentioned organl as desired. 3. Iii a typographical machine for multiple face matrices, thecombinationof two adjacent organs successively occupied by the y composed line after its assemblage, jsaid for maintainingv the matrices atditerent relative levels, and means to alter .theregisrespect to the successive organs;

`4. In a typographical machine A ple face matrices, the combination of two adjacent organs successively occupied bythe composed line after its assemblage,v .Said organs being provided with means for maintaining .the matrio i' utf-f levels, and means "for organs being provided ,with guiding means"i tration of the respective guiding means with i for multiso v f operative-relation to the said organ, and a being provided with guiding means for means,

-5. In a typographical machine for multiple'face matrices, the combination of two adjacent organs successively 'occupied by the 'j composed line'V after .its assemblage, said organs being provided'with guiding means for maintaining the matrices `at dierent levelsand1means for adjusting the? organs with reference to each other in the path -pur.

sued bythe assembled line so as to alt-er the registration of therespective guiding mea-ns.

6. In a typographical machine fo-rmtiflt'iple face matrices, the combination of two adj acentorgans successively occupied by the composed vline after its assemblage, said organsbeing provided with a plurality of` guiding-means for maintaining the matrices at different levels, an assembling organ provided with a corresponding plurality of matrix guiding means, and devices to alter the registration ofthe respective guiding means ofl the said three organs.

7. In 'a typographical machine for multi! ple face matrices, -the combination of an assembler havingv a plurality of guides to maintain the matrices atditi'erent levels, an

j organ to lreceive the composed line therefrom, means for shifting-the assembler into stopwhose position assembler shift` Y 8. In a typographical machine for multi- .ple-Trace matrices, the combination of assembling means, and-means for transferring the assembled line therefrom to the casting position,'the said transferring means compri'sing two adjacentorgans successively occupied by the assembled line, together with means for adjusting the two organs with reference to each other to correspond to different levels of the matrices.

9. In a typographical machine for mult-i.- ple .face matrices, the vcombination of assembling means, andmeans for transferring .the assembled line therefrom to the casting position, the said transferring means Ycomprising two adjacent'organs successively occupied by the assembled line, the said organs Ivaries the extent of' the maintaining the matrices at different levels, vtogether with means to alter the registration f of the. respective guiding means to adapt them to the different levels of the matrices.

10. In ajtypographical machine for multiple face matrices, means for transferring the assembled matrices from the casting p0- sition to the distributer, the said transferring-means comprising two adjacent organs successively occupied by the mat-rices,.to- -gether with means for adjusting the two organs with reference to each other to correspond to different levels of the matrices.

11. In a typographical machine for multiple face matrices, means for transferring the assembled matrices from the casting position to the distributer, the said transfer'- ring means comprising two adjacent orgai'ss'iccessively occupied by the matrices,

one of saidY organs being provided with guiding means to maintain theV matrices :it differentv levels, together with means for adjusting the two organs with reference to each other to correspond to the dilfeient` levels of the matrices. I

12. In a typographical machine for multiple -face matrices, the combination of two adjustable organs occupied by the coin-- posed line in its vpassage through-the ma@ chine, and means'fo'r adjusting the two organs te adapt them todifferent levels of the matrices, together with means for controlling the respect-ive adjustments of the two organs and connections whereby whenone is free to act the other is held out ofaction.

13. In a typographical'machine, an assembler provided witha spacer guide adjustably mounted with reference thereto,

whereby the spacers may be supported in different positions therein.

'14, In a typographical machine, a 4movable assembler provided with a spacer guide lmounted so as to be adjustable .therein in the direction of the assembler movement,.

.whereby the spacers may be supported in different positions therein.

l5, In a typographical machinethe coin- I `bination ofan assembler and an adjacent organ to which the assembled lineis transferrcd, the rassembler being provided with means for adjusting it with reference. to the adjacent organ, and with a spacer guide adjustable with Vreference to the assembler to support the spacers in ll'erent positions.

16. In a typographical machine, the combination of an assembler and an adjacent organ to which the composed'line after its assemblage is transferred` the said organ being provided with va stationary spacerV guide and the said assembler being provided with means for altering its position relative to' the adjacent organ and with a vmovable spacer guide similarly adjustable.

17; In a typographical machine for mul`.

tiple face matrices, the combination of` a -fixed stop, an assembler movable to and tao with one of the matrix guides in the adjacent. organ.

18. ln 4a typographical composing machine, the combination of an assembler, an adjacent organ to which the composed line after its assemblage is transferred, and means for varying the relative positions/of the assembler and organ, the said organ be- 'ing provided with a horizontal spacer guide,

and the assembler provided with a spacer guide adjustable with reference thereto in the same direction as the assembler adjust` ment. i

19. In a typographical machine for muh tiple face matrices, the combination of an assembler having a plurality of stationary guides to maintain the matrices at different.

levels, devices to receive the composed line aftJ-f ,its assemblage, and means to shift the organ provided With a plurality of means to support the assembled line al different levels therein, and means whereby the said line may be assembled at one leve and delivered therefrom to one or another of the supporting means of saidorgan, as desired.

22. n a typographical machine t'or innitiple face matrices, the combination of a movable organ for conveying the composed line to and from the mold and provided with means for supporting it at lrlitl'crent levels therein, and means whereby`the said line may be assembled at one leve-l and .delivered therefrom to said movable organ at one or another of its support-ing levels.

23. In a typographical machine for mul tiple face matrices, the combination of a movable organ for conveying the composed line to andy from vthe mold and provided with a plurality of means for supporting it atA ditte-rent levels therein; and a second organ to receive the line from the first and provided With means to supporty it at a single level, together with devices for registering one or another of the snpportingmoans ot the first organ with the single supporting means of the second organ,

In a typographical machine for mnltiple face matrices, the combination ot two adjacent organs successively occupied by the assembled line, one of said organs being provided with means to support matrices at Locaties different levels and the other provided vii means to supportmatrices at one level, said supporting means being relativelyr just-able so as to connect those of the organ with one or another of those oi first.

25. ln a typographical machine for r3" tiple tace matrices, the combination organ adapted to support the asseinbifr at different levels therein, and a sec adapted tosupport said line at one 'i means whereby the line may be tra Y. 'from its level in the second organ to another of the levels in the tirstmentione organ.

26. In a typographical machine tiple face matrices. the combinat. assembler wherein the line is com; the intermediate channel to receivev ihr posed line' therefrom after its the said parts being adjustable to di operative positions with relation to. other.

27. In a typographical machine for tiple face matrices, the combination oi. assembler 'and an organ to receive the sembled line therefrom, the said asseiinm being adjustable to different dei' sitions with relation to the said organ. f 2S. n a typographical macb'ne for met `tiple face matrices, the coi i novable assembler7 an organ 'arresting the assembler at diderenii op tive positions with relation to the s c 4 20. ln a typographical machine -for tiple tace matrices, the combination of trive- 'adjacent organs successively occupied by assembled line, said organs being adinstab to dilerent operative positions with tion to each other. P10. In a typographical machine for meitiple face matrices, the combination of ivm adjacent. organs successively occupied bj1 assembled line. said organs being to different operative positions with rela to each other, and means for controllir V4 operative position, at will.

ffl@ ble 31. ln a typographical machinexer inniu tiple face matrices, the combination of an assembler, an organ to receive the assembled line therefrom, the said assembler heine; movable to different opera ti ve positions 'with relation to the said organ, and stop devices for arresting the assembler in its sels il position.

ln witness whereof have hereunto hand in the presence of tivo Witnesses.

CARL Mllllliglillii" Witnesses Henna' Haaren, Woigonamn Harrer.

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