US1143223A - Tabulating, back-spacing, key-connecting, and color-selecting mechanism. - Google Patents

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E. PARMLY, JR.

TABULATING, BACK SPACING, KEY CONNECTING, AND COLOR SELECTING MECHANISM. APPLICATION FILED APR- 10, 1909.

1,143,223. Patented June 15, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. 10, I909.

Patented June 15, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. I0, 1909.

Patented June 15, 1915.

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TABULATING, BACK SPACING, KEY CONNECTING, AND COLOR SELECTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I0. I909 Patented June 15, 1915.

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INVENTOR WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELEAZAR PARMLY, JR., OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR T ELLIOTT-FISHER COMPANY, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J nne 15, 1915.

Application filed April 10, 1909. Sevillfl'o. 489,193.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELEAZAR PARMLY, J r., a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have inventetd certain new and useful Improvements in Tabulating, Back- Spacing, Key-Connecting, and Color-Selecting Mechanism, of which the following is color, as for instance purple, in order that anv number which may be printed in the adding field with the adding mechanism out of operation will disclose by the color. in

which it is printed the fact that it has not been included in the computation.

Another object, subordinate to that-stated, is to effect an interdependent relation between the ribbon shifting or color selecting mechanism and the key connecting mechanism of a combined typewriter and adder to the endthat a particular color stripe of the ribbon will be automatically selected and positioned for use whenever the key connecting mechanism is organized to connect the typewriter keys with the adding mechanism.

Another object of the invention is to place the color selecting mechanism under the con-' trol of the tabulating mechanism so that the operation of the latter to select the denominational order in which the machine is to print and add will automatically select and position a particular color stripe of the ribbon which has been appropriated for the printing of those values which are to be included in the computation effected by the adding mechanism.

A further object of the invention is to place under the control "of a single operating member a tabulator stop mechanism,

mechanism for retracting the carriage across the adding field, mechanism for connecting the keys of the typewriter with the adding mechanism, mechanism for positioning the ribbon to effect the printing of the digits in-a selected color and the carriage release mechanism, to the end that the operator may, by-the manipulation of this single element retract the carriage for the writing of a new number, position the proper tabulator stop to arrest the carriage at the proper point, place'the adding mechanism under the control of 'the typewriter keys, shift the ribbon to .present a particular color stripe at the printing point, and release the carriage to permit the latter to move forward to the proper position for the printing of the next number with all of the necessary parts in proper positions for printing and adding.

Other objects of the invention viewed in different aspects will appear as the succeeding description is developed.

In the accompanying drawingsFigure 1 is a vertical section through an Elliott Fisher writing-adding machine equipped in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same subject-matter, the machine frame and parts of the register operating connections being omitted. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of a portion of the machine. Fig. 4. is a detail section designed more particularly to show a portion of the key connecting mechanism. Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the carriage, a portion of the frame'being shown in section and one position of the ribbon shifting mechanism being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of one end of the carriage designed more particularly to show the connection between the ribbon shifting lever and the key connecting yoke. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the ribbon indicator. Fig. 8 is a detail view of aportion of the ribbon. Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic view showing the key connecting arm 61 in normal position; also showing the normal disconnected position of the numeral keys and the position of the tabulating lever 17 before the latter-is moved to connect the] keys and to throw down the key'connecting arm. Fig. 10 is a-sim-ilar view showing the parts in the'positions they assume when the tabulator lever has been moved to the left, the keys connected, and the arm 61 thrown down to allow the cam 64 to pass under the plate 65. Fig. 11 is still another view of this character showing the parts in the positions they assume after the keys have been connected and after the carriage has moved forward to present the cam 64 under the plate 65. Fig. 12 is a fourth diagrammatic view indicating the manner in which the cam 64 rises when it reaches the end of the plate 65 to effect the disconnection of the keys preparatory to the retraction of the carriage with the cam 64 passing over the plate 65.

The general characteristics of the Eltiott- Fisher machz're.-The mechanism with which this invention is directly concerned has been devised with special reference to the equipment of what is known to commerce as the Elliott-Fisher writing-adding machine and is therefore illustrated in this relation for the purposes of this disclosure. The Elliott- Fisher machine is a combined typewriter and adder of the fiat platen downwardly printing type. It includes a flat platen 1 over which a machine frame 2 travels 1ongitudinally to line space the writing effected by printing mechanism 3 mounted on a carriage 4 movable transversely of the platen on the frame 2 to letter space the writing.

The printing mechanism is operated by letter and numeral keys 5 and '6 in a manner well understood in the art, and the carriage, which is under tension, imposed by carriage propelling mechanism not shown, is controlled by an escapement 7 (see Fig. 2) operated by the typewriter keys. The release of the carriage from the control of the escapement in order to permit the said carriage to move freely to the right is effected by carriage release mechanism which includes a release lever 8 operated by a release key 9 to withdraw the normally engaged escapement dog from the rack without moving the other dog to its engaging position. The general organization of the typewriter is disclosed more in detail in Patent No. 573,868

to R. J. Fisher and the escapement and release mechanisms here shown are more fully disclosed in Patent No. 765,661, to

ward movement which is imparted to the plate 12. This movement of the stop plate toward its active position is effected by the manipulation of a tabulator lever 14 which serves to oscillate a toothed disk 15in turn meshing with a pinion 16 engaging a rack 17, the latter being indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

.The lever 14 is guided in its movement by a slotted index plate 18 hearing an index, not shown, which aids the operator in locatmg the lever 14 to position the roper stop 13. As shown in Fig. 2, the disk 15 1s ournaIed on a hollow stud 19 through which extends a sliding pin 20 the inner end of which is opposed to the vertical arm of a bell crank release dog 21 the horizontal arm of which overlies the release lever 8. When a stop has been positioned to arrest the carriage at the proper point the carriage is released by a lateral movement of the lever 14 which causes the pin 20 to be moved inward thus operating the release dog 21 and causing the latter to operate the lever 8 of the carriage release mechanism. To this end the lever 14 is fulcrumed at one end upon a post 22 outstanding from the disk 15 and at the opposite side of the axis of the disk 15 the lever is received within a bifurcated guide 23.. This arrangement permits the lever 14 to have limited lateral movement in addition to its oscillatory movement with the disk and this lateral movement of the lever 14 is transmitted to the pin 20 by means of two sub-levers 24 and 25 both mounted on the lever 14 and coacting with each other and with the plate 18 and pin 20.

In addition to the variable or denominational stop member 12 a unit stop 26 carried by a swinging stop plate 27 operated by a unit stop key 28 is mounted at the right hand end of the carriage, see Fig. 1, and the plate 27 is provided with a release arm 29 which overlies the release lever 8. When movedinto position to coact with the pin 11 upon the forward advance of the carriage and said carriage is released by the coaction of the arm 29 with the lever 8 of the carriage release mechanism. For a more complete disclosure of the tabulating mechanism reference is made to Patents Nos. 666,762 to C. F. Laganke and 7 23,937 to J. A. Smith.

The carriage retracting mclumisM-In addition to the tabulating mechanism described, it has been proposed to equip the Elliott-Fisher machine with back spacing mechanism controlled by the lever 14 of the variable tabulator and operative to retract the carriage across a column or other restricted field or portion of the work sheet. This back spacing mechanism is fully disclosed in my copending application No. and while this mechanism enters into a novel combination. of elements claimed, a brief descriptionthemof edge; with an inclined or cam face 31 adapted to projected into engagement with a roller 32 on the pin 11 for the purpose ofcai ili m ntg' the carriage back across a column fact this projection of the plate 30, the latter is connected to the plate 12 b a eou ling pin 32 carried by a tn lever 3 urged in direction to" connect e two plates by a spring 34. The front end of the lever 33 is somewhat elevated, as shown in Fig. 1, and is adapted to be engaged at the proper time by the post 22 which swings the lever 33thus withdrawing the coupling pin 32 from the plate 12 and permitting the late 30 to be retracted 'by a spring 35. separate retracting spring 36 is provided for the stop plate 12.

As explained in my a plication above identified, the relation of tire plates 12 and 30 is such that the initial operation of the lever'14 advances the plates in. unison and causes the plate 30 to coact with the roller 32 to cam the carriage back. When the carriage has been retracted the lever 33 is tripped to disconnect the plates 12 and 30 and the latter is then retracted tonermal position. Continued movement of the lever 14 will continue the advance of theplate 12 independently of the plate 30 until the proper stop 13 is presented opposite the pin 11. The operator then moves the lever 14 laterally, as heretofore described, to effect the release of the carriage whichwill'ad- Vance until arrested b the tabulating mechanism in proper position for the writing of the next entry on the work sheet.

The adding mechanism.1n addition to the typewriter construction described the Elliott-Fisher machine also includes adding mechanism operated from the numeral keys 6 of the typewriter. In rear of the carriage the machine frame 2 supports a computing device or register 37 which includes a series of denominational members 38 and carrying means. So far as the present invention is concerned, any approved form of. register may be employed, one available form being disclosed in Patent No. 825,494-to John "A. Smith, and another in the copending a pli-' cation of Laganke and Smith, No. 308,279.

The denominational members of the register are adapter to be operated in succession -by a master actuator 39in the form of a master wheel mounted on the carria e 4 of the typewriter and movable therewit to successive denominational members 38 of the register. The master actuator'is operated from the numeral keys6 and is designed to be rotated a difl'erent by aa notc ed pin 45 projecti each of said keys, to-wit, from one to nine increments or units of movement.

The mast r wheel 39 is mounted on a long shaft 40-connected to the ke s by a series of operating connections. liach of these connections includes a lever 41 geared to the shaft 40 in a manner which need not be specifically recited, a lever 42 fulcrumed at its rear end and arran ed to operate the lever 41, and a swinging 43, the latter havin a projection 44 adapted to-engage from the stem 46 of one of the numeral eys 6. It will thus be seen that by swinging the links 43 forward from their normal disconnected positions, shown in Fig. 1, said links may be connected with the keys 6 to establish a connection between the numeral keys of the typewriter and the adding mechanism. It may be explained that this separable connection between the keys and the adding mechanism is designed to relieve the keys of any burden imposed by the adding mechanism or the operating connections thereof in grirditing outside of the column or adding In order to connect the links 43 with the keys 6 ke connecting mechanism is provided. T is mechanism includes what is known as a ke connecting yoke 47 including a rock sha t 48 mounted in the carriage,-

a pair of arms 49 extended from the rock shaft,.and a rod 50 extended between the outer ends of the arms 49 and resting within longitudinal slots 51 in the links 43. It will be seen that by rocking the yoke 47 forward from the position shown in Fig. 1 the several links 43 will be swung forward to engage the key stems, whereas reverse movement of the yoke will effect a disconnection of the keys and adding mechanism. The operating mechanism for the register as thus far described is disclosed more in detail in Patent No. 829,971 to Laganke and Smith.

The key connecting mechaniam-It has been proposed to effect the connection of the keys. with the adding mechanism by the manipulation of the lever 14 and this mecha-- nism, which is more fully disclosed in my copending application, will now be de-' scribed.

At its right hand end the rock shaft 48 of the key connectingyoke is provided with a crank arm 52 connected to one end of a lawn 53 fulcrumed. as indicated at 54 and connected atits opposite end by 'alink 55 with a key connecting lever 56 fulcrumed at 57 and underlying both the release dog 21 of the denominational tabulator and the release arm 29 of the. unit tabulator. It will thus be seen that when the tabulator lever. 14 'is moved, laterally or the unit key 28 is depressed, the dog 21 or the armv29, as the case may be, will not only operate the carriage release mechanism, but will also depress the front end of the key connecting lever 56 thus swinging the lever 53 through the medium of the link 55 and oscillatin the crank arm 52 to rock the yoke 47 orward and thus swing the links 43 into engagement with the numeral keys. Therefore the manipulation of the lever 14, for instance, effects the retraction of the carriage, the positioning of the tabulator stops, the connection of the numeral keys with the adding mechanism, and the release of the carriage. It is customary, however, to release the lever 14 as soon as the carriage has advanced to the selected position and it is obvious that unless means is provided to retain the connection between the keys and the adding mechanism, the yoke 47 will immediately be retracted by its retracting spring 58 and the connection between the keys and the adding mechamsm Wlll thus be broken at the time the maintenance of such connection is essential.

To prevent this the bar 50 of the yoke 47 is engaged by the front end of a lever 59 having at its rear end an abutment roller 60 engaged by the bifurcated front end of a lever 61 extended through the rear wall of the carriage casing, as shown in Fig. 4, and engaging an arm 62 associated with whathas heretofore been known as the key connecting arm 63 provided at its free end with a cam 64. When the yoke 47 is swung forward to connect the links 43 with the keys 6, in the manner described, the levers 59 and 61 will be operated in an obvious manner to depress the arms 62 and 63 thus dropping the cam 64 sufiiciently to enable the latter to pass under a register plate 65, the latter being a small plate or ledge projecting from the front of the register 37 at its bottom.

It will therefore appear that when the carriage has been released by the manipulation of the lever 14 and allowed to move forward to the selected position, the cam 64 will pass under the plate 65, and. being unable .to rise, will hold the key connecting yoke in its forward position after the lever 14 has been released by the operator and the tabulator mechanismretracted. As soon, however, as the carriage has traversed the column and the master wheel has reached the right hand side of the register, the cam 64 will pass out from under the plate 65 and being free to rise, will allow the retracting spring 58 to incidentally retract the yoke 47 to automatically disconnect the keys from the adding mechanism. The keys will thereforebe unburdened during the writing of digits at the right of the column. When the carriage is retracted across the column the cam 64 will ride over the plate 65 in an obvious manner.

Then'bbon m07zam'sm.The ribbon mech- 1,14s,'azs I anism of the Elliott-Fisher machine is disclosed in Patents No. 723,884 to Laganke and Smith and No. 723,936 to John A. Smith. It includes two spool shafts 66 upon which are slidably mounted two ribbon spools 67.1ocated at the ends of a ribbon guiding frame 68 which guides that portion of the ribbon 69 which extends between the spools and opposite the printing point of the typewriter, see Fig. 2.

The ribbon spools are alternately rotated in a manner which need not be described, to feed the ribbon endwise from one spool to the other. The ribbon employed is ordinarily of sufficient width to provide a number of, say five, longitudinal tracks any one of which may be presented at the printing point by properly positioning the ribbon frame 68.

When it is desired to view the writing, the ribbon frame and spools are shifted rearwardly, to uncover the printing point, by depressing a ribbon shifting key 70 formed at one end of a ribbon shifting lever 71, see Figs. 2 and 5. This lever is secured to one end of a shaft 72 mounted in suitable bearings 73 depending from the carriage casing and at the end of the shaft 72 opposite the lever 71 said shaft is provided with an arm 74. The lower ends of the lever 71 and arm 74 are bifurcated to engage projections 75 on the frame 68 so that when the lever is shifted, as for instance as indicated in Fig. 5, the ribbon frame, together with the ribbon spools and ribbon, will be likewise shifted toward the rear of the machine.

The particular portion or track of the ribbon which will be presented to the printing point depends upon the position of the ribbon when the latter is returned or retracted toward the front of the machine by a retracting spring 76 secured at one end to the lever 71 and at its opposite end to a fixed part, as shown in Fi 5. Therefore an adjustable stop plate 7 is mounted at the left hand end of the carriage 3 and in position to arrest the return movement of the lever 71 at any one of several points corresponding to the tracks of the ribbon, an indicator 78 being associated with the stop 77 to aid in the adjustment of said stop and to indicate the particular track of the ribbon which will be presented at the printing point upon the return of the lever 71. Ordinarily a bichrome ribbon comprising a wide black front stripe and a narrow rear red stripe is employed, so that when it is desired to print in red the stop 77 is moved to its rearmost position in order that the ribbon may move completely forward to present its rearmost track at the printing point. p

The color selecting mechanism.The construction thus far described is disclosed in more directly concerne .theseveralpatents and applications mild,

but .anunderstanding thereof is necessary to a proper. comprehension of' the present invention and for the further reasonthat man of the recitedmechanisms -enter into nove combination with the color selectin mechanism which is now :to. bedescribed and with which the present invention is It. has been premised that one of theobjects of the present invention isto insure the printing. of numbers, which, are also to be added, in a colordistinctive from the color. or colors in which numbers not included in the computation effected by the adding mechanism are printed. .In the resent embodiment of.the invention I ave arbitrarily selected purple as the color in which numbers to be both added and recorded shall berinted and blackand redas the colors in w ich any other matter typewrittenshall be displayed. I therefore em loy, as shown in Fig. 8, a ribbon having a ront stripe or track a of purple, a rear stripe b of. red, and an intermediate area of black 0 which in the present instance is three tracks wide, though it is obvious that the roportional widths of the color stripes 1s arbitrary. .This special trichrome ribbon 69 is wound on the spools 67, guided by the frame 68, fed longitudinally and displaced from the printing point to view the writing, in the usualmanner.

In order to select the purple stripe. and position the same opposite the printing point whenever the adding mechanism is connected to the keys, I effect a connection between .the key connecting yoke 47- and the ribbon shifting lever 71 so that while the stop 77 may be-set accordingly as any one of the several black tracks of 'theribbon or the red track thereof isdesired for use, and while the ribbon will always be" shiftable to uncover the printing point, the purple, track of the ribbon will, nevertheless, be invariably presented at the printing. point whenever the yoke 47 is swung to connect the numeral keys of thetypewriter wvith the adding mechanism. To effect this connection an arm 79 is extended from the left hand-end of the rock shaft 48 in=aidownwardiand rearward direction, as shown in Fig.. 5, and to thisarm is pivoted the upper end of a link 80, the,- lower end of which is provided with a longitudinal slot 81 which receives a:-.projection-'82 on ashort arm v83-extended fromthe lever 71 ata point .below the fulcrum thereof. The slot 81 in the link 80 is of such length that when the ribbon frame is in its. extreme 'forward position andathe .keyconnecting yoke 47 is i n its normal or disconnected position,'the, pin 82 will lie in contact with the lower end of theslot while the upper end ofthe slot will be sufliciently .remote'to accommodate that-throw of the fto-shiftthe purple track a of the ribbon to theprinting oint, as also indicated in doti ted lines in It is-immaterial, however, what. position the ribbon happens to be in when the key connecting mechanism is operated, asin any event. the purple track a. of. the ribbon will be presented at thev printing point whenever the .keys are connected. The truth of this statement will ap ear from an inspection of Fig. 5. It will e seen-that if the stop 77 .is moved forward for the purpose of locating the red.track b or either of the black tracks 0 in position for printing, the-pin 82 will merelyvrise more or less toward the upper end of the slot 81, but as soon as the key connecting yoke is' operated, the link 80 will be 'shifted, the movement being idle until the lower end wall of the slot 81 engages the pin 82 after which the ribbon will be shifted a greater or lessdistance, depending upon its position, to present the purple track at-the printing point.

Since'it is notdesired to permit the purple track a of the ribbon to be positioned except by the operation of the key connecting mechanism, a. secondary stop 84 is associated with the index 7 8 and in the path of movement of the adjustable stop 77. The auxiliary stop 84 prevents the stop 77 from being adjusted in a position in which it will arrest the return movement of the ribbon with the. purple track in, position to print.

It will now be seen that the color selecting 'or ribbon .shifting mechanism is controlled .by: the tabulator-lever 14 because. said tabulator lever is manipulated in the manner heretofore described to shift the key connecting yoke and the latter operates through .the-novel connections shown in Fig. 5 to By way of brief summary it may be stated .that the illustrated arrangement of parts enables. the operator, by the manipulation .of the lever 14, to-back space the carriage .across-the column, set the tabulator stops in position to arrestthe carriage in the selected position for the 'writing of the next number, connect. the keys of the typewriter with the adding, mechanism, shift the ribbon to present a selected color atthe printing point,

and release the carriage for forward movement to its new position. It will also be seen that the several recited functions, with the exception of the back spacing of the carriage, are common to both the var able or denominational tabulator mechamsm of which the lever 14 is the fprime mover and the unit stop mechanism 0 which the prime mover is the key 28.

It is thought that from the foregoing, the construction and operation of the illustrated embodiment of my invention will be fully understood, but I wish to reserve the rlght to elfect such modifications of the illustrated structure as may come fairly within the scope of the protection prayed.

What I claim is 1. The combination with a recording mechanism including keys and type characters, of an inking ribbon, ribbon shift ng means, adding mechanism, key connecting means operative to connect the keys and adding mechanism, and a connection between the key connecting means and the ribbon shifting means.

2. The combination with adding mechanism a carriage, keys and printing mechanism, of a multicolor inking ribbon, tabulating mechanism for arresting the carriage, and mechanism whereby the operation of the tabulating mechanism will place the adding mechanism under the control of the keys and shift a predetermined color stripe of the ribbon to the printing pomt.

3. The combination with a carriage, keys and printing mechanism, of a multicolor inking ribbon, adding mechanism, key connecting mechanism, operative to connect the keys and adding mechanism, ribbon shifting mechanism, and means whereby the key connecting and ribbon shiftin mechanisms will be operated from the tabu ating mechamsm.

4. The combination with a carriage, keys and printing mechanism, of a multicolor inking ribbon, adding mechanism, key connecting mechanism movable to establish an operative relation between the adding.

mechanism and the keys, ribbon shifting mechanism, and controlling means common to thekey connecting and ribbon shifting mechanisms. 7 r

5. The combination with a carriage, keys and printing mechanism, of a multicolor inking ribbon, an adding mechanism, key connecting mechanism between the adding mechanism and the keys, a stop mechanism for arresting the carriage, and controlling means common to the key connecting, ribbon shifting and stop mechanisms. I

6. The combination with a carriage, keys and printing mechanism, of a multicolor ribbon, means normally restraining the carriage, carnage release mechanism, adding mechanism, key connecting mechanism operative to place the adding mechanism under the control of the keys, and controlling means common to the key connecting, ribbon shifting, and carriage releasing mecha-' nisms.

7. The combination with a carriage, keys and printing mechanism, of a multicolor -inking ribbon, ribbon shifting mechanism,

an adding mechanism, key connecting mechanism operative to place the addingmsm, key connecting mechanism between the typewriter keys and the adder, a multicolor ribbon, ribbon shifting mechanism, means normally restraining the carriage, carriage release mechanism, carriage retracting mechanism, tabulating mechanism operative to arrest the carriage, and means whereby the tabulating mechamsm will operate the carriage retracting mechanism, the carriage release mechanism, the key connecting mechanism, and the ribbon shifting mechanism.

9. The combination with recording mechanism and adding mechanism, of keys adapted to operate both of saidmechanisms, a variable connection between the keys and one of said mechanisms whereby said mechanism may be rendered operative or nonoperative from the keys, multicolor inln'ng means, color selecting means operative to select or determine the color of the record, and means establishing a cooperative relation between the varlable connection and the color selecting means.

10. The combination with recording mechanism and adding mechanism, of keys,

a connection between the keys and record mechanism and adding mechanism, of keys arranged to operate both of said mechamsms, a member movable to determine whether a predetermined one of said mechamsms shall or shall not operate upon the depression of the keys, multicolor inking means for the recording mechanism, a member movable to select or determine'the color combination with recording mechanism and adding mechanism, of keys arranged to operate both of said mechanisms, a member movable to determine whether a predetermined one of said mecha nisms shall or shall not operate upon the depression of the keys, multicolor inking means for the recording mechanism, a member movable to select or determine the color of the record, and means whereby one of said members will operate the other.

13. The combination with recording mechanism and addin mechanism, of keys, a connection between t e keys and recording mechanism in- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELEAZAR PARMLY, JR. Witnesses:

J. FRANK CULvnnwmm, D. A. ConNii.

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