Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a coating and drying calender, which ensures the uniformity of slurry on the upper surface and the lower surface of a copper foil body, improves the drying efficiency through the dynamic drying process of the copper foil body, and realizes the thickness uniformity in the calendering process.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme: the coating and drying calender comprises an installation rack, wherein a coating box, a drying box and a calendering box are sequentially arranged on the upper surface of the installation rack, the coating box is used for coating the surface of the copper foil body, the drying box is used for drying the coated copper foil body, and the calendering box is used for calendering the copper foil body;
the coating box is internally provided with an upper group of scraping mechanisms and a lower group of scraping mechanisms which are used for scraping the surface of the coated copper foil body, each group of scraping mechanisms comprises two opposite link mechanisms, each link mechanism comprises a supporting bar and a supporting plate which are fixed on the coating box, the top of the supporting plate is fixedly provided with a sliding rail, the inside of the sliding rail is slidably provided with a second sliding block, the second sliding block is fixedly provided with a first connecting rod, the two ends of the first connecting rod are respectively rotatably provided with a second connecting rod and a third connecting rod, the ends of the second connecting rod and the third connecting rod, which are far away from the first connecting rod, are rotatably provided with a fourth connecting rod, the end of the fourth connecting rod, which is far away from the second connecting rod, is provided with a groove, the inside of the groove is slidably provided with a movable column, a second pressure spring is connected between the movable column and the groove, and one end of the movable column, which is far away from the second pressure spring, is transversely and fixedly provided with a scraping strip, the utility model discloses a support bar, including the support bar, the lateral wall fixedly connected with of support bar installs the first installation piece, but install wobbling pendulum rod on the first installation piece, the installation of pendulum rod and the middle part rotation that corresponds the third connecting rod, first installation piece lateral wall fixed mounting has the first motor of drive third connecting rod wobbling.
Preferably, be connected with between two second sliders that scrape material mechanism place and be used for drawing mechanism to copper foil body intermittent type step-by-step, draw and draw mechanism and constitute by upper and lower two sets of compression roller assembly, every group compression roller assembly is including fixing the installing frame on the second slider, the interior top fixed mounting of installing frame has first electric telescopic handle, first electric telescopic handle's output has the pinch roll through installed part fixed mounting.
Preferably, the inner wall of coating case is provided with the transport adjustment mechanism that is used for carrying out the tensioning to the copper foil body and adjusts, transport adjustment mechanism includes the fixed plate of fixed mounting on the coating incasement wall, the fixed plate sets up for "T" shape structure, the horizontal section at fixed plate place rotates and installs two coating transfer rollers, the mounting groove has been seted up to the vertical section at fixed plate place, the movable block that the mounting groove set up through it rotates installation coating transfer roller, the mounting groove has the electromagnetic block with the opposite face of movable block fixed mounting respectively, be connected with the extension spring between the electromagnetic block, two the electromagnetic block magnetism is inhaled and is repelled.
Preferably, a plurality of chutes are formed in the inner wall of the drying box, the chutes are rotatably mounted with the drying conveying rollers through first sliders arranged in the chutes, vertical rods are fixedly mounted at the bottoms of the first sliders where the chutes are located, and transverse limiting columns are fixed on the lower portions of the vertical rods.
Preferably, a transverse bar is connected to the second sliding block where the link mechanism is located, one end of the transverse bar, which is far away from the second sliding block, extends to the inside of the drying box and is fixedly provided with a mounting bar, and a plurality of groups of limiting grooves which are oppositely arranged are formed in the mounting bar and used for limiting the limiting sliding of the limiting columns.
Preferably, the front end fixed mounting of mounting bracket has the feed roller that is used for the pay-off, the middle part fixed mounting of mounting bracket has the middle transfer roller that is used for carrying, the one end fixed mounting that the feed roller was kept away from to the mounting bracket has the receipts material roller that is used for the coil stock.
Preferably, the calendering box is internally provided with a calendering mechanism which comprises a fixing frame, the fixing frame is provided with two sets of opposite calendering components, each set of calendering component comprises a second mounting block rotatably mounted on the fixing frame, a connecting shaft is mounted on the second mounting block through a through hole, a cam friction disc is fixedly mounted at one end of the connecting shaft, the other end of the connecting shaft is fixedly provided with a calendering roller, a first pressure spring is sleeved on the outer wall of the connecting shaft between the cam friction disc and the second mounting block, and the fixing frame is provided with a first meshing transmission mechanism for driving the calendering roller to tilt and deflect up and down.
Preferably, still be provided with on the mount and be used for driving calendering roller pivoted speed adjusting mechanism, speed adjusting mechanism installs the installation cover on the mount including rotating, the second cone tooth is installed through first installation axle rotation to installation cover inside, the other end fixed mounting of installation cover is used for driving second cone tooth pivoted second motor, the outer wall fixed mounting of installation cover has the connecting piece, the vertical section at connecting piece place rotates and installs second installation axle, the one end fixed mounting of second installation axle has the first cone tooth with second cone tooth engaged with, the other end fixed mounting of second installation axle has the transmission friction pulley, through friction drive between transmission friction pulley and the cam friction disk, still be provided with the second meshing transmission mechanism who is used for the gear deflection on the mount.
Preferably, the second meshing transmission mechanism comprises a second electric telescopic rod fixedly mounted on the fixing frame, a rack is fixedly mounted at the output end of the second electric telescopic rod, a gear meshed with the rack is arranged on the outer wall of the first mounting shaft, and the second meshing transmission mechanism is identical to the first meshing transmission mechanism in structure.
Preferably, the outer wall of the calendering roll is provided with a pressure sensor.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. according to the invention, through the arrangement of the scraping mechanism, on one hand, under the action of the scraping strip, redundant slurry on the upper surface and the lower surface of the copper foil body can be scraped, and the uniformity of the slurry on the upper surface and the lower surface of the copper foil body is ensured, on the other hand, through the characteristic of the connecting rod mechanism, when the two second sliding blocks reach the tail ends, the second sliding blocks can perform one-time rapid left-right movement in the sliding rail through the quick return characteristic of the movement, and at the moment, the copper foil body clamped by the two clamping rollers shakes off the residual slurry on the surface of the coating layer in the rapid shaking process of the second sliding blocks.
2. According to the invention, through the matching of the scraping mechanism and the pulling mechanism, when the two fourth connecting rods are close to each other, the two scraping strips are mutually abutted, and simultaneously, under the action of the movement of the second sliding block, the copper foil body is pulled forward by a section, namely, when the copper foil body is pulled forward, the two scraping strips are extruded downwards at the same time, so that the scraping of redundant slurry on the upper surface and the lower surface of the copper foil body can be realized.
3. According to the invention, the drying time can be prolonged by arranging the plurality of drying conveying rollers, and the copper foil body is distributed among the plurality of drying conveying rollers in an S shape, and meanwhile, due to the connection effect of the transverse bar, when the second sliding block moves back and forth in the sliding rail, the height between the adjacent drying conveying rollers can be changed, so that the dynamic drying process of the copper foil body is realized, and the drying efficiency can be further improved.
4. According to the invention, the first meshing transmission mechanism drives the calendering roller on which the second mounting block is arranged to vertically deflect in a pitching manner, so that pressure values on two sides of the calendering roller are changed, friction transmission is adopted between the cam friction disc and the transmission friction wheel, namely, the calendering roller can be continuously driven to rotate when the second motor works, and the calendering deformation stress at different positions on the copper foil body is improved, so that the thickness of the copper foil body is uniform.
5. According to the invention, the transmission friction wheel is driven to deflect through the arranged second meshing transmission, the cam friction disc moves towards the direction close to the second mounting block and extrudes the first pressure spring, the transmission efficiency of the transmission friction wheel to the cam friction disc is changed, the speed of the calendering roller can be changed, and the phenomenon of uneven upper and lower surfaces during calendering deformation can be effectively improved by calendering the copper foil body through speed difference.
Detailed Description
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "length", "width", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships illustrated in the drawings, and are used merely for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplicity in description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention. Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to fig. 1 to 15, the preferred embodiment of the present invention provides the following technical solutions: the coating, drying and rolling machine comprises an installation frame 1, wherein a coating box 2, a drying box 6 and a rolling box 29 are sequentially arranged on the upper surface of the installation frame 1, the coating box 2 is used for coating the surface of a copper foil body 4, the drying box 6 is used for drying the coated copper foil body 4, and the rolling box 29 is used for rolling the copper foil body 4; an upper group of material scraping mechanisms and a lower group of material scraping mechanisms are arranged in the coating box 2 and enable the surface of the coated copper foil body 4 to be scraped, each group of material scraping mechanisms comprises two opposite link mechanisms, each link mechanism comprises a supporting bar 17 and a supporting plate 19 which are fixed on the coating box 2, a sliding rail 20 is fixedly arranged at the top of the supporting plate 19, a second sliding block 22 is slidably arranged in the sliding rail 20, a first connecting rod 21 is fixedly arranged on the second sliding block 22, a second connecting rod 23 and a third connecting rod 24 are respectively rotatably arranged at two ends where the first connecting rod 21 is located, a fourth connecting rod 25 is rotatably arranged at the end parts, far away from the first connecting rod 21, of the second connecting rod 23 and the third connecting rod 24, a groove 49 is formed in the end part, far away from the second connecting rod 23, of the fourth connecting rod 25, a movable column 50 is slidably arranged in the groove 49, a second pressure spring 48 is connected between the movable column 50 and the groove 49, a scraping strip 8 is transversely and fixedly arranged at one end, far away from the second pressure spring 48, of the movable column 50, the side wall of the supporting bar 17 is fixedly connected with a first mounting block 26, a swinging rod 18 capable of swinging is mounted on the first mounting block 26, the swinging rod 18 is rotatably mounted at the middle part corresponding to the third connecting rod 24, and a first motor 12 capable of driving the third connecting rod 24 to swing is fixedly mounted on the side wall of the first mounting block 26.
As shown in fig. 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11, when the first motor 12 on the first mounting block 26 is driven to operate, the swing rod 18 is driven to swing back and forth, and the second slider 22 where the first connecting rod 21 is located is matched to slide horizontally in the slide rail 20 through the parallelogram structure formed by the first connecting rod 21, the second connecting rod 23, the third connecting rod 24 and the fourth connecting rod 25, as shown in fig. 9, when the upper and lower two swing rods 18 swing in opposite directions, on one hand, the two fourth connecting rods 25 are made to approach each other, and the upper and lower two scraping strips 8 are made to approach to the upper and lower surfaces of the copper foil body 4, and when the two scraping strips 8 are abutted against each other, on the other hand, under the action of the scraping strips 8, the excess slurry on the upper and lower surfaces of the copper foil body 4 can be scraped, so as to ensure the uniformity of the slurry on the upper and lower surfaces of the copper foil body 4, and on the other hand, through the characteristics of the link mechanism, when the two second sliders 22 reach the tail end, through the quick return characteristic of the movement, the second slide block 22 can move left and right in the slide rail 20 at a time, and the copper foil body 4 clamped by the two clamping rollers 9 shakes off the residual slurry on the surface of the coating layer in the quick shaking process of the second slide block 22.
Further, be connected with between twosecond sliders 22 that scrape material mechanism place and be used for drawing mechanism tocopper foil body 4 intermittent type step-by-step, draw and draw the mechanism and constitute by upper and lower two sets of compression roller assembly, every compression roller assembly of group is including fixing the installingframe 27 onsecond slider 22, and the interior top fixed mounting of installingframe 27 has first electrictelescopic handle 28, and the output of first electrictelescopic handle 28 has pinch rolls 9 through installed part fixed mounting.
Through the action of the first electrictelescopic rod 28, the twoclamping rollers 9 clamp thecopper foil body 4, when the upper and lower twoswing rods 18 swing oppositely, thesecond slide block 22 can be further driven to horizontally slide in theslide rail 20, at this time, thecopper foil body 4 clamped by the twoclamping rollers 9 can be pulled forward by one section under the action of the movement of thesecond slide block 22, as shown in fig. 11, through the arrangement of thesecond pressure spring 48 and themovable column 50, when thecopper foil body 4 is pulled forward, under the action of the twoscraping strips 8, the scraping of redundant slurry on the upper and lower surfaces of thecopper foil body 4 can be realized, the uniformity of the slurry on the upper and lower surfaces of thecopper foil body 4 is ensured, the first electrictelescopic rod 28 is controlled to be driven intermittently, namely, when thesecond slide block 22 moves towards the direction close to thesupport bar 17 and restores to the original position, the first electrictelescopic rod 28 drives the twoclamping rollers 9 to separate, thereby, thecopper foil body 4 is loosened, and the subsequent transmission and rolling are convenient.
Further, the inner wall ofcoating case 2 is provided with the transport adjustment mechanism that is used for carrying out the tensioning tocopper foil body 4 and adjusts, transport adjustment mechanism includes fixedplate 13 of fixed mounting oncoating case 2 inner wall, fixedplate 13 sets up for "T" shape structure, the horizontal section at fixedplate 13 place rotates and installs twocoating transfer rollers 45, the mounting groove has been seted up to the vertical section at fixedplate 13 place, the movable block that the mounting groove set up through it rotates installationcoating transfer roller 45, mounting groove and the opposite face of movable block fixed mounting respectively haveelectromagnetic block 46, be connected withextension spring 47 between theelectromagnetic block 46, twoelectromagnetic block 46 magnetism are inhaled and are repelled.
Whencopper foil body 4 is locatedcoating case 2 inside, because carry adjustment mechanism to set up, as fig. 8 and 14, through carrying out the circular telegram toelectromagnetism piece 46, and adjust the magnetism size between theelectromagnetism piece 46, because magnetism repels each other between theelectromagnetism piece 46, the pulling force effect ofcooperation extension spring 47, when the magnetic force size between theelectromagnetism piece 46 changes, alright adjust the position that corresponds coatingtransfer roller 45, thereby reach and adjust the tensioning degree ofcopper foil body 4, through the tensioning degree tocopper foil body 4, be convenient forcopper foil body 4 carry out effectual coating insidecoating case 2.
Further, a plurality ofchutes 14 are formed in the inner wall of thedrying box 6, thechutes 14 are rotatably provided with thedrying conveying rollers 11 throughfirst sliders 15 arranged in thechutes 14,vertical rods 41 are fixedly arranged at the bottoms of thefirst sliders 15 where thechutes 14 are located, and limitingcolumns 43 transversely arranged are fixed at the lower portions of thevertical rods 41.
When thecopper foil body 4 which has finished coating enters the inside of thedrying box 6, as shown in fig. 8 and 13, by providing a plurality of dryingconveyor rollers 11, and since thecopper foil body 4 is distributed among the plurality of dryingconveyor rollers 11 in an S-shape, the drying time can be prolonged;
further, thesecond slider 22 at the link mechanism is connected with thehorizontal bar 16, one end of thehorizontal bar 16, which is far away from thesecond slider 22, extends to the inside of thedrying box 6 and is fixedly provided with the mountingbar 40, and the mountingbar 40 is provided with a plurality of sets of limitinggrooves 44 which are oppositely arranged and used for limiting the sliding of the limitingcolumns 43.
Due to the connection effect of thetransverse bar 16, when the second slidingblock 22 moves back and forth in the slidingrail 20, the mountingbar 40 can be further driven to move back and forth, and due to the relative arrangement of the limitinggroove 44, the limitingcolumn 43 can slide in the limitinggroove 44, so that the height between the adjacentdrying conveying rollers 11 can be changed, the dynamic drying process of thecopper foil body 4 is realized, and the drying efficiency can be further improved.
Further, the front end fixed mounting of mountingbracket 1 has the feed roller 3 that is used for the pay-off, and the middle part fixed mounting of mountingbracket 1 has the middle transfer roller 5 that is used for carrying, and the one end fixed mounting that the feed roller 3 was kept away from to mountingbracket 1 has the receipts material roller 7 that is used for the coil stock.
Thecopper foil body 4 starts to be unreeled through the feeding roller 3, is driven through the middle conveying roller 5, and is reeled through the material receiving roller 7.
Further, the inside calendering mechanism that is provided with of calenderingcase 29, calendering mechanism includesmount 31, be provided with two sets of relative calendering subassemblies on themount 31, every group calendering subassembly is including rotating thesecond installation piece 32 of installing onmount 31, install the connecting axle through the through-hole on thesecond installation piece 32, the one end fixed mountingcam friction disc 34 of connecting axle, the other end fixed mountingcalendering roller 10 of connecting axle, the connecting axle outer wall cover betweencam friction disc 34 and thesecond installation piece 32 is equipped withfirst pressure spring 33, install the first meshing drive mechanism that is used for drivingcalendering roller 10 to incline and deflect from top to bottom on themount 31.
As shown in fig. 14, the first meshing transmission mechanism can drive the rollingroll 10 on which thesecond mounting block 32 is located to pitch and deflect up and down, so that pressure values on two sides of the rollingroll 10 are changed, friction transmission is performed between thecam friction disc 34 and thetransmission friction wheel 35, that is, when thesecond motor 30 works, the rollingroll 10 can be continuously driven to rotate, and the rolling deformation stress on different positions on thecopper foil body 4 is improved, so that the thickness of thecopper foil body 4 is uniform.
Further, still be provided with onmount 31 and be used for drivingcalendering roller 10 pivoted speed adjusting mechanism, speed adjusting mechanism installs the installation cover onmount 31 including rotating, the installation cover is inside to rotate through first installation axle and installssecond cone 37, the other end fixed mounting of installation cover has and is used for drivingsecond cone 37 pivotedsecond motor 30, the outer wall fixed mounting of installation cover has connectingpiece 51, the vertical section rotation at connectingpiece 51 place installs the second installation axle, the one end fixed mounting of second installation axle has thefirst cone 36 withsecond cone 37 looks meshing, the other end fixed mounting of second installation axle hastransmission friction pulley 35, through friction drive betweentransmission friction pulley 35 and thecam friction disk 34, still be provided with the second meshing drive mechanism that is used forgear 38 to deflect on themount 31.
As shown in fig. 3, 4, 12 and 14, when thesecond motor 30 operates, thesecond bevel gear 37 is driven to rotate, due to the meshing action of thesecond bevel gear 37 and thefirst bevel gear 36, thetransmission friction wheel 35 is further driven to rotate, the rotation of thecalendering rollers 10 can be realized through the friction transmission between thetransmission friction wheel 35 and thecam friction disc 34, thecopper foil body 4 can be extended and pressed through the rotation of theupper calendering roller 10 and thelower calendering roller 10, thetransmission friction wheel 35 can be driven to deflect through the set second meshing transmission, at this time, thecam friction disc 34 moves towards the direction close to thesecond mounting block 32 and presses thefirst pressure spring 33, at this time, the transmission efficiency of thetransmission friction wheel 35 to thecam friction disc 34 changes, so that the speed of thecalendering rollers 10 changes, namely, an asynchronous calendering process is realized, the calendering and thecopper foil body 4 is calendered and formed through speed difference, the phenomenon of uneven upper and lower surfaces during rolling deformation can be effectively improved.
Further, the second meshing transmission mechanism comprises a second electrictelescopic rod 39 fixedly installed on the fixedframe 31, arack 42 is fixedly installed at the output end of the second electrictelescopic rod 39, agear 38 meshed with therack 42 is arranged on the outer wall of the first installation shaft, and the second meshing transmission mechanism is identical to the first meshing transmission mechanism in structure.
When the second meshing transmission mechanism is controlled to work, the second electrictelescopic rod 39 can drive therack 42 to move up and down, and the connectingpiece 51 can be further driven to deflect at a certain angle due to the meshing action of therack 42 and thegear 38.
Further, the outer wall of the reduction rolls 10 is provided with a pressure sensor.
Through the pressure sensor, measured signals can be transmitted to a control module sensor consisting of an online thickness measuring system and a pressure control system, and when the control module sensor monitors that the thickness of thecopper foil body 4 is not uniform, the first meshing transmission mechanism is controlled to work.
The working principle is as follows: when the coating and drying calender is used, a negative active material, a first conductive agent, a second conductive agent and a bonding agent are added into deionized water, and are fully stirred to obtain a negative slurry, and the negative slurry is poured into acoating box 2, as shown in figures 1 to 8, acopper foil body 4 starts to be unreeled through a feed roller 3, sequentially passes through a conveying adjusting mechanism arranged in thecoating box 2 and a middle conveying roller 5 and two groups of material scraping mechanisms arranged at the top of thecoating box 2, then passes through drying conveyingrollers 11 arranged in adrying box 6 in an S-shaped distribution manner, passes through a calendering component arranged in acalendering box 29, can be calendered on thecopper foil body 4, and finally is rolled through a material collecting roller 7;
when thecopper foil body 4 is positioned inside thecoating box 2, as shown in fig. 8 and 14, theelectromagnetic blocks 46 are electrified and the magnetic strength between theelectromagnetic blocks 46 is adjusted, and as the magnetism between theelectromagnetic blocks 46 is repelled and the tension of thetension spring 47 is matched, when the magnetic force between theelectromagnetic blocks 46 is changed, the position of the correspondingcoating conveying roller 45 can be adjusted, so that the tension degree of thecopper foil body 4 is adjusted, and thecopper foil body 4 can be conveniently and effectively coated inside thecoating box 2 by the tension degree of thecopper foil body 4;
as shown in fig. 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11, when the first motor 12 on the first mounting block 26 is driven to operate, the swing rod 18 can be driven to swing back and forth, the second slider 22 on which the first connecting rod 21 is located can slide horizontally in the slide rail 20 through the parallelogram structure formed by the first connecting rod 21, the second connecting rod 23, the third connecting rod 24 and the fourth connecting rod 25, as shown in fig. 9, when the upper and lower two swing rods 18 swing in opposite directions, on one hand, the two fourth connecting rods 25 are made to approach each other, and the upper and lower two scraping strips 8 are made to approach to the upper and lower surfaces of the copper foil body 4, when the two scraping strips 8 abut against each other, at the same time, the two clamping rollers 9 clamp the copper foil body 4 through the action of the first electric telescopic rod 28, and when the upper and lower two swing rods 18 swing in opposite directions, the second slider 22 can be further driven to slide horizontally in the slide rail 20, and the copper foil body 4 clamped by the two clamping rollers 9 at this time, under the action of the movement of the second slider 22, the copper foil body 4 can be pulled forward by a section, as shown in fig. 11, through the arrangement of the second pressure spring 48 and the movable column 50, when the copper foil body 4 is pulled forward, under the action of the two scraping strips 8, the excessive slurry on the upper surface and the lower surface of the copper foil body 4 can be scraped;
the first electrictelescopic rod 28 is controlled to be driven intermittently, namely, when the second slidingblock 22 moves towards the direction close to the supportingstrip 17 and recovers the original position process, the first electrictelescopic rod 28 drives the twoclamping rollers 9 to separate, so that thecopper foil body 4 is loosened, and subsequent transmission and rolling are facilitated.
The coating and drying calender of the preferred embodiment of the invention ensures the uniformity of the sizing agent on the upper surface and the lower surface of the copper foil body, improves the drying efficiency through the dynamic drying process of the copper foil body, and realizes the thickness uniformity in the calendering process.
In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The detachable installation mode has various modes, for example, a mode of matching with a buckle through plugging, for example, a mode of connecting through a bolt, and the like.
The conception, the specific structure and the technical effects of the present invention are clearly and completely described above in connection with the embodiments and the accompanying drawings, so that the objects, the features and the effects of the present invention can be fully understood. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments, and those skilled in the art can obtain other embodiments without inventive effort based on the embodiments of the present invention, and all embodiments are within the protection scope of the present invention. In addition, all the connection relations mentioned herein do not mean that the components are directly connected, but mean that a better connection structure can be formed by adding or reducing connection auxiliaries according to specific implementation conditions.
The above embodiments are described in detail for the purpose of further illustrating the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention, and the skilled engineer can make insubstantial modifications and variations of the present invention based on the above disclosure.