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This switching power supply article from Robert Boschert in 1978 shows an early application of the TL431's predecessor in a "novel control circuit" using the TL430 as a shunt regulator coupled to an opto-isolator.
Robert Boschert, "Flyback Converters Solid State Solution To Low Cost Switching Power Supplies," Electronics, December 21, 1978.