PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16100500
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["399", "069000"]

Abstract:
A fixing apparatus includes a tubular film, an elongate heater, a roller, and a lubricant interposed between the heater and the film. A temperature detecting member detects a temperature of the heater, a controller controls electrical power supplied to the heater so that a temperature detected by the temperature detecting member reaches a target temperature, and a guide member guides the film. The guide member has a plurality of protrusions protruding toward the inner surface of the film. In a longitudinal direction of the guide member, a first region of the guide member corresponds to the temperature detecting member, and a second region of the guide member does not correspond to the temperature detecting member. In addition, a width of one protrusion located at the first region is greater than a width of some of the plurality protrusions located at the second region.

Claim (Index 12):
A fixing apparatus for fixing a toner image on a recording material, the fixing apparatus comprising:\n (A) a tubular film having an inner surface and an outer surface; (B) an elongate heater having a first surface that is in contact with the inner surface of the tubular film, and a second surface that is on an opposite side to the first surface; (C) a roller provided in contact with the outer surface of the tubular film and forming a nip portion with the tubular film, the recording material having the toner formed thereon being heated in the nip portion and having the image fixed thereon while being transported through the nip portion; (D) a lubricant interposed between the first surface of the heater and the inner surface of the tubular film; (E) a temperature detecting member provided on the second surface of the heater to detect a temperature of the heater; (F) a controller controlling electrical power to be supplied to the heater so that a temperature detected by the temperature detecting member reaches a target temperature; and (G) a guide member for guiding the tubular film, the guide member (a) being elongated in a longitudinal direction of the heater, (b) being in contact with the inner surface of the tubular film, (c) having a first protrusion and a second protrusion protruding toward the inner surface of the tubular film, and (d) having a first region including the first protrusion and a second region including the second protrusion in a longitudinal direction of the guide member, the first region being a region that corresponds to the temperature detecting member in the longitudinal direction of the guide member, and the second region being a region that does not correspond to the temperature detecting member in the longitudinal direction of the guide member, and a width of the first protrusion being greater than a width of the second protrusion in the longitudinal direction of the guide member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.4
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15417553', '13833784', '14704017', '15862165', '13409654']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7762337879225839
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5500471267598753
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7536151218063131
- Mean Citation Score: 264.416526
- Max Citation Score: 414.73193
- Similarity Product: 397.79270829761214

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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