PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16198655
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["198", "358000"]

Abstract:
The present invention includes conveying and sorting systems utilizing a plurality of continuous rails which support a plurality of sliding pucks that are urged forward using a plurality of sprocket wheels, and which utilize magnetically operated activation components for causing produce to be selectively dropped from cups carried by the pucks into sorting bins. The structures for the conveying and actuating components of the systems have smooth external surfaces reducing potential contamination by bacteria, contaminants and debris, thereby making them easily accessible for cleaning, and allowing for longer continuous operation times and higher efficiency.

Claim (Index 15):
An apparatus for selectively discharging pieces of produce comprising:\n a. at least one rail having a central axis; b. at least one puck provided for movement along said at least one rail; c. a movable cup pivotally attached to each puck for holding a piece of produce, each cup having at least one downwardly extending leg thereon; d. at least one hollow cross member mounted below said at least one rail having an orientation that is perpendicular to the axis of said at least one rail, each such cross member enclosing at least one controllable electromagnet adjacent to said at least one rail; and e. at least one electromagnetically movable actuator on said crossbar adjacent to said at least one rail and adjacent to said at least one electromagnet for selectively contacting a leg of one of said cups to cause said cup to pivot and discharge said piece of produce when said electromagnet is activated.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.42857
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12232546', '14040886', '12855697', '11054494', '14336811']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6750409142312097
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4798509177313764
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6555219145812263
- Mean Citation Score: 178.49163
- Max Citation Score: 189.51244
- Similarity Product: 119.07639514816285

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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