PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16025748
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["198", "813000"]

Abstract:
A belt conveyor with automatic in-line tensioning. A tensioner bar is slidably received into a tensioning slot and guided by a plurality of rails. At least one air spring is positioned between the tensioner frame and the tensioner bar. The first air spring pushes the tensioner bar such that movement of the tensioner bar moves the end roller to affect a tensioning force upon the endless belt. An air pressure gauge can display an air pressure value corresponding to a tension force of the endless belt. A tracking assembly allows tracking of the endless roller independent of the tensioning. A controller can controls the tensioning and release of tensioning based on operational or environmental factors.

Claim (Index 10):
A conveyor comprising:\n a. a conveyor frame; b. a tensioner bar slidably received within the conveyor frame and extending horizontally across the conveyor frame; c. a tensioner frame securely mounted to the conveyor frame; d. an end roller mounted to the tensioner bar; e. an endless belt partially wrapped around the end roller; f. a first air spring mounted between the tensioner frame and the tensioner bar, the first air spring configured to extend perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the tensioner bar thereby exerting a tensioning force on the endless belt; g. a first rail mounted perpendicular to the tensioner bar; and h. a first linear bearing mounted upon the tensioner frame and configured to receive the first rail and restrict movement of the tensioner bar to movement in an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tensioner bar.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.8209
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13909117', '11072672', '15488756', '10385906', '15970207']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7419933447407564
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4902546324929462
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7168194735159753
- Mean Citation Score: 255.12410600000004
- Max Citation Score: 306.60974
- Similarity Product: 233.6200170298933

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test