PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16001344
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["399", "004000"]

Abstract:
A simple structure is provided to move an optical print head toward a photosensitive drum. An image forming apparatus includes an optical print head having a first link portion and a second link portion, a sliding portion configured to move by sliding as to an image forming apparatus main body, and an abutting portion where one end of the optical print head abuts. When the sliding portion moves by sliding, the first link portion and the second link portion pivot as to the sliding portion, with the one end of the optical print head abutting the abutting portion, and the optical print head moves toward the photosensitive drum.

Claim (Index 1):
An image forming apparatus, comprising:\n a photosensitive drum; an optical print head configured to expose the photosensitive drum; and a movement mechanism configured to move the optical print head situated at a retracted position of being retracted from the photosensitive drum, to an exposure position that is closer to the photosensitive drum than the retracted position, to expose the photosensitive drum, wherein the movement mechanism includes\n a sliding portion configured to be capable of sliding movement from one end side of the optical print head in the longitudinal direction of the optical print head to another end side of the optical print head in the longitudinal direction of the optical print head, \n a first link portion configured to form a first connecting portion by one end side thereof being pivotably connected to one end side of the sliding portion in the longitudinal direction, and form a second connecting portion by another end side thereof being pivotably connected to one end side of the optical print head in the longitudinal direction, with the second connecting portion being situated further at a downstream side in the direction of sliding movement, which is the side where the photosensitive drum is situated, than the first connecting portion, \n a second link portion configured to form a third connecting portion by one end side thereof being pivotably connected to another end side of the sliding portion in the longitudinal direction, and form a fourth connecting portion by another end side thereof being pivotably connected to another end side of the optical print head in the longitudinal direction, with the fourth connecting portion being situated further at a downstream side in the direction of sliding movement, which is the side where the photosensitive drum is situated, than the third connecting portion, and \n an abutting portion which the optical print head abuts in the direction of sliding movement, to restrict movement in the direction of sliding movement of the optical print head in conjunction with the sliding movement of the sliding portion, the first link portion and the second link portion being caused to pivot in conjunction with the sliding movement of the sliding portion, to move the optical print head from the retracted position toward the exposure position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.57778
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16001359', '16001732', '16001508', '16001562', '16001319']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8337054183919266
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5140854637003582
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8017434229227697
- Mean Citation Score: 325.33578
- Max Citation Score: 344.36066
- Similarity Product: 311.2429793726897

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

Dataset: test