PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15882249
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["049", "024000"]

Abstract:
A “Pipe and Strap Operating Drive System” (PSODS) is disclosed which efficiently and accurately positions a blocker, or door mechanism, over an opening that is of exact or similar profile and dimensions as the door mechanism. In the preferred embodiment, PSODS is used to vary the position of a poultry house ventilation blocker or door mechanism from a tightly-closed position against the opening, or when required, within a certain range of door mechanism open positions, as dictated by weather conditions or internal air quality. Essentially, the inventive concept featuring PSODS utilizes at least one strap, wherein a first end of each strap is wound about a length of pipe, termed a “pipe drive.” The second end of the strap is attached proximate an upper edge of the door mechanism. As the pipe drive is rotated, the attached strap(s) control movement of the door mechanism toward a closed or open position.

Claim (Index 11):
Where it is required to periodically adjust the position of a door mechanism of a certain size, which door mechanism (a) is hingedly attached to a structure, and (b) is proximate a correspondingly-sized opening in the structure, a pipe and strap drive operating system for maintaining the door mechanism at any desired position between fully closed flush over the opening, or spaced apart from the opening, the system comprising\n a length of pipe, two braces, at least two each of pipe sleeves, straps, guide brackets, roller pins, fasteners, bolt clips, and further comprising a plurality of hexagonal head locking setscrews, and a plurality of screw-type fasteners; wherein the length of pipe is supported, at each end, within the respective braces, each brace further having a circular collar corresponding to the outer diameter of the pipe, thereby enabling axial rotation of the pipe within the collars, each brace being fastened to the structure with co-axial alignment of the circular collars; at least two pipe sleeves symmetrically spaced lengthwise, and affixed to, the exterior of the length of pipe; two guide brackets affixed to the structure, proximate and directly in line with the center of each pipe sleeve, each guide bracket containing a freely-rotating roller pin; a strap attached at its first end to the exterior of each pipe sleeve, routed through the respective guide bracket to thereby contact the contained roller pin, and attached at its second end to a bolt clip; whereby upon each bolt clip being attached to a door mechanism, rotation of the length of pipe in one direction causes the pipe sleeves to simultaneously rotate, thereby coiling each strap about its respective pipe sleeve toward the fully-closed position of the door mechanism, and conversely, upon rotation of the length of pipe in the opposite direction, causes each strap to uncoil from the pipe sleeve toward the open positon of the door mechanism.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82105
- Patent Class: 49.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15290627', '13085539', '15067431', '12277638', '15695806']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7620129972014491
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.464009819366358
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.73221267941794
- Mean Citation Score: 150.35981999999996
- Max Citation Score: 161.80151
- Similarity Product: 128.63920478258314

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

Dataset: test