PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16234493
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["271", "147000"]

Abstract:
It is an object of the present invention to provide method for receiving sheets for a sheet supplying apparatus. The method includes converting an up and down motion of a tray to a rotational motion of a rotary member by a movement conversion mechanism, converting the rotational motion of the rotary member around a rotational axis to a linear motion of a cylindrical member parallel to the rotational axis by the rotary member and a cam and slider mechanism, and elastically pressing an end portion of the cylindrical member of the cam and slider mechanism in the rotational axis direction to lift the tray by a compression spring.

Claim (Index 15):
An image forming method in an image forming apparatus having a tray on which plural sheets are stackable, a shaft configured to rotate as the tray moves in an up and down direction, a spring mounted on the shaft, and a generally cylindrical sleeve configured to move linearly in response to a rotation of the shaft against a resistance force of the spring, a sheet conveyer configured to convey a sheet stacked on the tray along a predetermined conveying path, and an image forming unit configured to form an image onto a surface of the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyer, the method comprising:\n converting an up and down motion of the tray to a rotational motion of the shaft; and converting the rotational motion of the shaft to a linear motion of the sleeve, so that the sleeve moves linearly along the shaft against the resistance force of the spring; conveying a sheet stacked on the tray along a predetermined conveying path by the sheet conveyer; and forming an image onto a surface of the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyer by the image forming unit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.19608
- Patent Class: 271.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15260091', '14501508', '12974150', '14501615', '15002478']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6934180905910023
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5388188886373336
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6779581703956354
- Mean Citation Score: 221.73412
- Max Citation Score: 403.70654
- Similarity Product: 302.14409403431773

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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