PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16113385
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["271", "240000"]

Abstract:
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes first and second conveyance regulating portions which are respectively supported pivotably at different positions in a width direction, and an engagement portion provided on one of the first and second conveyance regulating portions and configured to be engaged with the other of the first and second conveyance regulating portions. In a state where a sheet whose length in the width direction is a first width is conveyed through a conveyance path, the sheet abuts the first conveyance regulating portion and pivots only the first conveyance regulating portion. In a state where a sheet whose length in the width direction is a second width that is greater than the first width is conveyed through the conveyance path, the sheet abuts the second conveyance regulating portion and pivots the second conveyance regulating portion while also pivoting the first conveyance regulating portion through the engagement portion.

Claim (Index 10):
A sheet conveyance apparatus comprising:\n a conveyance portion configured to convey a sheet to a sheet conveyance direction; a first conveyance regulating portion configured to pivot toward a first pivoting direction by being in contact with a leading edge of a sheet conveyed through a conveyance path by the conveyance portion; a second conveyance regulating portion arranged in parallel with the first conveyance regulating portion in a width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction and configured to pivot toward the first pivoting direction by being in contact with the leading edge of the sheet conveyed through the conveyance path by the conveyance portion; and an engagement portion projected in the width direction from the second conveyance regulating portion toward the first conveyance regulating portion, and positioned upstream in the first pivoting direction than the first conveyance regulating portion, wherein the engagement portion is configured to allow the first conveyance regulating portion to pivot to the first pivoting direction while separating from the second conveyance regulating portion, and configured to contact with the first conveyance regulating portion in a state where the second conveyance regulating portion pivots in the first pivoting direction, so that the first conveyance regulating portion pivots in the first pivoting direction in an interlocked manner with the second conveyance portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.75
- Patent Class: 271.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14972367', '16029969', '15219520', '15800273', '15381689']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7590285269724518
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4799954334761119
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7311252176228178
- Mean Citation Score: 241.363952
- Max Citation Score: 244.2738
- Similarity Product: 186.78675354015823

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

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