PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15909033
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["414", "795200"]

Abstract:
An automatic egg tray stacking apparatus turns alternate egg trays through the operation of movable guides at the junction with a loading conveyor before conveying the egg trays toward a stacking mechanism that first stops the egg tray and then lowers the stack on top of the egg tray before re-elevating the partially formed stack to permit the entrance of a new egg tray into the stacking mechanism. Once the stack of egg trays is completed, the stack is allowed to move onto a stack conveyor and is moved forwardly for shipment. The stacking mechanism is operated by a single actuator having dual pneumatic cylinders that provide a three position operation of the lifting function with the stacking mechanism having lifter members engaging all four sides of the lowermost egg tray of the elevated stack. A control mechanism operates the apparatus with input from appropriately positioned sensors.

Claim (Index 14):
The egg tray stacking apparatus of  claim 13  wherein said actuator mechanism includes a short pneumatic cylinder and a long pneumatic actuator connected to said short pneumatic cylinder, said actuator mechanism being connected to a bell crank which is operatively connected to said stacking mechanism, each of said pneumatic cylinders having extending and retracted positions, the extension of said short pneumatic cylinder and the retraction of said long pneumatic cylinder placing said lifter members in said stop position, the extension of both said first and second pneumatic cylinders placing said lifter members in said stack elevating position, and the retraction of both said first and second pneumatic cylinders placing said lifter members in said lowered position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.80952
- Patent Class: 414.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12286700', '10143861', '11412051', '10919179', '13139915']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8463823442762017
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5086015898407978
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8126042688326613
- Mean Citation Score: 250.904004
- Max Citation Score: 272.376
- Similarity Product: 184.7257458987236

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

Dataset: test