PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16078762
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["198", "478100"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for promoting rotation-free transport of containers along an arcuate path includes a belt that presses against containers carried by a transport star along that path.

Claim (Index 29):
A method comprising using an apparatus for promoting rotation-free transfer of containers along an arcuate path between a container entrance and a container exit, wherein said apparatus comprises central control unit, a transport star, a belt arrangement, and a dynamic belt-storage unit, wherein said transport star is drivable along a star rotation-axis thereof in a transport direction at a star-rotation speed, wherein said transport star comprises recesses on an outer circumference thereof for receiving said containers, wherein said belt arrangement comprises a securing belt and a drive that causes said securing belt to endlessly circulate at a drive speed when said dynamic storage unit interacts with said belt arrangement, wherein said securing belt and said transport star face each other along said arcuate path such that said securing belt promotes rotation-free conveyance of containers being conveyed by said transport star along said arcuate transport path, wherein said securing belt comprises an effective belt-section having a second transport-section that rests on containers that are being propelled by said transport star along said arcuate path and, when said transport star has unoccupied recesses along said arcuate path, a first transport-section that faces said unoccupied recesses, wherein said drive causes said effective belt-section to move at a belt speed that is synchronous with said transport star's rotation, wherein said dynamic storage-unit causes an increase in belt speed when a portion of said belt that was resting on a container is released from said container, thereby maintaining rotation-free conveyance of said containers along said arcuate path, wherein said increase depends on the number of containers that face said second transport-section, wherein said central controller is configured to cause said drive to adjust a belt speed to maintain rotation-free transport of containers along said arcuate region either by adjusting a speed in said first transport-section when release of said first transport-section from said star causes a speed change of said belt or by adjusting a speed in said second transport-section when the number of containers facing said second transport-section changes, and wherein said dynamic belt-storage unit is configured to adjust belt speed in said first transport-section when a change of belt speed results from release of said securing belt from said transport star in said first transport-section.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.27273
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13318779', '15034684', '14350843', '15761522', '14375862']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7115855417026254
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4488594463223205
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.685312932164595
- Mean Citation Score: 167.01635600000003
- Max Citation Score: 172.51305
- Similarity Product: 131.5079549903691

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

Dataset: test