PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16212009
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["399", "070000"]

Abstract:
A fixing device fixes a toner image to a paper sheet, and the fixing device includes: a pressure roller; and a heating member, wherein the heating member includes: a pressure pad; a heating roller including a heater; and a fixing belt, the fixing device further includes a drive mechanism that controls rotation of the pressure roller and the heating roller, the fixing belt is driven while sliding on a surface of the pressure pad, when the heating roller rotates, and the drive mechanism applies pressure to the paper sheet, fixes the toner image to the paper sheet, switches between a contact state in which the pressure roller and the fixing belt are in contact with each other, and a separated state in which the pressure roller and the fixing belt are separated from each other, and switches to the contact state when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

Claim (Index 1):
A fixing device that fixes a toner image formed on a paper sheet to the paper sheet, the fixing device comprising:\n a pressure roller that applies pressure to the paper sheet; and a heating member that heats the paper sheet, wherein the heating member includes: a pressure pad positioned to face the pressure roller; a heating roller including a heater; and a fixing belt wound around the pressure pad and the heating roller in an endless manner, the fixing device further comprises a drive mechanism that controls rotation of the pressure roller and the heating roller, the fixing belt is driven while sliding on a surface of the pressure pad, when the heating roller rotates, and the drive mechanism moves at least one of the pressure roller and the heating member, to apply pressure to the paper sheet being conveyed between the pressure roller and the pressure pad, and fix the toner image to the paper sheet, switches between a contact state in which the pressure roller and the fixing belt are in contact with each other, and a separated state in which the pressure roller and the fixing belt are separated from each other, and switches to the contact state when a predetermined condition is satisfied during a period of warm-up for the heating member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.85965
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15970819', '11684207', '13161682', '11391337', '12859843']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8169175785585351
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4864951704310546
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7838753377457871
- Mean Citation Score: 239.92322400000003
- Max Citation Score: 258.47977000000003
- Similarity Product: 196.6669398989547

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

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