PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15875968
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["101", "040100"]

Abstract:
An apparatus and methods of monitoring and adjusting a decorator for metallic containers are provided. More specifically, the present invention relates to apparatus and methods used to provide a decoration on a predetermined portion of a metallic container body. The decorator includes a sensor that senses decorations on metallic containers. A control system receives information related to the sensed decorations from the sensor and then determines if the decorations at least meet predetermined color, density, thickness, orientation, and consistency targets. The control system can optionally automatically adjust elements of the decorator to correct a deficient decoration. In one embodiment, the control system can automatically send a signal to the decorator to adjust the color, density, orientation, positioning, and consistency of decorations transferred to the metallic containers. In another embodiment, the control system can send a signal to adjust a position of an inking assembly, an ink roller, a ductor roller a plate cylinder, a printing plate, a blanket cylinder, and a transfer blanket of the decorator.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus for monitoring and adjusting a decoration formed on an exterior surface of metallic containers, comprising:\n a decorator including an inking assembly, a printing plate, a transfer blanket, and a support element to receive a metallic container and move the metallic container into contact with the transfer blanket to transfer a decoration to a cylindrical exterior surface of the metallic container; a sensor positioned downstream from the decorator to obtain captured data from the cylindrical exterior surface the metallic container related to the quality of the decoration; and a control system that receives the captured data from the sensor, the control system operable to compare the capture data to stored data to determine if the decoration or structure of the metallic container is deficient, wherein:\n if the decoration is deficient, the control system may send a first signal to adjust at least one of the inking assembly, the printing plate, and the transfer blanket to correct the cause of the deficient decoration; and \n if the structure of the metallic container is deficient, the control system may send a second signal to at least one of a display screen and upstream equipment.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 52.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25
- Patent Class: 101.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15231128', '15378768', '14686517', '15159060', '14537594']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7662072719744278
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5094792687626478
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7405344716532499
- Mean Citation Score: 265.126804
- Max Citation Score: 276.98206
- Similarity Product: 185.98885469086883

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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