PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15741504
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["198", "468110"]

Abstract:
An apparatus ( 10, 20, 30, 40 ) for shifting of rod-like articles ( 4, 4′ ) with different lengths or rod-like article groups ( 6 ) with different total lengths on a drum conveyor ( 3 ), comprising slidably mounted pusher elements ( 7, 27, 37 ) acting on at least one rod-like article ( 4, 4′ ) or at least one rod-like article group ( 6 ) so as to vary their position in the flute ( 3 ) of the drum conveyor ( 2 ), with the pusher elements ( 7, 27, 37 ) being 5 slidable in a direction substantially corresponding to the axis of the rod-like articles, and a pushing unit ( 5, 25, 35 ) mounted angularly relative to the pusher elements ( 7, 27, 37 ) forcing the movement of the pusher elements ( 7, 27, 37 ), whereas the pushing unit comprises rotational pushing elements for pushing against the pusher elements ( 7, 27, 37 ). The apparatus is characterised in that the pushing unit ( 5, 25, 35 ) is moveably mounted in a direction being substantially transverse to the axis of the flute ( 3 ) of the drum  10  conveyor ( 2 ) so as to shift the rod-like articles ( 4, 4′ ) or the rod-like article groups ( 6 ) inside the flute ( 3 ) of the drum conveyor ( 2 ).

Claim (Index 8):
Apparatus as in  claim 3  characterised in that the pusher elements ( 7 ,  27 ,  37 ) are pneumatically moved outside the drum conveyor ( 2 ).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.23457
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15768835', '15558252', '13368841', '12331853', '15295705']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7629497368082669
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5239801650449526
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7390527796319355
- Mean Citation Score: 273.57445800000005
- Max Citation Score: 422.98117
- Similarity Product: 259.4336996611225

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

Dataset: test