PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16309598
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["101", "040000"]

Abstract:
A processing machine has a plurality of processing stations for the processing of articles. A plurality of the processing stations are each configured in the form of a printing unit. The processing stations, which are provided for processing the articles, are each arranged at different positions. At least one handling device is provided for transporting at least one of the articles which is to be processed. The handling device has a drive which is controlled by a control device and, which handling device, by the use of this drive, can be displaced from one processing station, in which the respective article is processed, to at least one next processing station for processing this article. The processing machine has a learning phase and a production phase. Provision is made for a memory device, which is connected to the control device, to store, in the learning phase, position-related values of the relevant handling system, those position-related values being determined by the use of a calibration travel executed by the relevant handling system for a certain processing procedure. Following the changeover of the processing machine from its learning phase to its production phase, the drive of the relevant handling device is controlled by the control device such that the relevant handling device assumes, one after the other, the positions previously stored for it in the memory device in the learning phase.

Claim (Index 27):
A processing machine having a plurality of processing stations ( 02 ;  03 ;  04 ;  06 ) for processing articles ( 07 ), wherein each of a plurality of processing stations ( 02 ;  03 ;  04 ;  06 ) is configured as a printing unit, wherein each of the processing stations ( 02 ;  03 ;  04 ;  06 ) provided for processing the articles ( 07 ) is located at a different position from the other processing stations, wherein at least one handling system ( 08 ) is provided for transporting at least one of the articles ( 07 ) to be processed, wherein the handling system ( 08 ) in question is equipped with a drive ( 09 ) controlled by a control system ( 11 ) and can be moved by means of this drive ( 09 ) from one processing station ( 02 ;  03 ;  04 ;  06 ) processing the respective article ( 07 ) to at least one subsequent processing station ( 02 ;  03 ;  04 ;  06 ) processing said article ( 07 ), wherein this processing machine has a teach-in phase and a production phase, wherein it is provided that during the teach-in phase, a storage device ( 18 ) connected to the control system ( 11 ) stores position-related values for the handling system ( 08 ) in question, calculated for a particular processing procedure by means of a calibration run performed by the handling system ( 08 ) in question, wherein, once said processing machine has been switched from its teach-in phase to its production phase, the drive ( 09 ) of the handling system ( 08 ) in question is controlled by the control system ( 11 ) in such a way that the handling system ( 08 ) in question assumes in succession the positions stored for it previously in the storage device ( 18 ), during the teach-in phase, characterized in that the handling system ( 08 ) in question provided for transport of the articles ( 07 ) to be processed is configured such that it transports each of a plurality of articles ( 07 ) individually and successively from one processing station ( 02 ;  03 ;  04 ;  06 ) to the next, wherein processing stations ( 02 ;  03 ;  04 ;  06 ) provided for processing a transported article ( 07 ) each have at least one proximity sensor ( 12 ;  13 ;  14 ;  16 ), each proximity sensor having a detection zone ( 22 ;  23 ;  24 ;  26 ) that projects into a path of movement of the handling system ( 08 ) in question.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 71.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.06098
- Patent Class: 101.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16316728', '15569154', '16031075', '16318161', '15569175']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7915365742318278
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5414683120089621
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7665297480095412
- Mean Citation Score: 305.632174
- Max Citation Score: 389.15555
- Similarity Product: 311.67253918224566

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

Dataset: test