PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16263807
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["198", "813000"]

Abstract:
A method is provided for removing slack in a chain conveyor driven between a first sprocket and a second sprocket, the first sprocket and the second sprocket rotating in a first direction. The method includes: locking the second sprocket to prevent rotation of the second sprocket in a second direction opposite the first direction; operating the first sprocket in the second direction to position a slack portion between the first sprocket and the second sprocket; and removing at least one chain link from the slack portion.

Claim (Index 14):
The conveyor system of  claim 13 , wherein the chain is recoupled together after removing the one or more chain links from the slack portion and any residual slack portion is dissipated throughout the chain such that tension in an upper run and a lower run are substantially equal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.3
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15618364', '14722118', '14707007', '14789964', '15913850']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7474607145290361
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5066736107665217
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7233820041527846
- Mean Citation Score: 227.304572
- Max Citation Score: 355.6334
- Similarity Product: 330.71292814643385

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

Dataset: test