PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15758956
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["082", "162000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an actuating device ( 10 ) for actuating jaws ( 12 ) of a steady rest ( 11 ), which jaws can be used for clamping or supporting a workpiece ( 13 ). The actuating device comprises a carrier ( 18 ) with a mounting side ( 20 ) to which the steady rest ( 11 ) can be mounted. An outer end ( 27 b ) of an actuating part ( 27 ) projects away from the mounting side ( 20 ) of the carrier ( 18 ) and comprises a connecting arrangement ( 29 ) as the interface for the connection with an input part ( 14 ) of the steady rest ( 11 ). An inner end ( 27 c ) of the actuating part ( 27 ) is movably coupled with a piston ( 35 ) of a pneumatic cylinder ( 36 ) via a coupling arrangement ( 34 ). The coupling arrangement  34  comprises a slide ( 40 ) that is immovably connected to the piston ( 35 ), said slide having on it at least one slotted gate ( 44 ). The slotted gate ( 44 ) defines a gate path oriented obliquely to longitudinal direction L and to height direction H, along which gate path the at least one gate element ( 46 ) can be guided in a movable manner. The gate element is connected to the inner end ( 27 c ) of the actuating part ( 27 ).

Claim (Index 16):
Actuating device for a steady rest for supporting and/or clamping a workpiece, comprising:\n a carrier having a mounting side that is adapted for mounting the steady rest; an actuating part that is supported by the carrier so as to be movable in height direction (H) and has, on an outer end, a connecting arrangement for connection with the input part of the steady rest; and a double-acting pneumatic cylinder mounted to the carrier, the piston of said cylinder being movably coupled to the actuating part via a coupling arrangement, wherein the coupling arrangement includes a slide connected to the piston, said slide being supported so as to be movable in longitudinal direction (L) perpendicular to the height direction (H), and further includes at least one slotted gate extending obliquely with respect to the longitudinal direction (L) and the height direction (H), said gate defining a gate path along which at least one gate element of the coupling arrangement is movably guided, wherein the gate path and the longitudinal direction (L) subtend an angle of inclination (a) that is smaller than 45\u00b0, and wherein the actuating part is connected to the gate element at an inner end opposite the outer end.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.60396
- Patent Class: 82.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10557668', '14352882', '15881563', '12560525', '13321953']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6523108975276601
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4715582043456572
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6342356282094599
- Mean Citation Score: 164.062164
- Max Citation Score: 167.29315
- Similarity Product: 114.80600628912153

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

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