PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15772055
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["494", "010000"]

Abstract:
A separator ( 1 ) for removing contaminants from a liquid, the separator comprising a rotatably mounted chamber ( 2 ) arranged to rotate about an axis of rotation, and the separator further comprising an inlet ( 23 ) for liquid to enter the chamber and an outlet ( 33 ) for liquid to leave the chamber, and wherein the inlet is at a greater radial position from the axis of rotation as compared to the outlet, and further wherein the flow of liquid into the chamber arranged to cause the chamber to rotate, and a thickness of contaminant sludge cake ( 30 ) caused to accumulate on an inner wall of the chamber.

Claim (Index 1):
A separator for removing contaminants from a liquid,\n the separator comprising a rotatably mounted cylindrical chamber arranged to rotate about an axis of rotation, the chamber comprising multiple drive surfaces arranged, which when impacted by inflowing liquid, imparts a turning moment thereby rotating said chamber, and the separator comprising multiple disks or cone separators, arranged in said chamber, and the separator further comprising an inlet for liquid to enter the chamber and an outlet for liquid to leave the chamber, and wherein the inlet is at a greater radial position from the axis of rotation as compared to the outlet, and, in use, the thickness of contaminant sludge caused to accumulate on the inner wall of the chamber comprises a liquid porous component that is located in the flow path of liquid from said chamber to the outlet to the separator, the porous component is arranged in use to progressively block over time, thereby reducing to flow area available for liquid to flow through and so impact on the rotational speed at which the separator is driven by liquid flow.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14286
- Patent Class: 494.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13504385', '14648393', '15542785', '14375070', '12668772']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6866767469973145
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.450429253360166
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6630519976335997
- Mean Citation Score: 177.42844399999996
- Max Citation Score: 185.70067
- Similarity Product: 160.49642046001077

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

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