PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15969906
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["399", "329000"]

Abstract:
A fixing device fixes an image onto a recording material. The recording material is fed through and heated in a nip to fix the image. A nip plate is provided with a projection in a region downstream of the nip with respect to a feeding direction of the recording material, the projection projecting toward a roller and extending in a longitudinal direction of a cylindrical belt. The nip plate has a recess on a side opposite from an outside provided with the projection at a position corresponding to that of the projection with respect to the feeding direction, the recess extending in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical belt. At least a part of one of the two end portions of a supporting member overlaps the recess of the nip plate with respect to the feeding direction of the recording material and a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical belt.

Claim (Index 15):
A fixing device for fixing an image formed on a recording material to the recording material, said device comprising:\n a cylindrical belt; a nip plate contacting an inner surface of said belt; a supporting member having a U-shaped cross section and provided in a hollow portion of said cylindrical belt, said supporting member having two end portions defining an opening of a U-shape thereof and supporting said nip plate; a heater provided in a region enclosed by said supporting member and said nip plate, and configured to radiate radiant light to said nip plate to heat said nip plate; and a roller cooperative with said nip plate to form a nip between said cylindrical belt and an outer peripheral surface of said roller, wherein a recording material carrying the image is fed through and heated in the nip to fix the image on the recording material, wherein said nip plate is provided with a projection in a region downstream of the nip with respect to a feeding direction of the recording material, the projection projecting toward said roller and extending in a longitudinal direction of said cylindrical belt, wherein said nip plate is provided with a recess on a side opposite from an outside provided with the projection at a position corresponding to that of the projection with respect to the feeding direction of the recording material, the recess extending in the longitudinal direction of said cylindrical belt, and wherein a part of said roller in a circumferential direction thereof is elastically deformed by the projection of said nip plate, and wherein at least a part of one of the two end portions of said supporting member overlaps the recess of said nip plate with respect to the feeding direction of the recording material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.55738
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15412394', '15442471', '15287987', '13755720', '13623368']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8114780441602227
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5304509848233381
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7833753382265344
- Mean Citation Score: 267.32276199999995
- Max Citation Score: 388.6964
- Similarity Product: 366.2236799996138

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

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