PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16127841
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["347", "037000"]

Abstract:
A printer includes a conveyor that feeds objects from a stack of nested objects to the printer. The conveyor includes a member having protuberances that extend from the member to hold the lips of objects in the stack except for the object closest to the printheads in the printer. A spindle mounted to a member is moved to be within an orifice of the object closest to the printheads to engage that object and pull it from the stack. The spindle rotates to facilitate the printing of the object. After the object is printed, it is released from the spindle and gravity directs the printed object along a ramp to an opening in the printer for collection.

Claim (Index 1):
A printing system comprising:\n a plurality of printheads, each printhead in the plurality of printheads being configured to eject marking material; a conveyor configured to move a stack of nested objects toward the plurality of printheads, a spindle configured for reciprocal movement; an actuator operatively connected to the spindle to enable the actuator to move the spindle within an orifice of the object in the stack of nested objects that is closest to the plurality of printheads to engage the object; an opening positioned below the conveyor; a member having a first end and a second end, the first end of the member is positioned at the opening and the second end is positioned to receive objects released from the spindle; and a controller operatively connected to the plurality of printheads, the conveyor, and the actuator, the controller being configured to operate the conveyor to move at least a portion of the stack of nested objects within the printing system, to operate the actuator to move the spindle within the orifice of the object in the stack of nested objects that is closest to the plurality of printheads to engage the object, remove the object from the stack, and move the object to a position opposite the plurality of printheads, to operate the plurality of printheads to eject marking material onto the object, and to operate the actuator to release the object from the spindle in response to printing of the object being completed to enable gravity to direct objects to the first end of the member and along a length of the member to the second end and through the opening.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.32075
- Patent Class: 347.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15591263', '15163880', '15872066', '15375555', '15704434']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7133592246798294
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5677976296465125
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6988030651764977
- Mean Citation Score: 274.543718
- Max Citation Score: 444.11682
- Similarity Product: 409.5308969380832

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