PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16241426
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["241", "197000"]

Abstract:
Improved free-swinging hammermill hammer configurations are disclosed and described for comminution of materials such as grain and refuse. The hammer configurations of the present disclosure are adaptable to most hammer mill or grinders having free-swinging systems. The configurations as disclosed and claimed are non-forged and incorporate a saddle or hammer mouth. The merging of a hammer and saddle improves strength to reduce or maintain the weight of the hammer while increasing the amount of force delivered to the material to be comminuted. The improved configurations incorporate comminution edges having increased hardness for longer operational run times. The improved configurations improve installing, removing, and cleaning hammer components within the hammermill. The improved configurations may incorporate hammermill rod hole of varying shapes and sizes and saddles of varying shapes and sizes or the use of non-planar hammer bodies that have a recessed or protruding surface.

Claim (Index 15):
A hammer assembly for use in a rotatable hammermill assembly comprising:\n a plurality of non-planar hammer bodies comprising:\n a recessed surface located between at least two front surfaces; \n a protruding surface located opposite the recessed surface and between at least two rear surfaces; \n a first end for securement within a hammer mouth; \n a first rod hole; \n a second end for contact and delivery of momentum to material to be comminuted, wherein said second end has a first weld hardened edge; and \n first and second hammer body edges that run from the first end to the second end; and \n the hammer mouth comprising:\n a hammer mouth front plate and a hammer mouth rear plate opposite the hammer mouth front plate; \n a base; \n a plurality of teeth, said teeth having crown edges running parallel to said base; \n a root edge centered between said crown edges; \n said hammer assembly configured to attach to a hammermill rod of the rotatable hammermill assembly.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.9
- Patent Class: 241.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15912056', '16213413', '11897586', '11544526', '11150430']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7902316113624398
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6491578091793322
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7761242311441291
- Mean Citation Score: 412.50652800000006
- Max Citation Score: 675.5943599999998
- Similarity Product: 595.2473844688939

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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