PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16366785
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["239", "526000"]

Abstract:
A spray gun includes a valve cartridge configured to be axially installed and removed as a single piece. The valve cartridge includes the wear components of the spray gun. A trigger of the spray gun is configured to actuate a slider of the valve cartridge to control spraying by the spray gun. The trigger includes arms that are mounted to the spray gun by a pivot mechanism. The pivot mechanism can be disengaged from the arms to allow the trigger to slide between a spray position, where the trigger prevents forward axial movement of the valve cartridge, and a repair position, where the valve cartridge can move axially forward. The trigger also includes upper and lower portions that are movable relative to each other, such that the length of the trigger can be adjusted.

Claim (Index 27):
A valve cartridge for a paint spray gun, the valve cartridge comprising:\n a housing having a first end, a second end, a housing body extending between the first end and the second end;\n a cartridge outlet extending through the first end; \n a chamber within the housing; and \n at least one side port extending through the housing and in fluid communication with the chamber; \n a seal body mounted to the second end of the housing; a valve disposed within the housing and configured to control the flow of paint from the chamber through the cartridge outlet; a spring configured to bias a valve member of the valve towards a closed state; a slider disposed at least partially outside of the housing; and a stem extending along an axis between the valve member and the slider, wherein the stem extends through the seal body; wherein the valve member and the slider are fixed with respect to the stem such that the slider can actuate the valve member from the closed state to an open state via the stem; wherein an exterior of the housing body interfaces with a first seal at a location disposed axially between the first end and the at least one side port to prevent flow about the exterior of the housing body; wherein an exterior of the seal body interfaces with a second seal to prevent flow about the exterior of the seal body; wherein the at least one side port is disposed between the first seal and the second seal; and wherein the housing, the valve, the spring, the slider, and the stem form a discrete assembly configured to control spraying of paint.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.32258
- Patent Class: 239.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16366802', '15804783', '15248841', '13042014', '12178229']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8370110040097433
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5403204781894634
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8073419514277153
- Mean Citation Score: 302.77586
- Max Citation Score: 425.42474
- Similarity Product: 347.1589557063008

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

Dataset: test