PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15974126
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["198", "495000"]

Abstract:
A cleaning apparatus includes a roller, a conveyor belt and a belt cleaner. The conveyor belt transports food material in a first direction, and the belt cleaner cleans the food material from the conveyor belt as the conveyor belt travels in a second direction, distinct from the first direction. The conveyor belt passes around the roller as the conveyor belt changes from traveling in the first direction to traveling in the second direction. At least a portion of the belt cleaner is located directly below the roller such that food material falling off the conveyor belt when the conveyor belt passes around the roller is caught by the belt cleaner. The belt cleaner includes an enclosure through which the conveyor belt passes and an air nozzle located within the enclosure. The air nozzle directs air onto the underside of the conveyor belt. Preferably, the air nozzle is an air knife, which generates a sheet of air.

Claim (Index 21):
The method of  claim 19 , wherein the air nozzle is coupled to the second baffle, the method further comprising supporting the air nozzle within the enclosure with the second baffle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.8
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14192896', '13327048', '10920847', '11708996', '12728175']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7234999078640868
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4815760984321945
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6993075269208976
- Mean Citation Score: 165.211562
- Max Citation Score: 168.71263000000005
- Similarity Product: 92.33479013210776

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