PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15934441
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["037", "261000"]

Abstract:
A driving system for driving at least one auger of a snow removing device comprising at least one at least one self-adjusting chain tensioner. A first portion of the driving system is positioned within an auger housing and a second portion of the driving system is positioned outside the auger housing. The roller chain is adapted to move across a third opening provided in the auger housing. The first portion is covered by a front guard to prevent snow or debris contained in the auger housing to contact said first portion. The front guard is provided with an opening adapted to surround a portion of a shaft element of the auger with a play between periphery of the opening and the periphery of a corresponding portion the shaft element. The play is either small enough to prevent water and or debris to enter the first casing, or filled with a filling element and/or covered with a sealing element secured to the front guard or the corresponding portion of the shaft element of the at least one auger, to have the play small enough to prevent water and/or debris to enter the first casing. The second portion prevent snow or debris present around the snow removing device to contact the said second portion. A snow blower provided with the driving system, a kit comprising parts and/or components of the driving system, a method for assembling the driving system, and a method for manufacturing some components or parts of the driving system.

Claim (Index 20):
The kit according to any one of  claim 17 , wherein the front guard comprises:\n a first part provided with a front edge having at least one first recess, a second part provided with a rear edge having at least one second recess, the at least one first recess and the at least one second recess are adapted to form, when the front edge and the rear edge are closed to each other, the at least one opening adapted to surround the shaft element of the at least one auger; and wherein the front edge and the rear edge are close enough to define a play therebetween that is either small enough to prevent water and or debris to enter the first casing, or filled with a filling element and/or covered with a sealing element secured to any one of the first part or the second part to have the play small enough to prevent water and/or debris to enter the first casing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.2875
- Patent Class: 37.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13086576', '14449285', '13694260', '14448261', '10762105']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6791199593531595
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5067357059780461
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6618815340156482
- Mean Citation Score: 182.389544
- Max Citation Score: 189.64694
- Similarity Product: 98.98687718549012

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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