PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16197459
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["312", "223100"]

Abstract:
A frame for forming an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material includes a first stay, including a supporting portion for supporting the frame relative to an installation surface, for forming a bottom of the frame; a second stay, including a supporting portion for supporting the frame relative to the installation surface, for forming the bottom of the frame; a post to which the first stay and the second stay are secured; and a positioning portion, provided as a part of the post, for positioning the first stay and the second stay with respect to a horizontal plane direction. The first stay and the second stay are fixed to the post by welding.

Claim (Index 24):
A manufacturing method of a frame structure for an image forming apparatus, the frame structure including\n a first stay including a first and a second welding surface welded to a frame assembly, a second stay including a third and a fourth welding surface welded to said frame assembly, a plurality of supporting portions configured to support said frame assembly on an installation surface in contact with said installation surface, said plurality of supporting portions including at least one supporting portion provided on said first stay and including at least two supporting portions provided on said second stay, a first opposing surface of said frame assembly opposing said first welding surface and welded with said first welding surface, a second opposing surface of said frame assembly opposing said second welding surface and welded with said second welding surface, a third opposing surface of said frame assembly opposing said third welding surface and welded with said third welding surface, and a fourth opposing surface of said frame assembly opposing said fourth welding surface and welded with said fourth opposing surface, said frame assembly being welded with said first stay and said second stay so that said frame assembly supported to said installation surface by a plurality of said supporting portions is not contact with said installation surface, said manufacturing method comprising: a fixing step of fixing said frame assembly to a jig in a state in which said frame assembly is not contact with said installation surface; a adjusting step of adjusting a position of said first stay to said frame assembly by moving said first stay in a vertical direction in a state in which said first welding surface contacts said first opposing surface and said second welding surface contacts said second opposing surface and adjusting a position of said second stay to said frame assembly by moving said second stay in the vertical direction in a state in which said third welding surface contacts said third opposing surface and said fourth welding surface contacts said fourth opposing surface; and a welding step of welding said first welding surface to said first opposing surface, welding said second welding surface to said second opposing surface, welding said third welding surface to said third opposing surface, and welding said fourth welding surface to said fourth opposing surface in a state in which said plurality of said supporting portions contact said installation surface and said frame assembly is not contact with said installation surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.78261
- Patent Class: 312.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14973930', '14995335', '14467249', '15242823', '15976203']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7771590339606246
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5464613604772368
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7540892666122858
- Mean Citation Score: 242.904428
- Max Citation Score: 397.0667
- Similarity Product: 343.78263005775216

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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