PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15766242
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["198", "459300"]

Abstract:
An improved disc feeder/conveyor ( 2 ) with optical sensor ( 200 ) and return chute ( 10 ) for multiple industrial, commercial or agricultural applications. The conveyor ( 2 ) comprises a pair of co-rotating (or counter-rotating) roller shafts ( 11 A,  11 B) driven by a belt ( 104 ) drive. The rollers ( 11 A,  11 B) are non-parallel, slightly angled, and the rotation of the shafts frictionally engages, the sample caps or other elements being advanced away from the production line causing the items seated thereon advance. Sensors ( 200, 202 ) detect the presence/absence of items on the rollers for gating. Another pair of co- or counter-rotating roller shafts ( 15 A,  15 B) may act as a return chute ( 10 ).

Claim (Index 2):
The feeder/conveyor apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said first pair of non-parallel rods are angularly twisted non-parallel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.87179
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10071678', '10133904', '11344706', '14336811', '15029331']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6855953923754591
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4686363740956634
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6638994905474795
- Mean Citation Score: 141.238044
- Max Citation Score: 149.35294
- Similarity Product: 98.47332059202672

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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