PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15749316
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["198", "465100"]

Abstract:
An apparatus to permit transferring the retaining-and-centering unit that has been supplied to the first handling-station in a receiving direction thereof to a second handling-station includes a carrier that carrier secures a securing device to the first handling-station, a receiving unit, a drive, and a securing apparatus that cooperate to detachably secure a retaining-and-centering unit to a first-handling station. The securing apparatus detachably secures the retaining-and-centering unit to the first handling-station. The receiving unit, which is on the carrier, connects the securing apparatus to the carrier. The drive moves the receiving unit parallel to the receiving direction.

Claim (Index 31):
The apparatus of  claim 19 , further comprising a container-transport section on which containers are moved in a transport direction from a container inlet to a container outlet, said container-transport section comprising plural transport elements, each of which rotates about a vertical machine-axis thereof and each of which comprises plural handling-stations at which containers are held, among which are said first and second handling-stations, wherein said plural transport elements comprise a first transport-element and a second transport-element that is adjacent to said first transport-element, wherein said plural handling stations comprise said first handling-station, which is at said first transport-element and said second handling-station, which is at said second transport-element, wherein said retaining-and-centering unit is passed from said first handling-station to said second handling-station by detaching said retaining-and-centering unit from said first handling-station and attaching said retaining-and-centering unit to said second handling-station, wherein, when passing said retaining-and-centering unit, said drive moves said receiving unit parallel to said receiving direction and wherein said securing apparatus, by means of which said retaining-and-centering unit is detachably secured to said first handling-station, is arranged on said receiving-unit, said receiving unit being movable.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.58537
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15756304', '15543079', '13990565', '15770819', '15309874']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7207609556561618
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4646757829306371
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6951524383836094
- Mean Citation Score: 194.006364
- Max Citation Score: 204.9812
- Similarity Product: 146.82241554689406

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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