PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15778648
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["198", "370040"]

Abstract:
In order, e.g., to provide a line sorter in which acoustic noise resulting from the polygon effect is reduced, there is disclosed a sorter ( 102 ) for sorting items of various shapes, sizes and weights, such as postal parcels or airport baggage. The sorter includes a closed loop comprising a plurality of sorting carts ( 302 ) for moving along an upper track section, a lower track section and end track sections in a moving direction. The plurality of carts are coupled at couplings ( 312 ), which enable the carts to pivot relatively to each other in at least one plane when in operation. Each cart is able to pivot relatively to an adjacent cart at two or more pivot points ( 404, 414, 1002 ) where the two or more pivot points are positioned a pivot point distance greater than zero apart in the moving direction of the carts.

Claim (Index 13):
The sorter according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sorting carts are moved along the upper track section, the lower track section and the end track sections in the moving direction when in operation by a linear synchronous motor propulsion system.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.77419
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15736131', '15781730', '14336811', '12595483', '13536507']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.763818673978555
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5105711100852844
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.738493917589228
- Mean Citation Score: 270.940352
- Max Citation Score: 363.71924
- Similarity Product: 286.91413751993184

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

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