PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15916187
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["198", "370100"]

Abstract:
A modular transfer system with a primary flow system and a diverter system. The primary flow system includes a primary flow belt for conveying an article along a primary flow path from an infeed side of the modular transfer system to a pass-through side of the modular transfer system. The diverter system includes one or more diverter belts for diverting an article from the primary flow path towards a divert side of the modular transfer system. The primary flow belt includes multiple movable components contacting the diverter belt. The movable components can have one or more rotational degrees of freedom.

Claim (Index 1):
A modular transfer system comprising:\n a main belt comprising a plurality of hingedly-connected belt modules, each of the plurality of belt modules comprising a body and a plurality of spherical balls, the spherical balls having an upper portion that protrudes above an upper surface of the body and a lower portion that protrudes below a lower surface of the body, the spherical balls configured to rotate relative to the body, the main belt configured to travel in a first direction; a diverter belt configured to travel in a second direction that is generally perpendicular to the first direction, the diverter belt in contact with the protruding lower portion of the spherical balls such that relative movement of the main and diverter belts causes the spherical balls to rotate; and a main belt drive unit configured to drive the main belt in the first direction, the main belt drive unit comprising a motor and a motorized drive roller, the motorized drive roller comprising:\n a radially outer surface that is configured to engage with the lower surface of the body of the main belt to provide driving force on the main belt; \n a plurality of grooves in the radially outer surface, the grooves extending radially inwardly and configured to receive the protruding lower portion of the spherical balls; and \n a sprocket configured to engage into a recess in the body of the belt modules of the main belt to provide additional driving force on the main belt.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.44186
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15588230', '14282731', '14998406', '14755604', '11568478']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6843156443271269
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4596444757427078
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6618485274686849
- Mean Citation Score: 189.358272
- Max Citation Score: 205.8685
- Similarity Product: 167.1241470940113

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

Dataset: test