PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16178484
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["241", "035000"]

Abstract:
The invention involves an automatic shut-off waste disposer that may be activated with a control module, which utilizes a programmable automatic shut-off routine. This enables a user to turn on the garbage disposer and walk away without having to turn the disposer off. In exemplary embodiments, activation of the disposer includes actuation of a solenoid valve for injecting a stream of water flow into the dispenser chamber in order to facilitate a proper water flow while the disposer is actively disposing of food waste. In some exemplary embodiments, activation of the disposer may be achieved via a user-activated pneumatic actuator, which may be installed in proximity to the sink to which the disposer is coupled. In some exemplary embodiments, the disposer implements a sensor for automatically shutting of a motor of the disposer upon a predetermined event.

Claim (Index 1):
A food waste disposer kit, comprising:\n an actuator module including a pneumatic actuator; a first enclosure housing a solenoid valve for selectively directing a water flow from a water supply to a disposer chamber of a food waste disposer; and a second enclosure housing a control circuitry for supplying power to the food waste disposer and the solenoid valve, the control circuitry adapted to communicate with the pneumatic actuator and configured to respond to actuation of the pneumatic actuator by:\n activating the food waste disposer; \n triggering a programmable time limit; \n opening the solenoid valve to direct the water flow from the water supply to the disposer chamber of the food waste disposer; and \n automatically shutting off the food waste disposer and closing the solenoid valve subsequent to an expiration of the programmable time limit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.8375
- Patent Class: 241.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12959443', '09997678', '15565294', '14277156', '10458099']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8054768412105275
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.502143463269306
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7751435034164054
- Mean Citation Score: 285.24032200000005
- Max Citation Score: 311.52756
- Similarity Product: 248.4513665548611

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

Dataset: test