PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16218084
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["221", "265000"]

Abstract:
Provided is an item dispensing device that can reduce the height of each device without decreasing the number of items to be stored. The item dispensing device includes: a storage case for storing capsules; an item ejection port provided in a side wall of the storage case; a vertical rotating shaft attached to the storage case; a motor for driving the rotating shaft to rotate; a circular plate provided in a lower part of the storage case and rotated by the rotating shaft, the circular plate being provided with item holders along the circumferential direction, each of the item holders having an opening in the outer circumferential direction and provided to be engageable with a capsule, wherein a part of the outer circumference of the circular plate is opposed to the item ejection port; and a capsule ejection mechanism for energizing the capsule engaged with one of the item holders toward the item ejection port side when the item holder is positioned at the item ejection port.

Claim (Index 2):
The item dispensing device according to  claim 1 , wherein the energizing mechanism comprises:\n a linear guide provided in the proximity of the item holder of the rotor and arranged outward from the rotating shaft side in the rotor; a slider reciprocably attached to the linear guide; a lever member attached to the slider and pivotally supported to pivotably move between a stored position along an inner edge of the item holder and a push-out position on the opening side of the item holder; an energizing member for energizing the lever member toward the stored position side; a cam plate adapted to press the slider toward the item ejection port side when the opening of one of the plurality of item holders is aligned with the item ejection port with rotation of the rotor; and a projection provided on the outer circumferential side of the rotor and adapted to cause the lever member to pivot toward the push-out position side when the slider moves to the item ejection port side.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.37333
- Patent Class: 221.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16218295', '10796797', '12849580', '11968265', '15050468']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7644153807698006
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5487315178492446
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.742846994477745
- Mean Citation Score: 215.077754
- Max Citation Score: 394.37424
- Similarity Product: 310.03880476959233

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