PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15910168
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["198", "572000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of a conveyor system for separating cases of product are disclosed. An elongated, substantially horizontal frame extends from an entry point to an exit point and has a plurality of linear zones. A plurality of motivators is arranged along the frame, such that a case placed on one or more motivators will be moved forward toward the exit point by a coordinated movement of the motivators. A plurality of case sensors arranged along the frame detects the presence of one or more cases within each of the linear zones, and a controller activates the motivators such that a minimum time period elapses between cases delivered to the exit point. The system can include an AC/DC power supply configured to receive 110-120V alternating current power at 60 Hz and to provide direct current power to the controller, the plurality of case sensors, and the plurality of individually-controllable motivators.

Claim (Index 1):
A conveyor system for separating cases of product, the system comprising:\n an elongated, substantially horizontal frame extending from an entry point to an exit point and having a plurality of linear zones, one of the plurality of linear zones being adjacent to the exit point and being an exit zone; a plurality of individually-controllable motivators arranged along the frame, such that a case placed on one or more motivators will be moved forward towards the exit point by a coordinated movement of the one or more motivators; a plurality of case sensors arranged along the frame to detect the presence of one or more cases within each of the linear zones; and a controller mounted to the frame and operably coupled to each of the plurality of case sensors and each of the plurality of motivators and configured to:\n activate the motivators in the exit zone to move a case in the exit zone forward to the exit point if a minimum time period has elapsed since a previous case was moved to the exit point, and \n activate the motivators in each one of the plurality of linear zones that is not the exit zone to move a case in the zone forward to a next zone closer to the exit point if no case is present in the next zone closer to the exit point.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.92683
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10354434', '11146869', '11279604', '09825619', '09645759']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6954504950320237
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4385471745177617
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6697601629805975
- Mean Citation Score: 117.663012
- Max Citation Score: 126.92399
- Similarity Product: 94.36511860544624

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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