PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15751649
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["198", "347100"]

Abstract:
A buffering device comprises a frame and a conveyor belt, a supply station, a discharge station, a first reversing member reverses the conveying direction of the conveyor belt, and a return guide includes a second reversing member. The buffering device is configured such that the conveyor belt moves from the supply station via the first reversing member to the discharge station, after which the conveyor belt is guided back to the supply station via the return guide. A portion of the conveyor belt n forms a buffer section of which the length varies. The remaining portion of the conveyor belt forms a compensation section for compensating a change of length of the buffer section during simultaneous displacement of the first and second reversing members with respect to the frame. The first reversing member includes a buffer carriage for radially guiding the conveyor belt, which guide is fixed to the carriage.

Claim (Index 1):
A buffering device, comprising a frame and an endless, drivable, flexible conveyor belt being supported by the frame, a supply station for supplying products to the conveyor belt, a discharge station for discharging products from the conveyor belt, a first reversing member for reversing the conveying direction of the conveyor belt which first reversing member is displaceable with respect to the frame ( 6 ), and a return guide which is provided with a second reversing member for reversing the conveying direction of the conveyor belt which second reversing member is displaceable with respect to the frame, wherein the buffering device is configured such that under operating conditions the conveyor belt moves from the supply station via the first reversing member to the discharge station, after which the conveyor belt is guided back to the supply station via the return guide, wherein a portion of the conveyor belt extending from the supply station to the discharge station forms a buffer section of which the length varies upon displacing the first reversing member with respect to the frame and a remaining portion of the conveyor belt forms a compensation section configured to compensate a change of length of the buffer section during simultaneous displacement of the first and second reversing members with respect to the frame, wherein the at least the first reversing member is provided with a buffer carriage with at least a guide for radially guiding the conveyor belt ( 8 ), which guide is fixed to the carriage.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.63934
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15256088', '14749216', '11075123', '10469903', '13203553']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7012050053031585
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4909822893894032
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6801827337117831
- Mean Citation Score: 248.922508
- Max Citation Score: 283.71365
- Similarity Product: 212.786945475784

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

Dataset: test