PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15755132
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["053", "317000"]

Abstract:
An applying unit for applying lids ( 1 ) to necks ( 9 ) of containers ( 10 ) comprises: —a conveying device for advancing the containers ( 10 ) along a path in an advancement direction (F); a group of applying heads ( 23 ), each applying head ( 23 ) being arranged to screw a lid ( 1 ) onto a corresponding neck ( 9 ); —a movement device ( 26 ) for moving the group of applying heads ( 23 ) along the advancement direction (F), so that each applying head ( 23 ) is coupled to a corresponding neck ( 9 ) along a portion of said path. The movement device ( 26 ) is configured to act on a common support element ( 24 ) supporting the applying heads ( 23 ) of said group, so as to move synchronously the applying heads ( 23 ) along the advancement direction (F).

Claim (Index 34):
An applying unit for applying lids to necks of containers, the applying unit comprising:\n a conveying device for advancing the containers along a path in an advancement direction; a group of applying heads, each applying head being arranged to screw a lid onto a corresponding neck, and each applying head supported by a common support element; a movement device for moving the group of applying heads along the advancement direction, so that each applying head is coupled to a corresponding neck along a portion of the path, wherein the movement device is configured to act on the common support element supporting the applying heads and configured to move, synchronously, the applying heads along the advancement direction; and a distribution unit for feeding the lids to the necks; wherein each applying head further comprises:\n at least two gripping elements for engaging with the lid and screwing the lid onto the corresponding neck; and \n a driving device for displacing the gripping elements along a longitudinal axis, so that the gripping elements are moved relative to the lid, wherein the driving device is further configured screw the lid onto the corresponding neck by rotating the gripping elements around the longitudinal axis to thereby screw the lid onto the corresponding neck, \n wherein the gripping elements are drivable between an engagement position, in which the gripping elements engage with the lid and rotate the lid around an axis thereof, and a disengagement position, in which the gripping elements disengage the lid.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.61538
- Patent Class: 53.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11684197', '15301877', '15527875', '15527841', '16081447']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.755234914723009
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4738491927850293
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7270963425292111
- Mean Citation Score: 190.690744
- Max Citation Score: 203.66177
- Similarity Product: 156.4832792445767

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

Dataset: test