PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15911261
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["399", "329000"]

Abstract:
To switch between four nip modes, a cam is driven by a single drive to move between first to fourth positions. At the first position, a first nip between a first pressing body and a fixing member has a first width, and a second nip between a second pressing body and the fixing member has a second width. At the second position, the first nip has a third width smaller than the first width, and the second nip has a width greater than or equal to the second width. At the third position, the first nip has a width greater than or equal to the first width, and the second nip has a fourth width smaller than the second width. At the fourth position, the first nip has a fifth width smaller than the first width, and the second nip has a sixth width smaller than the second width.

Claim (Index 10):
A fixing device, comprising:\n a first pressing body; a second pressing body; a fixing member located between the first pressing body and the second pressing body; a heater configured to heat the fixing member; a first arm pivotable about a first shaft, and including a first pressing portion configured to press the first pressing body against the fixing member; a second arm pivotable about a second shaft parallel to the first shaft, and including a second pressing portion configured to press the second pressing body against the fixing member; an elastic member configured to urge the first pressing portion and the second pressing portion toward each other; and a cam located between the first arm and the second arm, the cam being configured to rotate and press at least one of the first arm and the second arm against an urging force of the elastic member, wherein\n the cam is movable between a first position, a second position, a third position, and a fourth position when driven by a single drive, \n when the cam is at the first position, a first nip between the first pressing body and the fixing member has a first width, and a second nip between the second pressing body and the fixing member has a second width, \n when the cam is at the second position, the first nip has a third width smaller than the first width, and the second nip has a width greater than or equal to the second width, \n when the cam is at the third position, the first nip has a width greater than or equal to the first width, and the second nip has a fourth width smaller than the second width, and \n when the cam is at the fourth position, the first nip has a fifth width smaller than the first width, and the second nip has a sixth width smaller than the second width.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 4.17949
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15904512', '13623413', '13623139', '15472906', '15171242']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8133877711271897
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4822370920577851
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7802727032202493
- Mean Citation Score: 234.161782
- Max Citation Score: 272.40408
- Similarity Product: 238.7937428277684

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

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