PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16263807
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["198", "813000"]

Abstract:
A method is provided for removing slack in a chain conveyor driven between a first sprocket and a second sprocket, the first sprocket and the second sprocket rotating in a first direction. The method includes: locking the second sprocket to prevent rotation of the second sprocket in a second direction opposite the first direction; operating the first sprocket in the second direction to position a slack portion between the first sprocket and the second sprocket; and removing at least one chain link from the slack portion.

Claim (Index 11):
A conveyor system comprising:\n a first sprocket driven by a first motor and operable to rotate in a first direction and a second direction; a second sprocket driven by a second motor and operable to rotate in the first direction and the second direction; a chain extending between the first sprocket and the second sprocket, the chain nominally driven by at least one of the first sprocket and the second sprocket in the first direction, the chain including a plurality of flights to convey material; a tensioner unit selectively engageable with the first sprocket and operable to drive the first sprocket in the second direction independently of the first motor; and a pawl engageable with the second sprocket while the tensioner unit drives the first sprocket in the second direction, the pawl inhibiting the second sprocket from rotating in the second direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.3
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15618364', '14722118', '14707007', '14789964', '15913850']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7243643044477381
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5043663075957786
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7023645047625422
- Mean Citation Score: 227.304572
- Max Citation Score: 355.6334
- Similarity Product: 330.98486962281464

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

Dataset: test