PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15971660
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["347", "019000"]

Abstract:
A printing module configured to print a label on a curved surface of an article includes an expandable printing mechanism configured to be expanded to an open configuration for receiving the article or contracted to a closed configuration placing the curved surface in an operative position with respect to a print head and an article moving assembly configured to grasp and hold the article and effect relative movement between the curved surface and the print head. The printing mechanism includes contact elements, such as rollers, that contact or otherwise engage the article when the printing mechanism is in the closed configuration and maintain the curved surface in the operative position with respect to the print head during relative movement between the curved surface and the print head.

Claim (Index 11):
The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein:\n the first and second support elements are pivotably mounted to a common pivot shaft defining the common pivot axis so that the first and second support elements are pivotable with respect to each other in a hinge-wise fashion about the pivot shaft between the open configuration and the printing configuration, and wherein the expander mechanism comprises: a driven shaft located between the first and second support elements, the driven shaft being generally parallel to the pivot shaft; and a cam element attached to and rotatable with the driven shaft and in contact with both the first and second support elements, wherein the cam element has a varying dimension so that in one orientation of the cam element, portions of the cam element contacting the first and second support elements hold the first and second support elements apart by a first distance corresponding to the open configuration of the expandable printing mechanism and in another orientation of the cam element, portions of the cam element contacting the first and second support elements hold the first and second support elements apart by a second distance corresponding to the printing configuration of the expandable printing mechanism.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 83.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25862
- Patent Class: 347.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15669378', '14919467', '12835666', '11787791', '12658128']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7865925135281892
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.589250843591733
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7668583465345435
- Mean Citation Score: 331.89116
- Max Citation Score: 536.6778
- Similarity Product: 438.1521643376112

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