PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15866802
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["219", "137620"]

Abstract:
A consumable assembly for use in an arc welding apparatus is provided that includes a nozzle assembly having a nozzle body, an insulator disposed within the nozzle body, and a nozzle insert disposed within the insulator. The nozzle insert includes an internal gas diverter. A contact tip is disposed within the nozzle assembly and includes at least one aperture extending from an exterior portion to an internal cavity, an exit orifice, a distal end face, and an exterior surface extending between the at least one aperture and the distal end portion of the contact tip. The internal gas diverter directs a flow of shield gas exiting the at least one aperture along the exterior surface of the contact tip, and a principal distance from the at least one aperture to the distal end face is varied to adjust the flow of the shield gas for improved cooling.

Claim (Index 14):
An arc welding apparatus comprising:\n a handle; a conductor tube attached to the handle; a welding cable that carries welding current, shield gas, and a welding wire from a power source, the welding cable being connected to the handle; and a consumable assembly attached to the conductor tube, the consumable assembly comprising:\n a nozzle assembly comprising a nozzle body and a nozzle insert disposed within the nozzle body, the nozzle insert comprising an internal gas diverter and a seating surface; and \n a contact tip disposed within the nozzle assembly, the contact tip comprising:\n a body defining an internal cavity extending from a proximal end portion to a distal end portion; \n a shoulder formed on the body, the shoulder engaging the seating surface of the nozzle insert when disposed within the nozzle assembly; \n at least one aperture disposed on the body between the shoulder and the distal end portion, the at least one aperture extending through the body from an exterior portion of the body to the internal cavity; \n an exit orifice extending through the distal end portion of the body; and \n an exterior surface extending between the at least one aperture and the distal end portion of the body, \n \n wherein the internal gas diverter directs a flow of shield gas exiting the at least one aperture along the exterior surface of the contact tip.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.57377
- Patent Class: 219.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14540798', '15866807', '14541069', '14540089', '14540060']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8487506055559508
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5567534361539912
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.819550888615755
- Mean Citation Score: 379.912448
- Max Citation Score: 429.4626
- Similarity Product: 408.9381510878563

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

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