PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15995840
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["414", "788100"]

Abstract:
A lumber stacking machine has a stacking mechanism forming a stack of lumber from the bottom upwardly. The stacking mechanism includes a lift mechanism formed with a plurality of stacking fingers that lift a layer of lumber vertically above a conveyor. With the formation of a new layer of lumber, the stacking mechanism moves below the new layer with the stacking fingers retracting to pass by the new layer and resting the growing stack of lumber on top of the new layer, and then extending below the new layer to raise the entire stack to allow another new layer to be formed. Stops are provided to control the movement of the individual boards from the infeed station into the stacking station and also to control movement of the new layer beyond the stacking station. Two conveyors cooperate to move the lumber with an overlap in the stacking station.

Claim (Index 16):
A lumber stacking machine comprising:\n an infeed station having a first conveyor operable to move individual pieces of lumber along a path of movement; a stacking station in which said first conveyor terminates so as to deliver said individual pieces of lumber from said infeed station to form a layer of lumber within said stacking station, said stacking station supporting the beginning of a second conveyor operable to move a completed stack of lumber from said stacking station, said first and second conveyors overlapping in said stacking station, said stacking station further having a pair of opposing stacking members operable to hold a partially formed stack of lumber vertically above said stacking station while said layer of lumber is being formed, and to move a completed layer of lumber to the bottom of said partially formed stack of lumber to create a completed stack of lumber; and a staging station supporting a terminus of said second conveyor to receive said completed stack of lumber from said stacking station.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27941
- Patent Class: 414.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11159744', '11649516', '15590739', '11340323', '10801524']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8469649831794861
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4711001694453269
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8093785018060702
- Mean Citation Score: 217.255586
- Max Citation Score: 227.17003
- Similarity Product: 189.12926863572656

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

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