PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15900199
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["070", "232000"]

Abstract:
The disclosed lock enables the dome of a bulk vending machine to be secured and unlocked in fewer revolutions. The lock assembly is formed with a female thread at its end that uses multiple leads. The hopper rod of the machine is formed with the corresponding male threads matching the multiple leads of the lock assembly. The multiple leads engage sooner that the traditional single lead thread current in use. The multiple leads also reduce the repetitive motion fatigue that results from opening several machines.

Claim (Index 3):
A locking system for locking said cover to said hopper and said base comprising:\n a bulk vending machine comprising:\n a base comprising a payment mechanism and a dispenser; \n a hopper disposed on said base; \n a cover disposed on said hopper and removably closeable against said hopper; \n a lock mounted to said cover openable by a key and comprising a stator and a rotor having a female thread locking said cover to said hopper and said base; a hopper rod extending through said hopper and affixed to the base having a male thread; an adaptor connecting said stator and said hopper rod and having an external thread engageable with said female thread and an internal thread engageable with the hopper rod thread; wherein said rotor female thread has a multiple lead thread and said external thread is a multiple lead thread engageable with said female thread or said internal thread is a multiple lead thread and said male thread is a multiple lead thread engageable with said adaptor internal multiple lead thread.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.60714
- Patent Class: 70.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11800516', '14232760', '15551837', '14702542', '14232744']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7331426609397867
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.3886832572694202
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6986967205727501
- Mean Citation Score: 162.417642
- Max Citation Score: 184.21236
- Similarity Product: 143.92193422184232

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

Dataset: test