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 7):
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, an insulator disposed within the nozzle body, and a nozzle insert disposed within the insulator, 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 defining a shoulder that engages the seating surface of the nozzle insert, and the contact tip further comprising:\n a body defining an internal cavity extending from a proximal end portion to a distal end portion; \n at least one aperture extending from an exterior portion of the body to the internal cavity; \n an exit orifice extending through the distal end portion of the body; \n a distal end face; 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): 0.8483714715304305
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5580909058944638
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8193434149668338
- Mean Citation Score: 379.912448
- Max Citation Score: 429.4626
- Similarity Product: 421.9564573167801

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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