PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15768024
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["451", "005000"]

Abstract:
A stoning or honing device for automatically applying an essentially constant and uniform pressure of an abrasive hard component onto a suspended portion of a continuously moving metal strip surface, for the purpose of defect visual inspection, includes: a main frame supporting at least one carriage bearing a hard component, the carriage being connected to a drive system for moving the hard component towards the metal strip and to apply a controlled contact pressure thereof on the metal strip surface; and a means for moving transversally and back and forth at a defined speed the hard component bearing carriage with respect to a continuous motion direction of the strip. The device includes, on each strip side, a plurality of hard component bearing carriages having each a defined width stroke and arranged according to at least three different locations respectively associated with three separate rails including drive and control systems.

Claim (Index 15):
A method for stoning or honing a metal strip surface continuously moving at low speed, for the purpose of defect visual inspection, using the device according to  claim 1 , comprising the steps of:\n decreasing a strip moving speed from a standard speed to a value comprised between 1 and 20 meters per minute and preferably between 10 and 15 meters per minute; moving the main frame supporting the carriages from a standby position to a starting working position; for each carriage, moving the hard components downwards to bring them into contact with the strip using the respective drive systems; performing the stoning work by controllably moving the carriages transversally with respect to the strip movement, until a desired stoned portion of strip is obtained; for each carriage, moving the hard components upwards to pull the hard component away from the strip using the respective drive systems; moving the main frame supporting the carriages from the working position to the standby position; possibly performing in a standby position an automatic cleaning operation by wiping the hard components with a brush or unwoven material; and increasing again the strip moving speed to standard speed.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81609
- Patent Class: 451.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13996329', '11567668', '12293908', '11416304', '12295290']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.654359644298515
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4693653188509022
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6358602117537537
- Mean Citation Score: 129.7984452
- Max Citation Score: 133.33139
- Similarity Product: 87.41425421609938

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

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