PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15905561
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["399", "069000"]

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a plurality of heating members, a press roller, and an intermediate temperature control unit. The plurality of heating members are each in contact with an inside of a rotating body. The rotating body also has a width which is equal to or greater than a width of a recording medium to be printed. The intermediate temperature control unit has a medium width detecting unit configured to detect a width of the recording medium and a print width detecting unit configured to detect a print width of recording data and control a portion of the heating member corresponding to an intermediate heating area. The intermediate heating area is maintained at a set intermediate temperature which is lower than a set temperature of a printing heating area.

Claim (Index 21):
A fixing device, comprising:\n a plurality of heating members each contacting an inside of an endless belt, the endless belt having an endless shape and extending in a direction perpendicular to a direction of rotation of the rotating body with a width equal to or greater than a width of a recording medium to be printed; a press roller disposed on an outside of the rotating body and corresponding to the plurality of heating members, wherein the press roller is configured to be in pressure contact with the recording medium, and wherein the recording medium passes between the rotating body and the press roller during printing thereof; and a control device configured to:\n detect a width of the recording medium, \n detect a print width of recording data, \n compare the detected width of the recording medium and the detected print width of the recording data, \n control a portion of one of the heating members corresponding to an intermediate heating area positioned inside an area of the recording medium and outside a recording data area, wherein the intermediate heating area is maintained at a set intermediate temperature which is lower than a set temperature of a printing heating area, \n detect a continuous printing sheet number when the recording medium is continuously printed, and \n output a signal for decreasing the heat generated by the heating member when the detected continuous printing sheet number reaches a predetermined sheet number.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 62.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.38596
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15250552', '15250624', '13154741', '14061962', '12880327']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8032793824566186
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4946788503072743
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7724193292416841
- Mean Citation Score: 212.603136
- Max Citation Score: 301.81793
- Similarity Product: 264.50718745368005

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

Dataset: test