PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15881961
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["198", "304000"]

Abstract:
A production line comprises one or more assembling stations and at least one module for carrying containers for supplying to the assembling stations parts which are necessary during the execution of a working cycle. In one example, the module includes a paternoster conveying system including a plurality of drawings for containing the parts. The module includes two endless lateral chains and two lateral guide rails engaged with each drawer. The paternoster system and guide rails selectively position the drawers to downwardly angularly rotate toward the workstation when facing the workstation to increase ergonomic access to the parts for the assembling station operator.

Claim (Index 1):
A production line comprising:\n one or more assembling stations and at least one module operable to carry containers for supplying to the one or more assembling stations parts which are necessary during the execution of a working cycle in said one or more assembling stations, wherein said at least one module for carrying containers comprises a plurality of containers operable to carry the parts, wherein said containers further comprise drawers connected to a paternoster conveyor system, operable to selectively position each drawer in a picking position wherein the parts contained therein can be picked-up by an operator, wherein said paternoster conveyor system further comprises a chain drive system operable to move said drawers, said paternoster system further comprising two closed loop lateral chains respectively connected to opposite lateral side walls of said drawers, said closed loop lateral chains being engaged on respective chain wheels rotatably mounted on a load-bearing structure of said module, said chain wheels are connected to a drive motor in communication with an electronic control unit, wherein said closed loop lateral chains further comprise a front vertical branch, a rear vertical branch, an upper horizontal branch, and a lower horizontal branch defining a closed loop path, said drawers being positioned a fixed pitch apart along the closed loop path, wherein each of said drawers further comprises a first engagement element rigidly mounted to each drawer lateral side wall, said first engagement element is rigidly engaged with a second engagement element connected to a respective closed loop lateral chain, wherein each of said drawers is carried and moved by said paternoster conveyor system when said drive motor is activated, said drawers move along said closed loop path further comprising an ascent phase along the rear vertical branch and a descent phase along the front vertical branch, wherein said module further comprises two lateral guide rails operable to engage and guide movement of the drawers, each guide rail positioned adjacent a respective closed loop lateral change and defining a closed loop, wherein said drawers are positioned in a horizontal orientation along said closed loop path with the exception of a portion of said descent phase in which said drawers are oriented to tilt forwards and downwards relative to the horizontal orientation, wherein each of the drawers further comprising on each of said lateral walls of the drawers is also rotatable mounted a roller connected to each lateral side wall, each roller engaged with a respective lateral guide rail, wherein said electronic control unit further comprises a predetermined program including at least a safety stop signal and a signal which indicates the position of each drawer along said closed loop path, the predetermined program operable to control the drive motor.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.59701
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15879710', '15583276', '09571021', '14944856', '13317536']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.697435644292028
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5117659738566444
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6788686772484895
- Mean Citation Score: 188.242944
- Max Citation Score: 368.25192
- Similarity Product: 269.11144739976885

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