PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15984568
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["124", "075000"]

Abstract:
A sphere-launching apparatus includes a launching tube defining a launching passage, a push unit having a push rod and a first driving device, and a pneumatic unit having a valve mechanism, a pneumatic cylinder and an air container. The push rod, to protrude axially into the launching passage, has a third axial end and an opposing fourth axial end for contacting a sphere in the launching tube. The first driving device, connected with the third axial end, controls the push rod to move the sphere along the launching passage to a predetermined position. The valve mechanism has an air-emitting end connected spatially with the launching passage. The pneumatic cylinder drives the valve mechanism to block or open the air-emitting end. When the valve mechanism opens the air-emitting end, a compressed air in the air container is discharged into the launching passage to eject the sphere out of the launching tube.

Claim (Index 1):
A sphere-launching apparatus, comprising:\n a launching tube, having a first axial end and a second axial end located oppositely to the first axial end, defining thereinside a launching passage connecting spatially the first axial end and the second axial end, wherein the launching tube is connected with a sphere-supplying unit in a bifurcation manner, and the sphere-supplying unit includes:\n a sphere-supplying duct, for carrying a plurality of the spheres, connected spatially with the launching passage; and \n a stop block, mounted to a junction of the sphere-supplying duct and the launching passage, being movable between a block position and an open position; wherein, when the stop block is at the block position, a spatial connection of the sphere-supplying duct and the launching tube is terminated; wherein, when the stop block is at the open position, the spatial connection of the sphere-supplying duct and the launching tube is resumed so as to allow one of the plurality of the spheres in the sphere-supplying duct to fall into the launching passage; \n a push unit, mounted to the first axial end, including:\n a push rod, for protruding axially into the launching passage by extending parallel to the launching tube, having a third axial end and a fourth axial end located oppositely to the third axial end, the fourth axial end being to contact and push a sphere in the launching tube; and \n a first driving device, connected with the third axial end of the push rod, being to control the push rod to move axially in the launching passage so as further to push the sphere to a predetermined position; and \n a pneumatic unit, including:\n a valve mechanism, having an air-emitting end connected spatially with the launching passage; \n a pneumatic cylinder, connected with another end of the valve mechanism located oppositely to the air-emitting end thereof, being to drive the valve mechanism to block or open the air-emitting end; and \n an air container, for storing a compressed air, connected with the valve mechanism; wherein, when the valve mechanism opens the air-emitting end, the compressed air stored in the air container is discharged into the launching passage so as to eject the sphere out of the launching tube via the second axial end.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.60317
- Patent Class: 124.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12748556', '11148539', '12195880', '15577748', '12463478']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6388434047019382
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4686928857687087
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6218283528086154
- Mean Citation Score: 172.187532
- Max Citation Score: 182.02875
- Similarity Product: 136.45053997769952

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

Dataset: test