PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15995840
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["414", "788100"]

Abstract:
A lumber stacking machine has a stacking mechanism forming a stack of lumber from the bottom upwardly. The stacking mechanism includes a lift mechanism formed with a plurality of stacking fingers that lift a layer of lumber vertically above a conveyor. With the formation of a new layer of lumber, the stacking mechanism moves below the new layer with the stacking fingers retracting to pass by the new layer and resting the growing stack of lumber on top of the new layer, and then extending below the new layer to raise the entire stack to allow another new layer to be formed. Stops are provided to control the movement of the individual boards from the infeed station into the stacking station and also to control movement of the new layer beyond the stacking station. Two conveyors cooperate to move the lumber with an overlap in the stacking station.

Claim (Index 11):
The lumber stacking machine of  claim 10  wherein said stacking mechanism further comprises:\n a relief mechanism operable to lower said first conveyor when said completed stack of lumber is placed upon said stacking station to enable said second conveyor to move said completed stack of lumber from said stacking station to said staging station, said relief mechanism being operable to retract said first conveyor below said second conveyor within said stacking station.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27941
- Patent Class: 414.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11159744', '11649516', '15590739', '11340323', '10801524']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8610452851651745
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4795711637668526
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8228978730253425
- Mean Citation Score: 217.255586
- Max Citation Score: 227.17003
- Similarity Product: 176.61627024530705

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

Dataset: test