PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16042824
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["134", "083000"]

Abstract:
A fluid flow structure for a washing machine is located within a wash tank of the washing machine, which includes a fluid flow guide surface, and a support for the guide surface. The guide surface includes at least one region contoured inconsistently from the contour of at least one corresponding wall of the washing machine wash tank. The contour of the guide surface is generally curved so as to aide in reducing and/or preventing the pinning of items that often occurs in rectangular wash tanks of the prior art. The support for the guide surface creates a gap between the guide surface and at least one wall of the washing machine wash tank.

Claim (Index 13):
A method of washing items in a continuous motion washing machine, the washing machine including a plurality of flow directional openings each supplying a jet stream of fluid within the washing machine, each jet stream deflecting from at least one wall of or from at least a portion of a removable flow guide structure positioned within the washing machine to provide a washing action, said method comprising the steps of:\n isolating a portion of the washing machine by placing at least one member between two of said flow directional openings such that the member divides the washing action within said washing machine; holding the member within a void created between two adjacent flow guide structures within said washing machine; and capturing at least a substantial portion of the jet stream from at least one of the plurality of flow directional openings within said isolated portion of the washing machine while at least substantially maintaining the jet stream deflection of the washing machine to provide a washing action within said isolated portion of the washing machine.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.125
- Patent Class: 134.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12765838', '14379190', '13332360', '10744666', '11775465']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8632725976785017
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5571204514339848
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.83265738305405
- Mean Citation Score: 361.374924
- Max Citation Score: 429.7265
- Similarity Product: 410.1096878895759

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