PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15970694
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["134", "05600D"]

Abstract:
A dish washing machine is provided herein. The dish washing machine includes a switching assembly configured to change a direction of washing water sprayed by a spray unit. The switching assembly includes a switching unit configured to change the direction of the washing water. The switching assembly also includes a damping unit configured to lessen vibrations of the switching unit. Using this structure, the direction of the washing water is efficiently changed by the switching unit, and vibrations and noise are lessened.

Claim (Index 1):
A dish washing machine comprising:\n a cabinet forming an exterior; a washing tub that is provided in the cabinet and in which a dish is washed; a dish basket that is provided in the washing tub and is configured to accommodate the dish; at least one spray unit configured to spray washing water toward a switching assembly in the washing tub; and the switching assembly configured to change a direction of the washing water sprayed by the at least one spray unit, wherein the switching assembly includes:\n a switching unit configured to change a movement of the washing water sprayed by the at least one spray unit toward the dish basket, and \n a damping unit provided in the switching unit, and the damping unit is configured to lessen a vibration of the switching unit, \n wherein the switching unit includes:\n a redirection surface configured to contact the washing water to change a direction of the washing water sprayed by the at least one spray unit toward the dish basket and having at least a part formed as a curved surface, and \n a unit rear surface disposed opposite the redirection surface, and \n wherein the damping unit is disposed between the redirection surface and the unit rear surface to support the redirection surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.34211
- Patent Class: 134.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14885620', '14230465', '14870472', '14585843', '15442015']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8249738421624574
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.60739742721232
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8032162006674437
- Mean Citation Score: 357.981578
- Max Citation Score: 519.6635
- Similarity Product: 504.47856862837074

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