PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16045244
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["401", "148000"]

Abstract:
A system for finishing surfaces with a finishing material includes a handle assembly with proximal and distal ends. A material reservoir is mounted on the handle distal and includes an inlet and an outlet. A material applicator tool is mounted on the reservoir and receives material from the reservoir outlet. A discharge mechanism includes an extendable-retractable component or linear actuator connected to the reservoir for discharging or reloading material. An alternative embodiment includes a lockable, compressible gas spring. Another alternative embodiment includes a rotating element driven by a reversible motor mounted on the handle assembly. The rotating element drives a discharge mechanism in a discharge direction of rotation, and reloads the reservoir in a reload direction of rotation. Multiple alternative embodiments of linear actuators are disclosed. An alternative embodiment includes a push-to-open valve mechanism.

Claim (Index 20):
A system for applying a finishing material to a work surface, which system includes:\n a handle assembly including a hollow, tubular body with a proximal end, a distal end and a handle bore extending between said ends; said handle assembly including a linear actuator with an extendable-retractable member configured for retracting into said handle assembly and extending from said handle assembly distal end; a material reservoir with a proximal end mounted on said handle assembly distal end, said reservoir including a coaxial bore configured for receiving a quantity of finishing material; said material reservoir including a distal end and a dispensing head mounted on said reservoir distal end; said dispensing head including a material inlet configured for admitting material into said reservoir bore; said dispensing head including a coaxial bore configured for discharging material from said reservoir; a plunger in said material reservoir interior and connected to said linear actuator, said plunger being extendable and retractable within said reservoir bore by said linear actuator; a push-to-open valve assembly having a closed, extended position and an open, contracted position; said valve assembly including an outer sleeve mounted on said dispensing head and an inner sleeve reciprocably positioned in said outer sleeve, said outer and inner sleeves each including: proximal and distal ends and a sleeve bore extending between said sleeve ends; said inner sleeve including a passage in proximity to said inner sleeve proximal end; said outer sleeve closing said passage with said inner sleeve retracted in said outer sleeve in said valve assembly closed configuration; said passage positioned in said material reservoir with said inner sleeve extended from said outer sleeve distal end in said valve assembly open configuration; said valve assembly including a valve member reciprocably mounted in said inner sleeve bore and movable between: a closed position closing said outer sleeve proximal end with said valve assembly in its closed position and an open position with said valve member spaced from said outer sleeve proximal end and admitting material from said reservoir into said valve assembly, said valve assembly being movable from said closed position to said open position by pushing said applicator against the work surface; and an applicator tool mounted on said valve assembly and configured for receiving material from said valve assembly and applying material to a work surface; and said applicator tool including a socket receiving said spherical collar and forming a ball-and-socket, universal joint.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10145
- Patent Class: 401.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15721601', '11172485', '11330313', '11530505', '12605658']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6843561076071348
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5299691341860883
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6689174102650302
- Mean Citation Score: 229.38516200000004
- Max Citation Score: 404.70947
- Similarity Product: 362.8643473589517

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

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