PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16015664
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["172", "640000"]

Abstract:
A tine harrow has a plurality of harrow tines mounted on and downwardly depending from a harrow frame. The tines are configured to be movable between a lowered position and a raised position, and at least one tine lowerable or raiseable to a different relative position in relation to a surface of a field than others of the tines. The ability to lower and raise individual tines or rows of tines to different positions in relation to a surface of a field provides more effective response of the tine harrow to changing land conditions. The positions to which individual tines or rows of tines are lowered or raised may be selectively set to further enhance effectiveness of the response of the tine harrow to changing land conditions.

Claim (Index 1):
A tine harrow comprising a plurality of harrow tines mounted on and downwardly depending from a harrow frame, the harrow tines configured to be movable between a lowered position and a raised position, wherein at least one harrow tine is lowerable or raiseable to a different relative position in relation to a surface of a field than others of the harrow tines,\n and wherein the tine harrow further comprises:\n a plurality of longitudinally spaced-apart rotatable transverse axles mounted on the harrow frame, the harrow tines mounted directly on the transverse axles and rotatable with the transverse axles to be lowered or raised in relation to the surface of the field when the transverse axles rotate; \n a longitudinally-oriented translatable linkage bar connecting the transverse axles; \n a plurality of connecting bars rigidly mounted directly on the transverse axles, the connecting bars pivotally connected directly to the linkage bar thereby pivotally connecting the transverse axles to the linkage bar; and, \n an actuator pivotally mounted on the frame and pivotally connected to one of the connecting bars, the actuator connected to the one connecting bar at a position on the one connecting bar different from a position where the one connecting bar is pivotally connected to the linkage bar, the actuator pivotally mounted on the frame at a position longitudinally spaced-apart from the one connecting bar to which the actuator is pivotally connected, \n wherein at least one of the connecting bars is connectable to the linkage bar at a different relative location in relation to the transverse axle on which the at least one connecting bar is mounted than the relative locations at which other of the connecting bars are connected to the linkage bar in relation to the transverse axles on which the other connecting bars are mounted, whereby actuation of the actuator causes rotation of the one connecting bar along an arcuate path, rotation of the one connecting bar causing longitudinal translation of the linkage bar, longitudinal translation of the linkage bar causing the plurality of connecting bars to rotate along arcuate paths.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.12903
- Patent Class: 172.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14995763', '09972312', '14202594', '15297715', '15297684']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.758724338009267
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6499287761168501
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7478447818200253
- Mean Citation Score: 378.436706
- Max Citation Score: 662.3959
- Similarity Product: 607.8229505866287

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

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