PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16040961
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["198", "806000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for an automatically pivoting return side idler trainer for returning a drifting conveyor belt back to a central position during operation. The trainer includes a non-collinear shaft having ends fixed to the conveyor structure while a non-collinear tube is pivotally mounted to the shaft. A tapered roller element is rotatably mounted to the tube on each side of the pivotal mounting. The shaft and tube include an offset angle that is determined by the taper angle of the tapered roller elements such that when the trainer is installed, the profile of the roller elements form a level surface along the trainer, parallel to the belt return side, regardless if the belt has a straight or cupped profile. A second embodiment uses a non-collinear shaft to which the tapered roller elements are rotatably mounted and whereby the shaft itself is pivotally mounted to an external conveyor structure.

Claim (Index 12):
The apparatus of  claim 6  wherein each of said tapered roller elements rotate on bearings secured to an outer surface of said non-collinear shaft.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 37.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.975
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15707127', '13791729', '15160915', '12234972', '14951804']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7346331199943169
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6128703596351767
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7224568439584029
- Mean Citation Score: 318.1333180000001
- Max Citation Score: 569.7402
- Similarity Product: 566.9620348966955

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