PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15969846
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["399", "313000"]

Abstract:
A toner conveyance device includes a conveyance path including a flowing-in portion to receive toner and a discharge portion to discharge the toner, a conveying screw to convey the toner from the flowing-in portion to the discharge portion, and a toner loosener disposed in at least one of the flowing-in portion and the discharge portion. The toner loosener includes at least one loosening portion to be vibrated by contact with the conveying screw and a support to cantilever the loosening portion. The loosening portion includes a first contact portion and a second contact portion disposed farther than the first contact portion from the support. A distance from the support to the second contact portion is longer than a distance from the support to the first contact portion in a longitudinal direction of the conveying screw.

Claim (Index 7):
The toner conveyance device according to  claim 1 , wherein the loosening portion of the toner loosener includes a mountain fold and a valley fold, and\n wherein the first contact portion is disposed at the valley fold.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.06522
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15460531', '15652357', '15007545', '13545434', '15158025']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8287675741564322
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.497197582663206
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7956105750071096
- Mean Citation Score: 228.536856
- Max Citation Score: 233.54793
- Similarity Product: 142.63872070690869

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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