PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15987408
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["198", "805000"]

Abstract:
A material handler that uses chain driven magnetic plates to create a magnetic surface. The magnetic surface undulates and is able to lift ferrous material such as metal cans. The handler allows metal cans that are palletized to be removed quickly and easily.

Claim (Index 7):
A mechanically automated conveyor system configured to pick and place containers, the conveyor system comprising:\n a conveyor chain extending between a first sprocket and a second sprocket; the first sprocket configured to engage links of the conveyor chain in an up-facing position and to turn the conveyor chain from an up-facing position to a down-facing position as the links disengage from the first sprocket; a plurality of magnet holders, each magnet holder being slidably attached to a link of the conveyor chain, each magnet holder configured to slide, under control of gravity, towards the respective link when the respective link is in the up-facing position and to slide, under control of gravity, away from the respective link when the respective link is in the down-facing position, each magnetic holder configured to magnetically attach to a container below the conveyor chain when the magnetic holder is distal the conveyor chain; a chain driver configured to drive the conveyor chain to engage the first sprocket and move from the first sprocket towards the second sprocket; a bar restrictor extending partially around the conveyor chain and the first sprocket, the restrictor being spaced apart from the first sprocket, the restrictor configured to retain a magnet holder proximal the chain while the chain transitions from the up-facing position to the down-facing position until the magnet holder passes an end of the restrictor; a conveyor belt being located between the magnetic holder and the containers when the chain is in the down-facing position; and a wedge positioned proximal the second sprocket and configured to extricate the container magnetically attached to the magnetic holder attached to the conveyor chain.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.4375
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15849999', '11449387', '13082838', '13144931', '13733212']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6679938993139571
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4521404911843299
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6464085585009944
- Mean Citation Score: 152.55793799999995
- Max Citation Score: 158.74368
- Similarity Product: 120.4954897267914

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

Dataset: test