PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15748129
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["405", "146000"]

Abstract:
The invention provides a machine for tunnelling in rock. The machine includes a pilot drill assembly for drilling a series of interfering parallel holes or a pilot hole into and generally perpendicular into a rock face and a blast hole drill assembly for drilling a series of blasting holes around the pilot hole or previous blast hole. The machine further includes a charge handling and loading assembly for loading the first series of holes with propellant charges and an ignitor system for igniting the charges. Included further is a rock clearing means for removing the blast rock from the blast face and a rock pick for clearing and picking the floor, roof or walls to provide access for the machine into the tunnel and a mobility assembly for moving the machine forward. Also included is a control console provided with control means for controlling the pilot drill assembly, blast hole drill assembly, charge handling and loading assembly, ignitor system, rock clearing means, the rock pick, a measure system for gas detection and management, a rock stress measure system and recording system.

Claim (Index 1):
A machine for tunnelling in rock, which machine includes:\n a pilot drill assembly for drilling a series of interfering parallel holes or a pilot hole into and generally perpendicular into a rock face; a blast hole drill assembly for drilling a series of blasting holes around the pilot hole or previous blast hole; a charge handling and loading assembly for loading the first series of holes with propellant charges; an ignitor system for igniting the charges; a rock clearing means for removing the blast rock from the blast face; a rock pick for clearing and picking the floor, roof or walls to provide access for the machine into the tunnel; a mobility assembly for moving the machine forward; and a control console provided with control means for controlling the pilot drill assembly, blast hole drill assembly, charge handling and loading assembly, ignitor system, rock clearing means, and the rock pick.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.58667
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14126022', '14125982', '12520347', '13261634', '12810092']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7863148418148791
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5007201538504912
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7577553730184403
- Mean Citation Score: 242.451906
- Max Citation Score: 262.1194
- Similarity Product: 198.0702547853232

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

Dataset: test