PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15958583
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["118", "019000"]

Abstract:
A coating apparatus having a rotatable drum with at least one moveable separating element arranged on an end side, and granular bodies can be transferred into the drum and/or out of the drum by a movement that leads to release. A separating element can be moved from a closed position into an open position by rotation about an axis of rotation. In the closed position, a subregion lies with its underside against an inner wall of the drum or has a small gap there. In the open position, the subregion on the underside is spaced apart from the inner wall of the drum and there is an opening there through which granular bodies can pass. On the end sides of the drum there are stop elements with which a drum of at least one further module is connectable in order to form a coating apparatus and/or a closure element.

Claim (Index 1):
A module for a coating apparatus for granular bodies ( 1 ), comprising a rotatable, hollow cylindrical drum ( 2 ) as accommodation unit for accommodating the granular bodies ( 1 ),\n wherein in the drum ( 2 ) at least one moveable separating element ( 8 ) is disposed on an end side of the drum ( 2 ) such that transfer of granular bodies ( 1 ) into the drum ( 2 ) and/or out of the drum ( 2 ) is achievable in a defined manner by a movement of the at least one separating element ( 8 ) that leads to release; wherein the at least one separating element ( 8 ) is movable from a closed position to an open position, wherein, in the closed position, a closed subregion of an underside of the at least one separating element ( 8 ) lies radially flush against an inner wall of the drum ( 2 ) or is arranged at a distance from the inner wall of the drum ( 2 ) with a gap measuring less than the external diameter of the granular bodies ( 1 ), and in the open position, the subregion on the underside is spaced apart from the inner wall of the drum ( 2 ) and, in this position of the separating element ( 8 ), there is an opening in the lower region between the underside of the respective separating element ( 8 ) and the inner wall of the drum ( 2 ), through which opening the granular bodies ( 1 ) can pass, and wherein the at least one separating element ( 8 ) is brought from the closed position into the open position by rotation of the at least one separating element ( 8 ) about an axis of rotation ( 54 ), and the at least one separating element ( 8 ) is configured so as to leave a clear space above the closed subregion, and on the end sides of the drum ( 2 ) there are stop elements, to which a drum ( 2 ) of at least one further module ( 3 ,  5 ) is connectable in order to form a coating apparatus, and/or to which a closure element is connectable.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.01282
- Patent Class: 118.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14536496', '14538670', '15147792', '15147859', '15351279']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7899546325925819
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4764538905999974
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7586045583933234
- Mean Citation Score: 150.56836200000004
- Max Citation Score: 160.62243999999995
- Similarity Product: 111.46431520430563

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

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