PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15969906
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["399", "329000"]

Abstract:
A fixing device fixes an image onto a recording material. The recording material is fed through and heated in a nip to fix the image. A nip plate is provided with a projection in a region downstream of the nip with respect to a feeding direction of the recording material, the projection projecting toward a roller and extending in a longitudinal direction of a cylindrical belt. The nip plate has a recess on a side opposite from an outside provided with the projection at a position corresponding to that of the projection with respect to the feeding direction, the recess extending in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical belt. At least a part of one of the two end portions of a supporting member overlaps the recess of the nip plate with respect to the feeding direction of the recording material and a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical belt.

Claim (Index 7):
A fixing device for fixing an image formed on a recording material to the recording material, said device comprising:\n a cylindrical belt; a nip plate contacting an inner surface of said belt; a supporting member having a U-shaped cross section and provided in a hollow portion of said cylindrical belt, said supporting member having two end portions defining an opening of a U-shape thereof and supporting said nip plate; a heater provided in a region enclosed by said supporting member and said nip plate, and configured to radiate radiant light to said nip plate to heat said nip plate; and a roller cooperative with said nip plate to form a nip between said cylindrical belt and an outer peripheral surface of said roller, wherein a recording material carrying the image is fed through and heated in the nip to fix the image on the recording material, wherein said nip plate is provided with a projection in a region downstream of the nip with respect to a feeding direction of the recording material, the projection projecting toward said roller and extending in a longitudinal direction of said cylindrical belt, wherein said nip plate is provided with a recess on a side opposite from an outside provided with the projection at a position corresponding to that of the projection with respect to the feeding direction of the recording material, the recess extending in the longitudinal direction of said cylindrical belt, and wherein at least a part of one of the two end portions of said supporting member overlaps the recess of said nip plate with respect to the feeding direction of the recording material and the longitudinal direction of said cylindrical belt.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.55738
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15412394', '15442471', '15287987', '13755720', '13623368']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8114780441602227
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5304509848233381
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7833753382265344
- Mean Citation Score: 267.32276199999995
- Max Citation Score: 388.6964
- Similarity Product: 366.2236799996138

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

Dataset: test