PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15761932
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["198", "810020"]

Abstract:
A conveyor belt ( 8 ) and method for monitoring a moving conveyor belt ( 8 ), the conveyor belt ( 8 ) having a first edge region ( 2 ), a second edge region ( 4 ), and a load carrying region ( 6 ). The method functions to detect belt edge damage, changes in belt width, and changes in belt tracking by monitoring a magnetic field associated with a plurality of edge detection inserts ( 1,3 ) embedded within the conveyor belt ( 8 ). In one embodiment this is achieved by monitoring images of the magnetic field associated with the edge detection inserts ( 1,3 ) embedded within the conveyor belt ( 8 ). The method may utilize a magnetic sensor system to detect magnetic images of the edge detection inserts ( 1,3 ) where the edge detection inserts ( 1,3 ) are positioned longitudinally along the length of the conveyor belt ( 8 ) in the first edge region ( 2 ) and the second edge region ( 4 ) of the conveyor belt ( 8 ).

Claim (Index 11):
A method for monitoring a moving conveyor belt comprising a first edge region, a second edge region, and a load carrying region in a conveyor belt system, to detect belt damage, changes in belt width, and changes in belt tracking;\n wherein the method comprises monitoring a magnetic field associated with a plurality of edge detection inserts embedded within the conveyor belt utilizing a magnetic sensor system to detect the magnetic field of the edge detection inserts, wherein the edge detection inserts are positioned longitudinally along the length of the conveyor belt in the first edge region and the second edge region of the conveyor belt, and wherein the edge detection inserts contain a plurality of magnetically permeable wires.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.01587
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14844741', '12620074', '14547396', '15135193', '12864173']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7395884897589168
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4695943611672351
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7125890768997486
- Mean Citation Score: 226.17994
- Max Citation Score: 254.52917
- Similarity Product: 205.5228240382129

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

Dataset: test