PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16025748
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["198", "813000"]

Abstract:
A belt conveyor with automatic in-line tensioning. A tensioner bar is slidably received into a tensioning slot and guided by a plurality of rails. At least one air spring is positioned between the tensioner frame and the tensioner bar. The first air spring pushes the tensioner bar such that movement of the tensioner bar moves the end roller to affect a tensioning force upon the endless belt. An air pressure gauge can display an air pressure value corresponding to a tension force of the endless belt. A tracking assembly allows tracking of the endless roller independent of the tensioning. A controller can controls the tensioning and release of tensioning based on operational or environmental factors.

Claim (Index 16):
A conveyor comprising:\n a. a conveyor frame; b. an end roller disposed within the conveyor frame; c. an endless belt partially wrapped around the end roller; d. a tensioning assembly comprising:\n i. a tensioner frame securely mounted to the conveyor frame; \n ii. a tensioner bar slidably received into the conveyor frame and coupled with the end roller such that outward movement of the tensioner bar moves the end roller to exert a tensioning force upon the endless belt; \n iii. a first air spring disposed between the tensioner frame and the tensioner bar, the first air spring configured to move the tensioner bar outward in an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the end roller; \n iv. an inlet valve operably connected to the first air spring, the inlet valve configured disposed on an exterior surface of the conveyor frame; \n e. a controller configured to selectively send a tensioning signal and a release signal; and f. wherein inlet valve is configured to direct flow of pressurized air to the first air spring to exert a tensioning force in an axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the end roller upon the end roller upon receiving the tensioning signal; and wherein the inlet valve is configured to release pressurized air from the first air spring to release the tensioning force upon receiving the release signal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.8209
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13909117', '11072672', '15488756', '10385906', '15970207']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7421780123096698
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4884121258632867
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7168014236650315
- Mean Citation Score: 255.12410600000004
- Max Citation Score: 306.60974
- Similarity Product: 244.7601676026273

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