PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15987408
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["198", "805000"]

Abstract:
A material handler that uses chain driven magnetic plates to create a magnetic surface. The magnetic surface undulates and is able to lift ferrous material such as metal cans. The handler allows metal cans that are palletized to be removed quickly and easily.

Claim (Index 6):
A method of picking and placing containers with a conveyor system, the conveyor system including a conveyor chain engaged with a sprocket, a plurality of magnet holders, each magnet holder slidably connected to a respective link of the conveyor chain, each magnet holder sliding between a first position proximal to the respective link and a second position distal to the respective link, a chain driver configured to drive the sprocket such that the conveyor chain engages the sprocket with links in an up-facing position and disengages from the sprocket with the links in a down-facing position, and a bar restrictor extending partially around the sprocket and configured to retain a magnet holder proximal the conveyor chain while the chain transitions from the up-facing position to the down-facing position until the magnet holder passes an end of the restrictor, the conveyor chain engaging the sprocket medial the sprocket and the restrictor, the method comprising:\n rotating the sprocket such that the conveyor chain engages the sprocket in an up-facing position and disengages from the sprocket in a down-facing position; positioning the end of the restrictor with respect to a container below the conveyor chain such that a magnet holder passing the end of the restrictor slides to the second position and magnetically attaches to the container; and moving the container attached to the magnet holder with the conveyor chain.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.4375
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15849999', '11449387', '13082838', '13144931', '13733212']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6696826364915606
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4450298664298583
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6472173594853903
- Mean Citation Score: 152.55793799999995
- Max Citation Score: 158.74368
- Similarity Product: 127.38425414909364

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