PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15874184
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["271", "004010"]

Abstract:
A sheet conveying apparatus includes a cover unit opened and closed with respect to an apparatus body and a guide unit including first and second movable guides respectively movable with respect to the apparatus body. A first conveyance path is formed between the first guide portion and the first movable guide, and a second conveyance path is formed between the second guide portion and the second movable guide. The guide unit is provided with a linking mechanism including an intermediate member for linking the first and second movable guides. The linking mechanism coordinates movements of the first and second movable guides such that the first and second movable guides are respectively moved away from the first and second guide portions along with an opening movement of the cover unit with respect to the apparatus body.

Claim (Index 7):
The sheet conveying apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:\n a third guide portion provided on the apparatus body and configured to form a third conveyance path branched from the first conveyance path; and a switching guide disposed at a branch portion where the first and third conveyance paths branch and configured to be switched between a first posture for guiding the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyance portion to the first conveyance path and a second posture for guiding the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyance portion to the third conveyance path, wherein the first movable guide comprises a contact portion that can be in contact with the switching guide, wherein the switching guide is restrained from moving in a direction away from the third guide portion beyond a range between the first and second postures by the contact portion contacting with the switching guide in a state where the first movable guide forms the first conveyance path with the first guide portion, and wherein the switching guide is permitted to move in the direction away from the third guide portion beyond the range between the first and second postures in a state where the first movable guide is moved away from the first guide portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.69231
- Patent Class: 271.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12576492', '14718707', '11945738', '15219520', '15800273']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7671516139132425
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4867304249765824
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7391094950195765
- Mean Citation Score: 261.78077
- Max Citation Score: 267.70068
- Similarity Product: 206.0279412997484

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