PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15974126
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["198", "495000"]

Abstract:
A cleaning apparatus includes a roller, a conveyor belt and a belt cleaner. The conveyor belt transports food material in a first direction, and the belt cleaner cleans the food material from the conveyor belt as the conveyor belt travels in a second direction, distinct from the first direction. The conveyor belt passes around the roller as the conveyor belt changes from traveling in the first direction to traveling in the second direction. At least a portion of the belt cleaner is located directly below the roller such that food material falling off the conveyor belt when the conveyor belt passes around the roller is caught by the belt cleaner. The belt cleaner includes an enclosure through which the conveyor belt passes and an air nozzle located within the enclosure. The air nozzle directs air onto the underside of the conveyor belt. Preferably, the air nozzle is an air knife, which generates a sheet of air.

Claim (Index 14):
A method of cleaning with a cleaning apparatus comprising a roller, a conveyor belt configured to extend around the roller and a belt cleaner including an enclosure through which the conveyor belt passes, an air nozzle located within the enclosure and a first baffle located within the enclosure below the conveyor belt, and wherein the enclosure has an outlet at a bottom of the enclosure, the method comprising:\n transporting food material in a first direction with the conveyor belt; directing the conveyor belt to pass around the roller such that the conveyor belt changes from traveling in the first direction to traveling in a second direction, distinct from the first direction; cleaning residue food material from the conveyor belt with the belt cleaner as the conveyor belt travels in the second direction, wherein cleaning the residue food material from the conveyor belt includes:\n catching the residue food material falling off the conveyor belt when the conveyor belt passes around the roller in at least a portion of the enclosure located directly below the roller; and \n causing the conveyor belt to pass through the enclosure in which air is directed onto an underside of the conveyor belt with the air nozzle in further removing the residue food material from the conveyor belt; and \n causing the residue food material to pass through the outlet to exit the enclosure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.8
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14192896', '13327048', '10920847', '11708996', '12728175']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7297828079506998
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4515733947993996
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7019618666355698
- Mean Citation Score: 165.211562
- Max Citation Score: 168.71263000000005
- Similarity Product: 124.5528561978728

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