PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16384453
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["198", "347100"]

Abstract:
A buffering device comprises a frame and a conveyor belt, a supply station, a discharge station, a first reversing member reverses the conveying direction of the conveyor belt, and a return guide includes a second reversing member. The buffering device is configured such that the conveyor belt moves from the supply station via the first reversing member to the discharge station, after which the conveyor belt is guided back to the supply station via the return guide. A portion of the conveyor belt n forms a buffer section of which the length varies. The remaining portion of the conveyor belt forms a compensation section for compensating a change of length of the buffer section during simultaneous displacement of the first and second reversing members with respect to the frame. The first reversing member includes a buffer carriage for radially guiding the conveyor belt, which guide is fixed to the carriage.

Claim (Index 24):
A buffering device, comprising:\n a frame; an endless, drivable, flexible conveyor belt supported by the frame; a supply station for supplying products to the conveyor belt; a discharge station for discharging products from the conveyor belt; an accumulation section comprising a first static reversing member fixed to the frame and a first displaceable reversing member fixed to a first compensation carriage displaceable with respect to the first static reversing member, the accumulation section configured to reverse a conveying direction of the conveyor belt; and a compensation section comprising a second static reversing member fixed to the frame and a second displaceable reversing member fixed to a second compensation carriage displaceable with respect to the second static reversing member, the compensation section configured to reverse the conveying direction of the conveyor belt; wherein the first static reversing member and the second static reversing member each has a guide which is fixed to the frame for radially guiding the conveyor belt, and wherein the first displaceable reversing member and the second displaceable reversing member each has a guide fixed to its respective compensation carriage; wherein the buffering device is adapted such that under operating conditions the conveyor belt moves from the supply station via the guide of one of the first displaceable reversing member or the first static reversing member, to the first static reversing member or the first displaceable reversing member, respectively, and via the guide of the first static reversing member or the first displaceable reversing member respectively back to the first displaceable reversing member or the first static reversing member, where the conveyor belt moves in an opposite direction to the discharge station via a second guide of the first displaceable reversing member or the first static reversing member respectively, after which the conveyor belt moves from the discharge station via a first guide of the second displaceable reversing member or the second static reversing member to the second static reversing member or the second displaceable reversing member respectively, and via the guide of the second static reversing member or the guide of the second displaceable reversing member respectively back to the second displaceable reversing member of the second static reversing member, where the conveyor belt moves via a second guide of the second displaceable reversing member or the second static reversing member respectively, in an opposite direction to the supply station.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.63934
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15751649', '15256088', '14749216', '11075123', '10469903']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7214159956912772
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.549725235926929
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7042469197148424
- Mean Citation Score: 276.147144
- Max Citation Score: 452.78027
- Similarity Product: 403.0175603387594

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