PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15866807
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["219", "137420"]

Abstract:
A consumable assembly for use in an arc welding apparatus is provided that includes a nozzle assembly having a nozzle body, an insulator disposed within the nozzle body, and a nozzle insert disposed within the insulator. The nozzle insert includes an internal gas diverter. A contact tip is disposed within the nozzle assembly and includes at least one aperture extending from an exterior portion to an internal cavity, an exit orifice, a distal end face, and an exterior surface extending between the at least one aperture and the distal end portion of the contact tip. The internal gas diverter directs a flow of shield gas exiting the at least one aperture along the exterior surface of the contact tip.

Claim (Index 19):
An arc welding apparatus comprising:\n a handle; a conductor tube attached to the handle; a welding cable that carries welding current, shield gas, and a welding wire from a power source, the welding cable being connected to the handle; and a consumable assembly attached to the conductor tube, the consumable assembly comprising:\n a nozzle assembly comprising a nozzle body, an insulator disposed within the nozzle body, and a nozzle insert disposed within the insulator, the nozzle insert comprising a distal end portion, a proximal end portion, and an internal gas diverter disposed proximate to the distal end portion, the internal gas diverter comprising:\n a profiled diverter orifice having a surface facing toward the distal end portion and extending radially outward from a longitudinal axis of the nozzle insert along a length of the surface toward the distal end portion, and \n a seating surface facing toward the proximal end portion; and \n \n a contact tip disposed within the nozzle assembly, the contact tip defining a shoulder that engages the seating surface of the nozzle insert, the contact tip further comprising at least one aperture extending from an exterior surface into an internal cavity; and \n wherein the profiled diverter orifice directs a flow of shield gas exiting the at least one aperture along the exterior surface of the contact tip.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.32727
- Patent Class: 219.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15866802', '14541069', '14540798', '14540089', '14540060']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8536339640746958
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5547494529715846
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8237455129643847
- Mean Citation Score: 386.013796
- Max Citation Score: 432.10315
- Similarity Product: 409.6617882458687

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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