PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16127069
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["261", "030000"]

Abstract:
A factory-assembled or packaged cooling tower/cell having screwless (and boltless) exterior side panels is provided. The exterior panels are double-walled and are fastened to an outer support member, such as a corner end cap. Only fasteners extending through the outer support member and through only one of the walls of the panels are utilized. This eliminates the possibility of leaking fluid emanating from use of the fasteners.

Claim (Index 1):
A packaged cooling tower, comprising:\n a support frame structure defining an interior volume; a fluid distribution system to distribute fluid within the interior volume defined by the support frame structure and disposed at an upper level; a heat transfer material disposed at the upper level and within the interior volume defined by the support frame structure and for receiving fluid from the fluid distribution system and through which the fluid travels; a fluid collection basin disposed below the support frame structure; air moving equipment operable for causing air movement for heat transfer between the fluid and air, the air moving equipment comprising at least two fan units; an air inlet disposed an a lower level; and an exterior panel wall disposed above the air inlet and at the upper level and forming a first exterior side of the cooling tower, the exterior panel wall comprising, a first double wall panel member and a second double wall panel member, wherein each double wall panel member comprises a first outer wall spaced laterally from a second outer wall, the first and second outer walls comprising fiber reinforced material, a corner member fastened to the first double wall panel member via a first fastener and fastened to the second double wall panel member via a second fastener, and wherein the first and second fasteners extend only through the corner member and the first outer wall of the first and second double wall panels, respectively.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.42308
- Patent Class: 261.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13178296', '12563860', '11216752', '11804711', '15274420']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.649692454463395
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4519258610446645
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6299157951215218
- Mean Citation Score: 156.231502
- Max Citation Score: 179.84792
- Similarity Product: 152.89079298017026

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test