PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15994824
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["454", "258000"]

Abstract:
An air mixing device mitigates temperature stratification between two incoming air streams by creation of turbulent airflow through an arrangement of channels in the device. The device also provides selective passage of air for incoming airstreams to achieve functionality for damper control typically associated with separate inlet dampers. A method provides for selectively controlled airflow through the device so effective mixing occurs along with an economizer function to control separate airstreams such as outside air and return air. Existing dampers may be integrated with the air mixing device to control airflow in which flow of one airstream through the device increases as the flow of the other airstream is proportionately decreased. A minimum outside air duct can be incorporated in the mixing device to efficiently satisfy building code requirements regarding monitoring and recording of outside air input to air handling units.

Claim (Index 10):
An air mixing device especially adapted for mixing airstreams introduced to an air handling device and flowing through said device, said device comprising:\n a housing; a plurality of spaced ribs secured to said housing, a plurality of corresponding channels defined as spaces between adjacent ribs; a cover plate secured to a downstream side of said housing, said cover plate having a plurality of slots formed therein; an actuator communicating with said cover plate for selectively shifting said cover plate with respect to said channels exposed to said slots; and wherein said plurality of spaced ribs include a first set of ribs that communicate with a first airstream introduced to the air handling device, and a second set of ribs that communicate with a second airstream introduced to the air handling device, said first set being offset from said second set so that shifting of said actuator enables controlled passage or blockage of said first said second airstreams through said mixing device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7381
- Patent Class: 454.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13643034', '12008725', '10607176', '12008724', '12008727']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7847163946141065
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5035123823551249
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7565959933882083
- Mean Citation Score: 224.162554
- Max Citation Score: 231.42902
- Similarity Product: 158.10273365557194

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