PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16405959
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-05
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["110", "233000"]

Abstract:
A burner for solid particle fuels such as shavings or pellets. The invention includes an auger to deliver fuel particles up an inclined tube into a cup having an oxygen emitting orifice for combustion. The auger is axially extendable and retractable to first advance material up the tube without rotation, and then retract with rotation so as to screw itself into the next charge of material to be advanced. Combustion heat may be used to drive a Stirling engine to comprise a combined heat and power (CHP) system. Flue gases may also be condensed onto chilled objects as beneficial ceramic-like coatings, or these objects may be made of frangible or soluble material so that the condensate may be collected separately as a valuable ceramic-like material.

Claim (Index 11):
A method for collecting a ceramic precipitate from flue gas, comprising the steps of:\n a. providing an apparatus for oxygen-enriched burning of solid particulate fuel, comprising\n a fuel feed tube having a lumen oriented at an inclined angle between 30\u00b0 and 75\u00b0 inclusive, and said lumen communicating with said combustion cup, \n an auger deposed within said lumen, said auger rotatably coupled to and slidably coupled to said fuel feed tube, \n a motor operably coupled to said auger for rotation thereof, and \n means for sliding said auger between a retracted position and an extended position, and \n b. providing solid particulate fuel, a gas comprising at least 85% oxygen, and an ignition source to begin combustion, c. burning said solid particulate fuel at combustion temperature exceeding 4000\u00b0 F. and producing flue gas thereby, d. providing chilled items to be coated, e. passing said chilled items through said flue gas, and f. allowing a ceramic precipitate to accrue onto a surface of at least one of said chilled items.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.52273
- Patent Class: 110.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10704095', '10636291', '15715947', '12459318', '10719549']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6494761550079384
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5786369082528273
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6423922303324273
- Mean Citation Score: 180.770324
- Max Citation Score: 187.95766
- Similarity Product: 137.88638179148316

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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