PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16138467
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["399", "322000"]

Abstract:
A fusing apparatus for an image forming apparatus includes a fusing belt which rotates, a bushing guiding the fusing belt, a ring member rotatably coupled to the bushing and in contact with the fusing belt so as to rotate together with the fusing belt, and a sliding guide member, provided between the ring member and the sidewall of the bushing and at least partially disposed above a central axis of the fusing belt. The sliding guide member slidably supports the ring member and protrudes from the sidewall of the bushing such that a continuous gap is provided from a bottom of the sliding guide member to a bottom of the sidewall of the bushing.

Claim (Index 13):
A fusing apparatus, comprising:\n a fusing belt which is rotatable; a bushing coupled to guide a rotation-driving of the fusing belt and having a sidewall that faces the fusing belt; and a ring member, provided between the bushing and the fusing belt, having a first side with an inclined surface to contact the edge of the fusing belt and a second side with a protrusion to contact the sidewall of the bushing, and to rotate together with the fusing belt.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 30.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.22222
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15646534', '15646477', '14061219', '12926296', '13197507']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8046516814327839
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5232697522160232
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7765134885111078
- Mean Citation Score: 242.49866000000003
- Max Citation Score: 372.1826
- Similarity Product: 313.68506438251734

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

Dataset: test