PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15959591
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["118", "317000"]

Abstract:
Methods and systems comprising a first and a second powder coating apparatus, with each apparatus comprising a tubular barrel having an axial bore extending longitudinally therethrough, are usable for coating an interior surface of a tubular member. Each coating apparatus comprises a conical member connected with the tubular barrel and at least one gas conduit connected to the tubular barrel for communicating gas into the tubular barrel. The at least one gas conduit contains a gas flow control valve connected thereto for controlling the volumetric flow rate of gas through the at least one gas conduit. Each coating apparatus further comprises at least one container for holding a coating material, an inlet conduit for communicating the coating material into the axial bore of the tubular barrel, and a plurality of gas nozzles connected to the tubular barrel for inducing spiraling gas flow through the axial bore of the tubular barrel.

Claim (Index 6):
A method for moving and rotating a tubular member during coating and cleaning operations, the method comprising the steps of:\n providing a first rotator apparatus comprising a first set of wheels and a first arm positioned adjacent to the first set of wheels, wherein the first arm has a first upper edge that is downwardly sloping; providing a second rotator apparatus comprising a second set of wheels and a second arm positioned adjacent to the second set of wheels, wherein the second arm has a second upper edge that is downwardly sloping; positioning a tubular member on the first upper edge and the second upper edge; rolling the tubular member along the first and the second upper edges from a first side of the first arm and the second arm toward the second side of the first arm and the second arm; stopping the tubular member from rolling along the first arm and the second arm at an intermediate position between the first side and the second side of the first arm and the second arm; moving the first arm and the second arm in a downward direction to position the tubular member in contact with the first set of wheels and the second set of wheels; rotating the first set of wheels and the second set of wheels to rotate the tubular member; moving the first arm and the second arm in an upward direction to lift the tubular member off of the first set of wheels and the second set of wheels; and rolling the tubular member along the first upper edge and the second upper edge toward the second end of the first arm and the second arm for removal of the tubular member from the first and the second rotator apparatus.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.54839
- Patent Class: 118.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14687710', '14287751', '10837294', '15316354', '13521539']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7856159872021832
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5264031422703495
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7596947027089999
- Mean Citation Score: 189.39132
- Max Citation Score: 353.74487
- Similarity Product: 287.7237743735004

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