PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16040508
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["156", "578000"]

Abstract:
An adhesive applicator includes an actuation axle, a first hub unit, a second hub unit, a plurality of elastic members, and a pliable dispenser web. The first and second hub units are mounted on the actuation axle to be spaced apart from each other, and to rotate with the actuation axle about a rotation axis. Each of the elastic members is disposed between the first and second hub units, and has a radial elastic force relative to the rotation axis. The pliable dispenser web is configured to wrap around the elastic members, and can be deformed in compliance with a topology of an attachment region of a shoe component against the radial elastic force.

Claim (Index 1):
An adhesive applicator for applying an adhesive to an attachment region of a shoe component, said adhesive applicator comprising:\n an actuation axle which is mounted to be rotatable about a rotation axis, and which extends along the rotation axis to terminate at a first end segment and a second end segment; a first hub unit including\n a first hub body mounted on said first end segment to rotate with said actuation axle about the rotation axis, and \n a first annular flange extending from said first hub body in radial directions to terminate at a first marginal portion; \n a second hub unit including\n a second hub body mounted on said second end segment to rotate with said actuation axle about the rotation axis, and \n a second annular flange extending from said second hub body in radial directions to terminate at a second marginal portion; \n a plurality of elastic members each of which extends along a lengthwise axis to terminate at a first end region and a second end region, and each of which is stretchable lengthwise so as to have a radial elastic force relative to the lengthwise axis, said elastic members being angularly displaced from each other in a circumferential direction about the rotation axis, said first and second end regions being configured to be in frictional engagement with said first and second marginal portions, respectively, so as to permit said elastic members to rotate with said first and second hub units about the rotation axis; and a pliable dispenser web for an adhesive to be spread thereon, which extends in the circumferential direction, and which is configured to wrap around said elastic members to rotate with said elastic members about the rotation axis, such that in response to a pressing engagement which is kept between the attachment region of the shoe component and an outer surface of said pliable dispenser web against the radial elastic force during rotation of said pliable dispenser web, said pliable dispenser web is deformed in compliance with a topology of the attachment region, thereby allowing the spread adhesive to be continuously and evenly applied to the attachment region.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.04918
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11325748', '15340268', '15340381', '15340224', '09883306']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8883117817686857
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4734665616702505
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8468272597588422
- Mean Citation Score: 162.52438
- Max Citation Score: 171.45678999999996
- Similarity Product: 126.50110617112036

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

Dataset: test