PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16076391
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["198", "617000"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for grouping preferably empty long products ( 4 ) embodied as tins, tubes or cartridges, the products ( 4 ) being delivered by a delivering conveyor device ( 5 ), preferably from a production line for producing the products ( 4 ), and placed on a conveyer belt ( 3 ) and transported thereby at a conveying speed along a conveying section (S) in a conveying direction (F), a product group (P) comprising a plurality of the products ( 4 ) being transferred by transfer means ( 7 ) at the same time from the conveyor belt ( 3 ) into receiving means ( 6 ), the transfer means ( 7 ) for transferring the products ( 4 ) being moved during the movement with the product group (P) in the conveying direction (F) at an angle, particularly perpendicularly, to the conveying direction (F) in a transfer direction (T) towards the receiving means ( 6 ), the receiving means ( 6 ) being moved perpendicularly to the conveying direction (F) and perpendicularly to the transfer direction (T), in order to be able to receive the subsequent product groups (P) above or below the already transferred product groups (P), after the transfer of each product group (P) or after the transfer of a plurality of product groups (P). The receiving means ( 6 ) and the transfer means ( 7 ) are moved along the conveying section (S) in the conveying direction (F) during the transfer of the product group (P), particularly synchronously with the conveyor belt ( 3 ) and the product groups (P) conveyed thereon and to be passed on, and following a successful transfer, are moved along the conveying section (S), in the opposite direction to the conveying direction (F), in order to transfer another product group (P′) into the receiving means ( 6 ).

Claim (Index 1):
A method for grouping empty oblong products ( 4 ) in the form of cans, tubes or cartridges, the products ( 4 ) being delivered by a delivering conveyor ( 5 ) from a production line for producing the products ( 4 ), and placed on a conveyor belt ( 3 ) and conveyed by the conveyor belt ( 3 ) at a conveying speed along a conveying section (S) in a conveying direction (F), a group of products (P) comprising several of the products ( 4 ) being simultaneously transferred from the conveyor belt ( 3 ) into receiving means ( 6 ) by transfer means ( 7 ), the transfer means ( 7 ) being displaced towards the receiving means ( 6 ) in a transfer direction (T) at an angle perpendicular to the conveying direction (F) while moving with the group of products (P) in the conveying direction (F) in order to transfer the products ( 4 ), and the receiving means ( 6 ) being displaced perpendicular to the conveying direction (F) and perpendicular to the transfer direction (T) after each transfer of a group of products (P) or after the transfer of multiple groups of products (P) so as to be able to receive the next group of products (P) above or below the groups of products (P) already transferred,\n wherein during the transfer of the group of products (P), both the receiving means ( 6 ) and the transfer means ( 7 ) are displaced along the conveying section (S) in the conveying direction (F) synchronously with the conveyor belt ( 3 ) and with the group of products (P) to be transferred conveyed thereon, and, once the transfer is complete, are displaced along the conveying section (S) against the conveying direction (F) in order to transfer another group of products (P\u2032) into the receiving means ( 6 ), and wherein the receiving means can be displaced by means of a robot arm in a reciprocating manner along the conveying direction and perpendicular thereto or, alternatively, along two displacement axes disposed at an angle to each other by two superimposed translational movements oriented at an angle to each other and each taking place along one of the displacement axes.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.74747
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15106248', '15269109', '14395702', '13254276', '10700769']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6805091704319987
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4747922521774648
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6599374786065453
- Mean Citation Score: 192.264774
- Max Citation Score: 212.15112
- Similarity Product: 150.1485057374954

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

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