PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16246576
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["034", "506000"]

Abstract:
A dual path kiln is provided that includes a kiln having at least three chambers including first and second end chambers separated by a central heating chamber. At least two lumber conveyors convey lumber through the kiln in opposite directions. External unidirectional fans are utilized to provide circular directional flows through the lumber. Also provided is a method utilizing the kiln to continuously dry green lumber.

Claim (Index 20):
A continuous kiln comprising:\n a first end chamber having a first kiln opening; a second end chamber having a second kiln opening; a central heating chamber connecting the first end chamber to the second end chamber, the central heating chamber having a divider dividing the central heating chamber into a first central chamber and a second central chamber; at least one lumber conveyor configured to continuously convey a green lumber in a lumber direction into the first kiln opening, first end chamber, the first central chamber, the second central chamber to form a dry lumber, convey the dry lumber through the second end chamber, and convey the dried lumber out the second kiln opening during operation of the kiln; a first at least one unidirectional fan configured to form a first air flow through the green lumber travelling on the at least one lumber conveyor in the first end chamber during operation of the kiln, the first unidirectional fan is external to the kiln; a second at least one unidirectional fan configured to form a second air flow through the dry lumber travelling on the at least one lumber conveyor in the second end chamber during operation of the kiln, the second unidirectional fan is external to the kiln; a third at least one unidirectional fan configured to form a first central air flow through the green lumber travelling on the at least one lumber conveyor in the first central chamber during operation of the kiln; and a fourth at least one unidirectional fan configured to form a second central air flow through the green lumber travelling on the at least one lumber conveyor in the second central chamber during operation of the kiln, wherein the first at least one unidirectional fan and the second at least one unidirectional fan are configured to provide a circular air flow between the green lumber in the first end chamber and the dry lumber in the second end chamber during operation of the kiln, and wherein the third at least one unidirectional fan and the fourth at least one unidirectional fan are configured to provide a circular air flow between the green lumber in the first central chamber and the second central chamber during operation of the kiln.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.37255
- Patent Class: 34.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13841716', '15878273', '15973318', '14925909', '11525929']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7197074707132279
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5127894776164208
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6990156714035473
- Mean Citation Score: 240.01979
- Max Citation Score: 264.18573
- Similarity Product: 209.58635858710167

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

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