PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16118552
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["112", "080230"]

Abstract:
A stitch distribution control system for a tufting machine for controlling placement of yarns being fed to the needles of the tufting machine by yarn feed mechanisms to form a desired pattern. A backing material is fed through the tufting machine at an increased stitch rate as the needles are shifted according to calculated pattern steps. A series of loopers or hooks engage and pick loops of yarns from the needles. The yarn feed mechanisms further can be controlled so that selected loops of yarns can be back-robbed so as to be hidden from view in the finished patterned tufted article.

Claim (Index 1):
A tufting machine for forming tufted articles having a pattern including tufts of multiple different color and/or type yarns arranged in a backing material at a desired number of stitches per inch, comprising:\n One or more needle bars each carrying a series of needles; backing feed rolls feeding the backing material along a path of travel through the tufting machine; at least one yarn feed mechanism for feeding yarns to each of the needles; at least one shift mechanism for shifting the one or more needle bars or shifting the backing material transversely with respect to the path of travel of the backing material; a series of gauge parts mounted below the tufting zone in a position to engage said needles of the at least one needle bar as the needles are reciprocated into the backing material to form tufts of yarns in the backing material; and a stitch distribution control system controlling the backing feed rolls to feed the backing material through the tufting machine at a variable stitch rate, including feeding the backing material at an effective process stitch rate based on the desired number of stitches per inch of the pattern increased by a number of color and/or type yarns used in the pattern for forming at least a portion of the pattern, for controlling said yarn feed mechanism to control feeding of the yarns to said needles, and controlling the at least one shift mechanism so as to present and maintain yarns at selected stitch locations along the backing material as needed in accordance with the pattern for the tufted article being formed.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.61538
- Patent Class: 112.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15185680', '12495016', '15594950', '13740495', '14930769']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8014483820287998
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6943719822051826
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7907407420464381
- Mean Citation Score: 685.5247899999998
- Max Citation Score: 716.5576
- Similarity Product: 651.4892673401832

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

Dataset: test