PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15881884
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["347", "007000"]

Abstract:
An image-recording apparatus includes a cartridge including a first storage chamber, a tank including a second storage chamber, a recording portion, a pivoting member disposed in the second storage chamber, a detector for detecting pivoting of the pivoting member, and a controller. Liquid in the first storage chamber is supplied to the second storage chamber through a liquid inlet port, and from the second storage chamber to the recording portion through a liquid outlet port. The pivoting member is pivotable about a pivot axis when a liquid level of the liquid in the second storage chamber is not higher than a prescribed position. The controller notifies the cartridge should be replaced upon receipt of a detection signal from the detector. A shaft defining the pivot axis is positioned lower than the liquid level of the liquid in the second storage chamber at the time of execution of the notification.

Claim (Index 1):
An image-recording apparatus comprising:\n a cartridge comprising a first storage chamber configured to store liquid; a tank to which the cartridge is connectable, the tank comprising:\n a liquid inlet port through which the liquid stored in the first storage chamber is configured to flow out therefrom; \n a second storage chamber configured to store the liquid flowing thereinto through the liquid inlet port; \n a liquid outlet port through which the liquid stored in the second storage chamber is configured to be discharged; and \n a first air communication passage configured to allow the second storage chamber to communicate with an atmosphere; \n a recording portion comprising a nozzle through which the liquid supplied from the second storage chamber through the liquid outlet port is configured to be ejected in a form of liquid droplets; a pivoting member disposed within the second storage chamber and comprising a shaft defining a pivot axis extending in an axial direction, the pivoting member being configured to pivot about the pivot axis in a case where a liquid level of the liquid stored in the second storage chamber is positioned equal to or lower than a prescribed position in a vertical direction; a detector configured to detect pivoting of the pivoting member and output a detection signal upon detection of the pivoting of the pivoting member; and a controller configured to perform notifying that the cartridge needs to be replaced after receipt of the detection signal from the detector, the shaft of the pivoting member being positioned lower than the liquid level of the liquid stored in the second storage chamber at a time of execution of the notifying.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.42424
- Patent Class: 347.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15881871', '15881880', '15719728', '15881855', '15663960']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.740229247753707
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5181380230403816
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7180201252823746
- Mean Citation Score: 297.597148
- Max Citation Score: 336.3963
- Similarity Product: 327.45984693512315

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