PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15995297
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["169", "017000"]

Abstract:
A flexible dry sprinkler includes a flexible tube, an inlet attached to an inlet end of the flexible tube, an inlet seal assembly configured to seal an inlet orifice of the inlet, and an inlet release unit configured to release the inlet seal assembly. The inlet release unit includes a frangible member configured to support the inlet seal assembly in the inlet orifice. An outlet is attached to the outlet end of the flexible tube, and includes an outlet orifice sealed by an outlet seal assembly having a thermally responsive element and an outlet seal. A flexible linkage extends between the inlet and the outlet through the flexible tube, and translates, when the outlet seal is released, a predetermined distance to operate the inlet release unit.

Claim (Index 9):
A flexible dry sprinkler comprising:\n (A) a flexible tube having an inlet end and an outlet end; (B) an inlet attached to the inlet end of the flexible tube, the inlet having an inlet orifice; (C) an inlet seal assembly configured to seal the inlet orifice; (D) an inlet release unit provided in the inlet and configured to release the inlet seal assembly, the inlet release unit including a frangible member configured to support the inlet seal assembly in the inlet orifice; (E) an outlet attached to the outlet end of the flexible tube, the outlet having an outlet orifice; (F) an outlet seal assembly having:\n (a) a thermally responsive element configured to fail when ambient temperature reaches a predetermined temperature; and \n (b) an outlet seal that is supported by the thermally responsive element in the outlet orifice, and that seals the outlet orifice until the thermally responsive element fails; \n (G) a flexible linkage (a) having an inlet end and an outlet end, (b) extending between the inlet and the outlet through the flexible tube such that bending of the flexible tube causes bending of the flexible linkage, (c) translating, when the outlet seal is released, a predetermined distance from (i) a first position, in which the flexible linkage is supported by the outlet seal assembly, to (ii) a second position along an outlet direction from the inlet towards the outlet, and (d) operating, upon translating the predetermined distance, the inlet release unit by breaking the frangible member to release the inlet seal assembly; (H) an inlet biasing member connected to the flexible linkage, and configured to bias the flexible linkage in an inlet direction that is opposite to the outlet direction; and (I) an outlet biasing member connected to the flexible linkage, and configured to bias the flexible linkage in the outlet direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 77.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.91489
- Patent Class: 169.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14534881', '13757448', '12833623', '13877443', '15155500']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6668335487346008
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5788292878739861
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6580331226485393
- Mean Citation Score: 308.718656
- Max Citation Score: 472.32593
- Similarity Product: 457.6818187613743

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

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