B65H 3/02
Separating articles from piles: using friction forces between articles and separator
Official title: using friction forces between articles and separator
B65H3/02 (Separating articles from piles: using friction forces between articles and separator) appears on 3,426 US grants and 2,888 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Sheet separation device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296814 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Media feeding apparatus, media feeding method, and non-transitory recording medium1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296815 A1Pfu Limited
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- Method and apparatus for currency discrimination and counting290US 5,295,196 ACummins-Allison Corp. · 1994
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- Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents253US 5,790,697 ACummins-Allion Corp. · 1998
- Feed arrangement for currency handling machines239US 5,207,788 ACummins-Allison Corp. · 1993