B65H 5/02
Feeding articles separated from piles: by belts or chains
Official title: by belts or chains {, e.g. between belts or chains (by combinations of endless conveyors and grippers B65H5/085; by suction belts B65H5/224)}
B65H5/02 (Feeding articles separated from piles: by belts or chains) appears on 761 US grants and 607 published applications in this corpus.
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