US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 396
.~.~ Including separating item from scrambled supply hopper

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198 /   HD   CONVEYORS: POWER-DRIVEN

373  DF  CONVEYOR FOR CHANGING ATTITUDE OF ITEM RELATIVE TO CONVEYED DIRECTION {12}
382  DF  .~ By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to uniform facing {5}
396.~.~ Including separating item from scrambled supply hopper {1}
397.01  DF  .~.~.~> By orbiting progression of item-receiving pockets passing through supply {2}

DEFINITION

Classification: 198/396

(under subclass 382) Apparatus wherein the conveyor moves in a path, a part of which path coincides with a bin in which the articles to be conveyed are temporarily stored in a haphazard array, and wherein the article is taken from said bin and its attitude changed during the movement of the conveyor.