US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 797.3
.~.~.~ Includes rotary article separator

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414 /   HD   MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING

788  DF  APPARATUS FOR MOVING INTERSUPPORTING ARTICLES INTO, WITHIN, OR FROM FREESTANDING, ORDERLY LAYERED, OR MUTUALLY STABILIZING ORDERLY GROUP {4}
795.4  DF  .~ Unstacking apparatus {10}
796.5  DF  .~.~ Removes highest article first from stack {5}
797.3.~.~.~ Includes rotary article separator

DEFINITION

Classification: 414/797.3

Includes rotary article separator:

(under subclass 796.5) Apparatus including a rotatable element (e.g.,., wheel) which (a) is driven around its

central axis by a power source and (b) has a perimeter which engages the uppermost article of the stack* while the element is rotating about its axis to frictionally transmit the driving force directly to one of the surfaces of the article and take it from the remainder of the stack*.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering,

109+, for a rotary separator which removes flexible sheet items from a stack*.