This mechanism is intended for sorting tubes according to length. From the loading device, tubes a being sorted drop into slots of straight-line conveyer 1. One end of the tubes bears against disk b at the side of conveyer 1. The other end of the tubes bears against buttons c mounted in cartridges 2. The buttons are held against the tubes by springs 3. Rollers 4, mounted on cartridges 2, roll along fixed cam d when the conveyer is in motion and set the cartridges at various distances from disk b. Tubes a, clamped between buttons c and disk b, are released, according to their length, at a definite point on cam d and drop into the corresponding hopper. By changing cam d the device can be set up to operate with different sorting ranges; by adjusting the position of disk b it can be set up for different tube lengths.
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