PEACH-SIZING MACHINE. 5 
The ropes at this end of the machine are parallel and remain so for 
the first 3 feet. They are spaced to permit all fruit too small for pack- 
ing to drop through into a canvas chute which delivers it into a basket 
or bin. After the first 3 feet the ropes begin to diverge and continue 
to do so till they reach the far end of the machine. The amount of 
divergence of the ropes is governed by the sizes desired in the bins. 
When the sizes are uniform and an equal distribution is desired to all 
bins the divergence will be less per foot than if there were a wide 
variation in the sizes of the fruit passing over the ropes. One of each 
pair of ropes travels slightly faster than the other, which tends to 
Fig. 5.— View showing the driving pulleys, the track-adjusting wheel, and the galvanized iron chute used 
to distribute the fruit from the roller-sorting conveyer to the sizing unit. 
cause the peaches to straighten out lengthwise on the ropes, so that 
the transverse diameter is subjected to measurement. Very few 
peaches ever get on the ropes crosswise, as the V-shaped trough 
which extends for the first 3 feet serves to straighten them out. Thus 
the peaches are sized on the basis of their minimum transverse 
diameter. 
The largest peaches go over the end of the ropes and pass over 
galvanized-iron adjustable chutes (see fig. 1), which facilitate the 
distribution of the fruit to all parts of the end bin. The size of the 
fruit which passes into the end bin is, of course, regulated by the wheel- 
and-lever adjusters at the end of the machine. 
