PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To appropriately, and to automatically sort conveyed loads even if the irregular-shaped loads are conveyed.SOLUTION: A sorting mechanism includes: a driving shaft; a driven shaft which is provided at one end side opposed to the other end side of an endless belt in the width direction, and also is provided away from the driving shaft at a distance wider than the width of the endless be a plurality of driving-side sprockets which are provided on the driving shaft in such a manner that the sprockets are arranged at the same distances as those of a plurality of recessed portions formed by meandering the endless belt a plurality of times, a plurality of driven-side sprockets provided on the driven shaft so as to correspond to the respective driving-side sprockets in the traveling direction of the endless be a plurality of rotating bodies the go-forward sides of which enter the recessed portions located at the same positions; and a pressure member that is provided on each of the rotating bodies so that it projects upward from the upper surface of the endless belt in the traveling direction of the endless belt in a line, and also, moves in the width direction of the endless belt during the movement of the rotating bodies so that the conveyed object may be moved in the width direction of the endless belt.
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