Device for trimming too long sticks and for eliminating those too short

摘要

In order to convey thin, long and relatively fragile sticks one after another successively in which those too long are trimmed short and those too short are eliminated so that sticks substantially uniform in length can be conveyed to the next step without fail in:P P(1) a device having an endless belt or the like with a multiplicity of grooves capable of accommodating the stick but shorter than the stick and perpendicular to the belt's advancing direction, a guide having introducer after where the stick is fed and a limiter or an opposed guide opposite to the guide;PP(2) a device having the aforementioned belt or the like, guide, limiter or opposed guide and a guide plate disposed in front thereof apart from or in contact with the limiter or the opposed guide; andPP(3) a device having the aforementioned belt or the like, guide, opposed guide, deterrent plate above the guide, horizontal air blow near the last end of the guide and a pressing member behind the horizontal air blow at a position opposite thereto.