An apparatus for sorting out articles transported on a conveyor belt (17, 19, 21) in a conveying direction, comprising a conveyor belt which defines a conveying path; a diverter arm which is pivotably supported at one end about an axis of rotation of a respective pivot bearing, which is arranged in the conveying direction at one side of the conveyor belt and which has a shaft, and is pivotable between a base position, in which the respective diverter arm extends outside the conveying path, outside the conveyor belt and in the conveying direction, and a sorting-out position in which the respective diverter arm is pivoted into the conveying path; a respective adjustment device which is drive-effectively coupled to the shaft of the respective pivot bearing and which comprises a pivot drive; and a control unit for activating the respective adjustment device and thus the pivot-in movement of the respective diverter arm in response to a respective sorting-out signal received from a respective control system for the articles, in particular a weighing belt, wherein the respective pivot bearing is provided at the end of the respective diverter arm disposed opposite the conveying direction in order to direct an article to be sorted out at the side disposed opposite the respective pivot bearing from the conveyor belt, characterized in that the sorting-out apparatus comprises two such diverter arms whose pivot bearings are arranged at mutually oppositely disposed sides of the conveyor belt, at the same height in the conveying direction, and which are each adjustable in their vertical height, in particular into a lowered position, and the control unit is configured to coordinate the two diverter arms with one another such that, on a pivoting of the one diverter arm into the sorting-out position, the other diverter arm is automatically adjusted in its vertical height. a conveyor belt which defines a conveying path; a diverter arm which is pivotably supported at one end about an axis of rotation of a respective pivot bearing, which is arranged in the conveying direction at one side of the conveyor belt and which has a shaft, and is pivotable between a base position, in which the respective diverter arm extends outside the conveying path, outside the conveyor belt and in the conveying direction, and a sorting-out position in which the respective diverter arm is pivoted into the conveying path; a respective adjustment device which is drive-effectively coupled to the shaft of the respective pivot bearing and which comprises a pivot drive; and a control unit for activating the respective adjustment device and thus the pivot-in movement of the respective diverter arm in response to a respective sorting-out signal received from a respective control system for the articles, in particular a weighing belt, wherein the respective pivot bearing is provided at the end of the respective diverter arm disposed opposite the conveying direction in order to direct an article to be sorted out at the side disposed opposite the respective pivot bearing from the conveyor belt, the sorting-out apparatus comprises two such diverter arms whose pivot bearings are arranged at mutually oppositely disposed sides of the conveyor belt, at the same height in the conveying direction, and which are each adjustable in their vertical height, in particular into a lowered position, and the control unit is configured to coordinate the two diverter arms with one another such that, on a pivoting of the one diverter arm into the sorting-out position, the other diverter arm is automatically adjusted in its vertical height.