Patent ID: 8490797

Claim:
A singling apparatus ( 1 ) for cylindrical bodies ( 2 ) which have at a first end at least one projection ( 5 ) and at a second end a diameter smaller than the diameter of the projection ( 5 ), wherein the singling apparatus ( 1 ) includes a pair of parallel oriented guidance elements ( 7 ) between which the cylindrical bodies ( 2 ) can be set up thereby that the cylindrical bodies ( 2 ) are each suspended by the projection ( 5 ) on the guidance elements ( 7 ) and the cylindrical bodies ( 2 ) form a single row ( 8 ) along the guidance elements ( 7 ) and are thus conductable to a run-off ( 9 ) for the further conveyance of the cylindrical bodies ( 2 ), characterized in that the singling apparatus ( 1 ) comprises a height guidance ( 10 ) disposed above the single row ( 8 ), wherein a distance between the height guidance ( 10 ) and the cylindrical bodies ( 2 ), viewed in the conveyance direction, decreases up to a predetermined distance from the guidance elements ( 7 ), whereby vertically projecting cylindrical bodies ( 2 ), when they are conveyed in the conveyance direction, are pushed downwardly through the height guidance ( 10 ), and wherein the height guidance ( 10 ) is briefly liftable by means of a lifting arrangement ( 11 ) according to a trigger signal.