Patent ID: 7600643

Claim:
A container, comprising: a first chamber configured to receive a first product rejected by a sorting device from a plurality of products passing through the sorting device when a first sorting criteria is met; a second chamber, separate from the first chamber, configured to receive a second product rejected by the sorting device from the plurality of products passing through the sorting device when a second sorting criteria is met; and a shunt, coupled to the first chamber and to the second chamber, having a first operating position and a second operating position, the shunt configured to control, as a function of the first and second sorting criteria, access to the first chamber and block access to the second chamber by the first rejected product in the first operating position and to control access to the second chamber and block access to the second chamber by the second rejected product in the second operating position; and a drive configured to move the shunt to assume a desired operating position, wherein the drive includes a tensile actuator that compresses under pressure.