@@rubix2148 i downloaded a paper on it but can't find it now, and don't exactly remember the explanation. It was complex maths anyhow. I think it would be possible to have a different chain with teeth running each compartment with a slightly wider gap between the teeth, simply catching the very end stroke of the last compartments revolution onto the new chain tooth. (Sorry, i find it hard to describe). I found another machine that runs much simpler to this (albeit, not as cool). This just works with deep paddles attached to a conveyor chain, resting on a downhill slope. As the chain carries the paddles forward, the bottom of the paddles slide down the slope increasing the angle and distance between eaxh one. The potatoes fall through as the gaps open. Simple but fascinating. I need to build one soon for our harvest, i will build the latter idea.
@@rubix2148 the link to the paddle type keeps getting deleted. Type in YTube: potato grader machine. Channel: Kheti Machinery. Its a green coloured machine.