One objective of the present invention is to optimize a sorting process that, by novel means, reduces the number of comparisons required to sort delivered items whether said items are physical tokens, electronic data or other symbolic representations of whatever is sorted. The article is moisture crosslinked to a sufficient degree that it possesses thermoset properties such that, when the article is heated to a temperature above the crystalline melting point of the non silane-modified polypropylene, it is softened but does not become liquid. Ions that leave the field by mass-selective and mass-sequential ejection using one of the known scan methods are measured when they impact on the end cap electrode. The element type is that of a read element, commit element, validated element, or restart element. The rod includes a first rod for connecting the change pedal and the bell crank and a second rod for connecting the bell crank and the transmission shaft side.