Patent ID: 7992574

Claim:
Apparatus for cutting at least one continuously conveyed rod into rod-shaped articles of variable length, in particular cigarettes, filters or the like, comprising: a cutting device, a counter-support including a holding element adapted to support the continuously conveyed rod, the holding element located diametrically opposite to the cutting device with respect to the rod, and a first displacing device for the cutting device and a second displacing device for the counter-support, the first and second displacing devices being operable to vary the cut length of the articles, wherein the first and second displacing devices are coupled together for coordinated movement of the cutting device and the holding element with respect to one another, wherein the counter-support comprises a tube drive including an eccentric unit, and the eccentric unit includes a first rack rail and a journal, the first rack rail carrying the journal arranged eccentrically to a displacing shaft of the first rack rail.