Patent ID: 7281621

Claim:
A transfer apparatus for the transfer of rod-shaped articles, in particular filter rods, from a conveying apparatus for transverse axial conveying of the articles to a conveying apparatus for longitudinal axial conveying of the articles or vice versa, the directions of transport of the conveying apparatuses running transversely to each other, the transfer apparatus including: a rotatably driveable conveyor with at least one receptacle, each receptacle being adapted to take at least one article off the conveying apparatus for transverse axial conveying of the articles and discharging the or each received article to the conveying apparatus for longitudinal axial conveying or vice versa, wherein each receptacle traverses a variable running circle and wherein several receptacles are evenly distributed over the circumference of the conveyor, all the receptacles being radially displaceable synchronously during operation of the apparatus.