Apparatus for clipping wrapped rod-like fillers of fibrous material

In a machine having means for producing a continuous rod wherein a rod-like filler of fibrous material is surrounded by a tubular wrapper, means for conveying the rod lengthwise along a predetermined path and in a predetermined direction, and means for severing the rod at predetermined intervals downstream of said producing means to thereby subdivide the rod into sections of desired length, the improvement which consists in the provision of an apparatus for separating the leader from the next-following portion of the rod intermediate said producing means and said severing means, said apparatus comprising a cutting implement having two blades, said blades having pivotable relative to each other and said implement being turnable about a predetermined axis;

• means for transporting said blades so that said blades have a component of movement in said direction, said transporting means comprising a device for turning said implement about said axis;
• and means for moving at least one of said blades across said path so that said blades separate the leader from the next-following portion of the rod while said blades are being moved by said transporting means, said moving means comprising two discrete cams, one for each of said blades, and follower means provided on said blades and tracking the respective cams, each of said cams constituting a hollow cylinder and said cylinders having axes which coincide with said predetermined axis and end faces which are tracked by the respective follower means.