Conveying apparatus and method for conveying rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry

Conveyor (2) for conveying rod-shaped articles (4) of the tobacco processing industry, comprising a rotary type transfer device (6), the plurality of receptacles (8) for receiving longitudinally axially conveyed articles (4a) and for discharging the circulating item (4) to a having transverse-axially abfordernden cross conveyor (10), characterized in that the conveyor device (2) a cleaning unit (24) with at least one cleaning tool (26) for cleaning the receptacles (8) of the rotary type transfer device (6) is associated.