PURPOSE: To improve the speed of a boxing work which is performed later by aligning cylindrical articles in plural lines on a feeding conveyor, and forming a zig-zag arrangment instantly by feeding the plural lines of cylindrical articles to a dividing- transferring unit as a batch.

CONSTITUTION: To a feeding conveyor C3 which aligns cylindrical articles B in plural lines and transfers them, an accumulating conveyor C4 which moves in the direction which crosses with the feeding conveyor C3 is provided, a dividing shutter 6 which parts plural lines of cylindrical articles B is provided, and a plurality of storage chambers of which the lower parts are open. and which correspond to the plural lines of the cylindrical articles B are connected to a storage frame 15 being provided vertically movably to a divide-transferring body T1 which moves between the feeding conveyor C3 and accumulating conveyor C4. At the same time, in the plurality of storage chambers, a large stopper and small stopper to the cylindrical article B are altenately provided, and a zig-zag arrangement of the cylindrical articles B is formed by transferring the plural lines of cylindrical articles B in the storage frame 15 by the feeding conveyor C3, and after the group of cylindrical articles which are arranged in a zig-zag form is transferred on the accumulating conveyor C4, the storage frame 15 ascends to release the group of cylindrical articles.