Method and Apparatus for Feeding Flat Printed Products

摘要

The invention refers to a method and an apparatus for gathering flat printed products by selecting a single printed product from each of a multitude of collections of identical printed products and conveying the selected printed products towards a collecting conveyor ( 10 ), which runs along a generally straight line in a first direction ( 11 ). To improve the transfer of the flat printed products to the downstream machinery, it is suggested to advance the printed products in a second direction ( 15 ) in a continuous flow of printed products with a feeder ( 1 ) with feeding elements upstream of the collecting conveyor ( 10 ), grip a leading portion ( 20 ) of a printed product at the discharge end of said feeder ( 1 ) by separating grippers ( 60 ) of a transferring conveyor ( 40 ) which is also arranged up-stream of the collecting conveyor ( 10 ) and transfer the gripped printed product with the transferring conveyor ( 40 ) substantially along a path, which takes its course generally along the first direction ( 11 ) of the collecting conveyor ( 10 ).