Method and apparatus for stacking printed products continuously arriving in a substantially fish scale overlapping arrangement

摘要

A method of stacking printed products continuously arriving in a fish scale overlapping arrangement wherein the fish scale stream of products is transformed into a substantially spiral-shaped stack by deflection of the arriving printed products in their plane, the spiral-shaped stack of printed products bearing against one another. There is also disclosed apparatus for the performance of the method wherein following the outfeed end of a conveyor line for the fish scale product stream there is provided a revolving stack support. Deflecting means for the arriving printed products coact with the revolving stack support. The outfeed end of the conveyor line and the stack support are movable relative to one another in the direction of the axis of rotation of the stack support.