Patent ID: 7934712
Filing Date: 2011-05-03
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A device for collecting printed products, comprising: a collecting cylinder that rotates around an axis and has a peripheral area to collect sequentially supplied printed products; a drive mechanism to rotate the collecting cylinder; a holding device operative to hold and release the printed products collected in the peripheral area of the collecting cylinder; an activation device operative to control the holding device; a diverter comprising a single-arm control lever, the single-arm control lever including a pivoting axis that extends parallel to the axis of the collecting cylinder, an exposed end and a support roller positioned proximate to the exposed end of the single-arm control lever, wherein the diverter has an operational position to lift the products off the collecting cylinder and transfer the products onto a conveying device, and a non-operational position to enable collection of the products on the collecting cylinder; a control unit coupled to move the diverter from the non-operational position during an interval between two successively following printed products and with the timing of the supplied printed products, to the operational position in which the exposed end of the diverter is inserted in the surface area of the collecting cylinder; and a concentrically circulating control member drive-connected to the collecting cylinder, the control member comprising at least one control cam operatively associated with the non-operational and operational positions of the diverter and which acts upon the support roller of the diverter.