Patent ID: 7862019
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A collecting device for forming a printed product comprising: a conveyor; a first printed material delivery device; a second printed material delivery device; a first transfer device assigned to the first printed material delivery device and delivering first printed materials to the conveyor; a second transfer device assigned to the second printed material delivery device and delivering second printed materials to the conveyor to be collected with the first printed materials, the second transfer device being downstream of the first transfer device with respect to the conveyor; and a controller determining if the second transfer device has a misfeed at a misfeed location, and if so, controlling the first transfer device to inhibit delivering one of the first printed materials at a conveyor location upstream from the misfeed location on the conveyor so as to define an empty conveyor location, the empty conveyor location passing by the second transfer device when the misfeed location is located at the conveyor.