Patent ID: 7438107
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: B42C,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for attaching a supplementary product that is at least approximately flat to at least one side of the leaves of a printed product, comprising a revolving conveyor chain, which has pushers and a saddle-shaped support for printed products, which are conveyed astride the chain, further comprising a guide device arranged along the conveyor chain for effecting the raising of at least one leaf of the printed product, and a first feeding device for supplementary products, which is assigned to this guide device, arranged on the opposite side of the leaf that has been raised into a horizontal position, wherein the guide device is comprised of a stationary guide plate that increasingly rises in a conveyance direction and acts on an inner side of a leaf, wherein the guide plate opens into an approximately horizontal support surface, wherein the feeding device has a conveyor belt that is a carrier of conveyed supplementary products, wherein the conveyor belt is an endless conveyor belt, further comprising means for extracting the supplementary products from a stack and for feeding the products to the side of a leaf, wherein a delivery end of the conveyor belt rests on the support surface; and wherein the first feeding device is selectively positionable on both sides of the conveyor chain.