Patent ID: 7200976
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: B65B,B65H

Abstract:
1. A method for producing and strapping recumbent stacks of printed products, comprising the steps of: supplying the printed products at a supply point (Z) from above on to a conveying surface ( conveying the printed products, which are standing on one edge, on the conveying surface as a continuously growing stack in a stacking direction (S) away from the supply point (Z); isolating discreet stacks ( positioning endplates ( conveying each isolated discreet stack while holding said each isolated discreet stack between a downstream and an upstream compression jaw ( compressing each isolated discreet stack with said upstream and downstream compression jaws, and while compressed, strapping same with a strapping material, wherein the step of conveying the discreet stack ( from a first side of the conveying surface ( wherein the step of strapping includes preparing a loop of strapping material on a second side of the conveying surface (