Patent ID: 8800444
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: B42B,B42C,B65H

Abstract:
1. A method to transport printed products composed of printed sheets or signatures, comprising: producing printing products with the use of a printing press; transporting the printed products with at least one first conveying belt operative downstream of the printing press along a conveying path; dividing the conveying path into at least two individually operating conveying paths at a branching location downstream from the at least one first conveying belt; folding the respective printed products with a continuously operating folding device located at the end of each of the at least two individually operating conveying paths; transferring the folded printed products from the folding devices in a straddling position to corresponding intermediate gathering devices; transferring the straddling folded printed products from the intermediate gathering devices to a main conveying section in a serial, monotonous, intermittent, synchronous or non-synchronous sequence for further transport; and operating the at least two individually operating conveying paths at speeds that are lower than a speed of the at least one first conveying belt which operates upstream of the branching location, and at different speeds relative to each other.