Patent ID: 7654789
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for forming stacks with print products, comprising: a rotatable ring; a platform on which respective stacks of print products are formed, the platform being positioned inside the rotatable ring and being rotatable, the platform including a horizontally extending ejection groove that extends continuously in a vertical direction through the platform; a lift arranged on the platform so that the lift and the platform comprise an integral unit, the lift configured to move at least one of the print products or the formed stacks of print products, the lift comprising two lifting plates disposed substantially symmetrically opposing one another to define an unobstructed passage wherein the lifting plates are embodied such that they are vertically displaceable relative to the platform and the ejection groove is disposed in the unobstructed passage between the two lifting plates; and an ejection device including a driver moveable from below the platform through the ejection groove into the unobstructed passage between the lifting plates.