Patent ID: 6446962
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A device for vertically forming partial stacks of printed products, comprising:a belt conveyor for transporting printed products, in scale-formed configuration, a stationery bulging device for providing the printed products conveyed on said belt conveyor with a convexity around an axis extending in the conveying direction of said belt conveyor, a vertically extending adjustable collecting shaft disposed at one end of said belt conveyor in the extension thereof such that printed products conveyed on said belt conveyor drop into said collecting shaft, said collecting shaft having an openable stacking support disposed therein to receive a stack of printed products, and a first supporting finger, disposed on the side of said belt conveyor facing away from said collecting shaft and above said stacking support, said finger being displaceable by a displacing device from a starting position, that extends centrally into said collecting shaft above a stream of printed products, vertically downwards into said stream of conveyed printed products, such that subsequently conveyed printed products are placed on said first supporting finger, which is then horizontally displaceable out of said collecting shaft such that said printed products placed thereon drop into said collecting shaft, said finger being further displaceable back into its starting position.