Patent ID: 6311968
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: B42C,B65H

Abstract:
A method for producing printed products, comprising:supplying first primary products, respectively, fold first, to successive, uniformly-spaced pockets disposed transversely to a conveying direction at a beginning of a first segment of a production path formed by feeders;subsequently gripping the first primary product in a respective one of the successive pockets at a protruding gripping edge and opening the primary product for insertion of at least one partial product or enclosure; inserting the partial product or enclosure, then folding the first primary product to form a first completed product; and then supplying a further primary product, respectively, to the successive pockets on a further segment adjoining the first segment of the production path for producing a further printed product, including partial products or enclosures, in the successive pockets,wherein each pocket includes a leading and a trailing pocket wall relative to the conveying direction, and the method further includes holding the first completed printed product on the first segment in each pocket against the trailing pocket wall.