Patent ID: 8246031

Claim:
A device ( 10 ) for collecting, transporting and stitching multi-part, folded printed products with at least one endlessly revolving conveyor member ( 11 ) comprising: a plurality of saddle-like rests ( 2 , 30 , 40 , 50 ) for the straddled receipt of the printed products along a conveyor path, with rest edges ( 13 ) aligned transversely to the conveyor path, and the conveyor member ( 11 ) conveys the saddle-like rests ( 2 , 30 , 40 , 50 ) past at least one working station, wherein at least one working station comprises: a stitching station ( 9 ) with at least one stitching head ( 20 ) mounted in a pivotably movable manner, wherein a main conveyor plane (X) is defined by the conveyor member ( 11 ), wherein the saddle-like rests ( 2 , 30 , 40 , 50 ) are arranged on the conveyor member ( 11 ) in a pivotably movable manner, and each saddle-like rest ( 2 , 30 , 40 , 50 ) in a region of stitching, cooperates with at least one stitching head ( 20 ) through a coordinated pivot movement about a common pivot axis, so that the stitching head ( 20 ) and the saddle-like rest ( 2 , 30 , 40 , 50 ), while retaining an angular position of approximately 180° , dwell in a stitching plane (H), while the stitching head ( 20 ) and the saddle-like rest ( 2 , 30 , 40 , 50 ) are pivoted with respect to the main conveyor plane (X); wherein each saddle-like rest is articulated on the conveyor member ( 11 ) in a pivotably movable manner in the main conveyor plane (X), so that the saddle-like rest is brought from an orthogonal normal position (N), in which it is generally perpendicular to the main conveyor plane X defined by the conveyor member ( 11 ), into pivot positions (V, R) different from the normal position, wherein on pivoting between pivot positions (V, R), the saddle-like rest lies aligned with the stitching head ( 20 ) in the stitching plane (H).