Patent ID: 7431277

Claim:
A device for collecting printed sheets in a certain sequence astride and atop one another to form a printed product, the device comprising: an individual sheet feeder and a saddle-shaped support configured to be supplied by the individual sheet feeder with printed sheets, wherein the saddle-shaped support has a length, and wherein the saddle-shaped support is arranged over its entire length thereof above a conveying device transporting the printed products to a further processing step and is arranged between the sheet feeder and the conveying device; wherein a distance between the saddle-shaped support and the individual sheet feeder is smaller than a width of freely suspended lateral parts of the printed products, whereby the freely suspended lateral parts of the printed products partially overlap the conveying device; wherein the saddle-shaped support comprises a circulating traction mechanism and driving members connected to the circulating traction mechanism; wherein the driving members act on the printed products to convey the printed products in a direction parallel to a conveying direction of the conveying device.