Patent ID: 7360759

Claim:
An apparatus by means of which sheet products which follow one after the other along a feed section are transferred to a conveying arrangement with individually controllable grippers which can be moved in the conveying direction and are designed for gripping the products at their leading edge, the apparatus comprising: said feed section having, in its end region which is directed toward the conveying arrangement, a conveying nip, in which the sheet products are retained, at least in part, on both sides, wherein, in the product-receiving region of the grippers, a positive stop, which is active during each product transfer, is provided for the leading edges of the products, the positive stop is of two-part design, a first part being of stationary configuration arranged as a stop for the leading edge of the products and a movable second part being formed by a leading leg or a guide surface, connected to said leg, of a gripper taking part in the product-transfer process and serving for guiding the leading edge of the products toward the first part, the first part and the second part forming two stop surfaces which run at an angle to one another, the spacing between the stationary first part of the positive stop and the conveying nip being selected such that the trailing edges of the products are still located in the conveying nip when the leading edges strike against the positive stop, such that the leading edge of each product abuts against the positive stop in a region of the positive stop at which the two surfaces intersect.