Patent ID: 8070149

Claim:
An arrangement for gathering or assembling printed sheets into semi-finished products for producing bound printed products, the arrangement comprising: a conveying device including a plurality of pushers to push the printed sheets in a conveying direction; a plurality of replaceable feeder units arranged side-by-side along the conveying device, each replaceable feeder unit including at least two feeders for supplying the printed sheets to the conveying device, an undercarriage, wherein the plurality of replaceable feeder units are arranged on the undercarriage, wherein the undercarriage includes interface sections assigned, respectively, to the replaceable feeder units, wherein the interface sections each include a first interface configuration to control operation of and to supply power to the assigned replaceable feeder units; and an adapter device, the adapter device arrangeable on the interface section and including a top side and a bottom side, the top side compatible for attaching feeders with a second interface configuration different from the first interface configuration and the bottom side compatible with the first interface configuration so that the adapter device can be fitted on the interface section of the undercarriage.