Patent ID: 8302762

Claim:
A device for transporting flat products comprising: at least one feeder for feeding said flat products in a first transport direction, and at least two conveying units for receiving and for forwarding said flat products in a second transport direction running perpendicularly with respect to the first transport direction, said first and second transport direction defining a plane, said conveying units being configured symmetrically with respect to said plane, said flat products comprising two flat sides, each of said conveying units comprising a plurality of guiding elements being capable of being set against said flat sides, wherein a first guiding element of one conveying unit and a second guiding element of another conveying unit are arranged symmetrically to each other with respect to said plane, said first and second guiding elements forming a guiding-element pair, and wherein said flat products are received between two adjacent guiding-element pairs in a holding engagement thereby gripping said flat products and transporting said flat products in said second transport direction with their flat sides being upright with respect to said second transport direction, said guiding elements being capable of moving gradually out of said holding engagement with said flat products during said transporting of said flat products in said second transport direction.