Patent ID: 7857299

Claim:
A method for adding in each case a supplement to printed products which are conveyed in an essentially continuous manner in a conveyor flow, wherein the printed products are folded or bound and by way of this in each case comprise a fold edge or back edge, that the method comprising the steps of: conveying the printed products in the conveyor flow in a conveyor direction through an addition location in an addition region, wherein fold edges or back edges of the printed products are aligned transversely or obliquely to the conveyor direction, and wherein the printed products are held by grippers individually at the fold edges or back edges, at the edges lying opposite the fold edges or back edges, or at both edges connecting to the fold edge or back edge, feeding the supplements folded along a fold, one after the other to the addition location Z, opening the supplements; and depositing an opened supplement on the fold edge or back edge of each printed product conveyed through the addition location, in a manner such that the fold of the supplement is aligned to the fold edge or back edge of the printed product.