Patent ID: 8424861

Claim:
A device ( 1 ) for processing printed products, comprising: a collecting drum ( 10 ) driven rotatingly about an approximately horizontal rotation axis (A) and divided at least functionally into axial portions, the collecting drum including saddle-shaped rests ( 20 ), which are open to the outside in the radial direction, are evenly distributed in the peripheral direction and run approximately in the direction of the rotation axis (A), and/or mutually separated compartments ( 13 ), a first feeding device ( 40 ) for supplying printed products (P) to the processing drum ( 10 ), an evacuation conveyor ( 90 , 91 ), disposed downstream in relation to a first feed ( 40 ) in the direction of the rotation axis (A) in the direction of the axial component (F) of the direction of conveyance, for transporting the print articles (E) away from the processing drum ( 10 ), conveying elements, assigned to the compartments ( 13 ) and/or rests ( 21 ), for transporting the printed products in the direction (F) in the course of the revolutions of the processing drum ( 10 ), and a working device and/or at least one further feeding device or feed station ( 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 ), disposed between the first feeding device ( 40 ) and the evacuation conveyor ( 90 , 91 ), for working the printed products (P, T) and for supplying further printed products (P 2 , P 3 , P 4 ), wherein between the first feeding device ( 40 ) and the evacuation conveyor ( 90 , 91 ) there is arranged at least one secondary conveying section ( 50 , 60 , 70 ) for transporting printed products through a secondary path of conveyance.