Patent ID: 8292062

Claim:
Method for the conveyance of planar products, in particular printed products, wherein a product group consists of at least two products, comprising the following steps: arranging the products of the product group such that at least one of the products is offset relative to the remaining product or products of the product group; thereby forming at least a first projection, and a second projection in the offset direction, wherein the first projection is associated with at least one product of the product group and a second projection is associated with the remaining product or products of the product group; gripping the product group in the area of a product edge of at least one of the products of said group by a gripper of a gripper conveyor, such that the direction of the gripped product edge is parallel to the offset direction of the at least one of the products from the remaining product or products; conveying the product group in a direction of conveyance.