Patent ID: 8297432

Claim:
A method of conveying sheet-like products, in particular printed products, comprising the steps of: introducing the products at a transfer location (A), with their leading edge in front, into compartments moving along a closed circulatory path (U) of a circulating system, and removing the products from the compartments, and conveying the products away, at a receiving location (B) by means of grippers of a gripper conveyor, wherein the circulating system is a paddle wheel which can be rotated about an axis of rotation (D), wherein the compartments have compartment bases spaced apart from the axis of rotation, and wherein the compartments open opposite to the direction of circulation at an angle relative to the radial direction, so that the leading edge of the products seen in the direction of circulation of the paddle wheel is located upstream of the trailing edge, and wherein the leading edge of a product during conveying between the transfer location (a) and the receiving location (b), at least until the product is gripped, is located beneath the trailing edge of the product, and wherein the products are gripped at their trailing edge by the grippers.