Patent ID: 8714339

Claim:
A device to transfer printed products conveyed in a stream of single products, comprising: a feed unit including a first conveyor that conveys the stream of single products in a feed direction, wherein the feed unit includes a transfer region; a removal unit including a second conveyor having a support surface to convey the printed products in a removal direction, wherein the removal unit includes a takeover region downstream of the transfer region formed by the support surface, wherein the transfer region is arranged higher than the takeover region which receives the printed products from the transfer region of the first conveyor; a pressing element arranged above the support surface and operable to be lowered toward a printed product conveyed in the single stream and to be moved in a direction of the support surface, wherein the pressing element is further operable to be lifted off the printed product positioned on the support surface; and a control unit to control the pressing element to come in contact with the respective print products from the top during transfer from the feed unit to the removal unit in the transfer region, before the printed products impact with the support surface in the takeover region, whereby the printed products are slowed down in the feed direction by the pressing element which also diverts the printed products from the feed direction to the removal direction.