Patent ID: 7850158

Claim:
A method for supplying, opening and depositing folded printed products ( 6 ) comprising two product parts ( 6 . 1 , 6 . 2 ) being connected along a fold-line ( 6 . 3 ), the method comprising the steps of: supplying the printed products ( 6 ) in succession from above, and with trailing fold-edges ( 6 . 3 ) between two press belts, and towards a clamping gap, wherein the printed products, including at the trailing fold-edges, are clamped by and between a combination of the press belts, pushing the supplied printed products through a clamping gap ( 1 ), and opening each printed product being pushed through the clamping gap at least partly, by gripping at least one of the product parts ( 6 . 1 , 6 . 2 ) having passed through the clamping gap, gripping the trailing fold-edge ( 6 . 3 ) of each printed product ( 6 ) before and while being pushed through the clamping gap ( 1 ) and guiding this trailing fold-edge ( 6 . 3 ) from the clamping gap ( 1 ) towards a support ( 7 ) while still in a held manner, and depositing each at least partly opened printed product on the support ( 7 ) by releasing the trailing fold-edge ( 6 . 2 ) from being gripped.