Patent ID: 8550460

Claim:
An apparatus for transporting flexible, planar products, in particular printed products such as newspapers or magazines, comprising a gripper conveyor having grippers that are arranged one behind another and are driven rotatingly in a direction of conveyance (F) along a motional path, each gripper having a gripper jaw for holding and transporting a product by a holding region of the product, a transfer portion, and a vacuum belt conveyor having a perforated belt with an active strand driven in the direction of conveyance (F), wherein, in the transfer portion, the motional path of the gripper jaws has an arc-shaped course and the active strand runs at a distance (A) to the motional path, the perforated belt is driven at a belt speed (|w|) which is greater than the speed (|v|) of the gripper jaws, the products are held by the gripper conveyor in the holding region, and the vacuum belt conveyor is designed to suction the products with the active strand of the perforated belt in an end region facing away from the holding region and to transport the products onward following release by the grippers.