Patent ID: 7410157

Claim:
A device for conveying book blocks on a conveying line of a machine for producing books, magazines, or the like, the device comprising: a revolving conveying element installed along the conveying line for conveying the book blocks in a conveying direction; a traction mechanism; finger-like pushers mounted on the traction mechanism and projecting into a conveying channel transversely to the conveying direction, wherein the finger-like pusher has a predetermined breaking zone located at a distance from a mounting point of the pusher to the traction mechanism, wherein the pusher is rotatable, and the mounting point is formed by an axis of rotation of the pusher, wherein the pusher finger has a U-shaped cross section adjacent to the predetermined breaking zone, wherein the pusher has a hub and, in the predetermined breaking zone, the pusher finger is connected by connecting pieces spaced from one another and running transversely to the conveying direction with the hub of the pusher, which hub is arranged on the axis of rotation.