Patent ID: 8240458

Claim:
A device for transferring flexible flat articles, in particular printed products, between two conveyors, comprising: a first gripper conveyor with first grippers moved along a first gripper conveyor track by a first gripper chain for essentially suspended transportation of the articles in a direction of conveyance by gripping a first article edge, a second gripper conveyor with second grippers moved along a second gripper conveyor track by a second gripper chain for receiving the articles by gripping a second article edge, which is located opposite the first article edge, wherein the device is designed for controlled opening and closing of the first and second grippers such that, in a transfer zone, transfer of the articles from the first grippers to the second grippers is able to take place, and wherein a substantially constant conveying means spacing between the first grippers along the first gripper conveyor track differs from a substantially constant conveying means spacing between the second grippers along the second gripper conveyor track, wherein in the transfer zone: a gripper conveyor track, the grippers of which comprise the greater conveying means spacing (a) between one another, comprises a concave course; and another gripper conveyor track, the grippers of which comprise the smaller conveying means spacing (b) between one another, comprises a corresponding convex course.