Patent ID: 7621516

Claim:
Method for gathering flat printed products, especially signatures ( 2 ), by selecting a single printed product from each of a multitude of collections of identical printed products and conveying the selected printed products towards a collecting conveyor ( 10 ), where the selected printed products are piled up, which collecting conveyor moves along a generally straight line in a first direction ( 11 ), whereby the method comprises the following steps: advancing the printed products in a second direction ( 15 ) crosswise to said first direction in a continuous flow of printed products with a feeder ( 1 ) with feeding elements upstream of the collecting conveyor ( 10 ), gripping a leading portion ( 20 ) of a printed product at the discharge end of said feeder ( 1 ) by separating grippers ( 60 ) of a transferring conveyor ( 40 ) which is arranged adjacent to and travels parallel to the collecting conveyor ( 10 ), moving the gripped printed product with the transferring conveyor ( 40 ) away from the feeder substantially along a path extending generally along said first direction ( 11 ) of the collecting conveyor ( 10 ).