Patent ID: 7959144

Claim:
A processing device for processing printed products, in particular for collecting individual printed sheets for manufacturing an assembled and stapled printed product, comprising: a drum rotatable about a rotation axis; at least two feed stations arranged distanced from one another in the direction of the rotation axis, for feeding printed products; at least one lead-away station for leading away processed printed products, wherein the drum comprises several guides, which are arranged one after another in the peripheral direction of the drum and are movable along a closed revolving path, and wherein the drum comprises advance elements controllable by a control unit, for displacing the printed products in the direction of the rotation axis; wherein the device comprises at least two modules, and wherein the modules comprise: a base body rotatable about the rotation axis; guide sections and said advance elements arranged on said base body; support elements arranged in axial end regions of the base body, wherein the support elements are configured such that two support elements of adjacent modules are coupled or may be coupled to one another, wherein the support elements project as spokes radially outwards from the base body beyond the outer surface of the base body and perpendicular to the rotation axis and wherein the device with the support elements has the form of a spoked wheel as viewed in axial direction.