Patent ID: 7200976

Claim:
A method for producing and strapping recumbent stacks of printed products, comprising the steps of: supplying the printed products at a supply point (Z) from above on to a conveying surface ( 2 ); conveying the printed products, which are standing on one edge, on the conveying surface as a continuously growing stack in a stacking direction (S) away from the supply point (Z); isolating discreet stacks ( 7 ) from the continuously growing stack; positioning endplates ( 4 ) at a downstream and an upstream end of each discreet stack; and conveying each isolated discreet stack while holding said each isolated discreet stack between a downstream and an upstream compression jaw ( 11 and 10 ), in the stacking direction (S) into a strapping position ( 12 ); compressing each isolated discreet stack with said upstream and downstream compression jaws, and while compressed, strapping same with a strapping material, wherein the step of conveying the discreet stack ( 7 ) into the strapping position ( 12 ) includes moving the two compression jaws ( 10 , 11 ) into a stack area; from a first side of the conveying surface ( 2 ) in an essentially horizontal motion transverse to the stacking direction (S), and wherein the step of strapping includes preparing a loop of strapping material on a second side of the conveying surface ( 2 ) opposite its first side and positioning the loop around the stack ( 7 ) through an essentially horizontal relative motion transverse to the stacking direction, between the loop and the stack ( 7 ) held by the compression jaws ( 10 , 11 ).