Patent ID: 7938389

Claim:
A method for processing folded printed products, the method comprising the steps of: conveying folded printed products on saddle-shaped supports comprising saddle lines aligned essentially transverse to the direction of a conveyance into a processing zone, through the processing zone and away from the processing zone, and simultaneously with the step of conveying the folded printed products through the processing zone, processing a fold line area of the printed products between a tool acting on the fold line area from outside and a counter-tool acting on the fold line area from inside, wherein, during the conveyance to and away from the processing zone, internal fold lines of the printed products are lying on the saddle lines, wherein, during the conveyance through the processing zone, the printed products are lifted-off the saddle lines by the counter-tools, wherein the counter-tools and the saddle-shaped supports are conveyed along two different circuits, wherein a first circuit of the saddle lines of the supports and a second circuit of the distal ends of the counter-tools intersect at an entrance and at an exit of the processing zone in such a manner, that in the processing zone, the second circuit is located above the first circuit, and wherein the distal ends of the counter-tools are moved through openings or recesses, which are arranged in the saddle-shaped supports in an area of the saddle lines.