Apparatus for collating flat objects and for conveying the collated objects further

Device for collating flat objects, in particular printed products, and for conveying the collated objects further, comprising:

• a plurality of feeding units for feeding the objects;
• a plurality of compartments circulating on a circuit for collating the fed objects;
• means for conveying the compartments along the circuit and for the substantially continuous conveyance at least through a feeding region of the circuit, wherein outlets of the feeding units in the feeding region are arranged successively in a line and wherein the circuit of the compartments runs in parallel to the named line in the feeding region;
• and
• an extraction means for removal of the collated objects out of the compartments in an extraction region of the circuit;
• wherein the compartments comprise compartment bases for the lying stacking of the objects and a transverse wall and are coupled to the means for conveying, such that the compartment bases, at least in the feeding region, are inclined in the conveying direction and are conveyable in a manner arranged with the transverse wall in transverse to the circuit and such that the compartments are rotatable in relation to the circuit around substantially horizontal and/or around a substantially vertical rotation axis.