Method and apparatus for the intermediate storage of printed products arriving in an imbricated product formation

An apparatus for the intermediate storage of printed products arriving in imbricated product formation, such as newspapers, periodicals and the like, comprising:

• a rotatably journaled and rotatably driveable winding mandril for winding up said printed products;
• a conveyor device for delivering the printed products in imbricated product formation to said winding mandril;
• a winding band capable of being placed under tension and operatively connected with the winding mandril for being entrained between coil layers of a package of printed products being wound up thereon;
• means for dividing the arriving imbricated product formation into two imbricated product subformations and located forward of said conveyor device;
• a position-altering device for altering the position of the printed products in one of the two imbricated product subformations which is more remote from said winding mandril such that edges of the printed products which were trailing edges in the arriving imbricated product formation become leading edges lying upon a side of the imbricated product subformation nearer the winding mandril;
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• means for subsequently superposing said two imbricated product subformations and located forward of said conveyor device.

An apparatus for the intermediate storage of printed products arriving in imbricated product formation, such as newspapers, periodicals and the like, comprising:

• a rotatably journaled and rotatably driveable winding mandril for winding up said printed products;
• conveyor means for delivering the printed products in imbricated product formation to said winding mandril;
• a winding band capable of being placed under tension and operatively connected with the winding mandril for being entrained between coil layers of a package of printed products being wound up;
• means for dividing the arriving imbricated product formation into two imbricated product subformations and located forward of said conveyor means;
• a position-altering device for altering the position of the printed products in one of the two imbricated product subformations such that edges of the printed products which were trailing edges in the arriving imbricated product formation become leading edges lying upon a side of the imbricated product subformation nearer the winding mandril;
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• means for subsequently superposing said two imbricated product subformations such that the one altered subformation will be wound up on the winding mandril in a layer located more remote therefrom than the other of said two subformations.