Device for the collection of folded printed sheets

A device for the collection of folded printed sheets comprising:

• a plurality of saddle-type supports mounted for rotation along a closed trajectory and disposed parallel to each other and substantially at right angles to a direction of rotation, said supports adapted to receive at least two printed sheets astride the supports placed on top of each other by means of at least two spaced apart feed stations for transport to a discharge station for removal of the collected printed sheets, each printed sheet having two sheet halves, each sheet half of the deposited printed sheets resting on a respective side of the respective support;
• and
• clamping means associated with the supports and operative to hold the deposited printed sheets at the sheet halves along at least part of the trajectory;
• wherein said clamping means comprises a plurality of clamping arrangements, each related to two adjacent supports in order to clamp together facing portions of printed sheets placed on the two related adjacent supports.