Process and apparatus for the further processing of stacked, preferably folded printing products

An apparatus for further processing a stack of preferably folded printing products, comprising

• a stack rest, which is formed by roller-shaped dividing elements arranged at intervals from one another and driven in a circulating member along a closed path,
• a right parallelepipedal stack space, which is positioned above the stack rest and is slanted with one of its corners facing toward the direction of movement of the dividing elements,
• a drivable separating element, which is arranged underneath the stack rest and can be moved periodically between two neighboring dividing elements for engaging and drawing through the region of the corner of the respectively lowermost printing product which faces against the direction of movement of the dividing elements,
• a continuously drivable removal conveyor, which is arranged below the stack rest and the conveying direction of which forms an angle with the direction of movement of the dividing elements, and onto which conveyor the printing products successively detached from the stack are adapted to be deposited in an overlapping arrangement, and
• wherein the stack space (12) is slanted, with one of its corners (12b) facing the conveying direction (C) of the removal conveyor (24) such that the printing products (14) detached from the stack (13) come to rest with all of the side edges (14a-14d) running transversely to the conveying direction (C) of the removal conveyor (24) and with one corner (25) facing in the conveying direction (C) of the removal conveyor (24), on the removal conveyor (24) or on the printing product (14) previously deposited thereon.