Apparatus for delivering sheet-like products to a device for processing printed products

An apparatus for delivering sheet-like products to a device for processing printed products comprising:

• a conveying device having a conveying direction, the conveying device transporting the products with a trailing edge running transversely to the conveying direction;
• a rotating transfer conveyor located adjacent said conveying device, the transfer conveyor receiving the products from said conveying device in a takeover region and transporting the products to a transfer region;
• a processing device, located adjacent said transfer conveyor and opposite said conveying device, the processing device receiving the products from said transfer conveyor in the transfer region;
• the rotating transfer conveyor comprising at least one controllable clamp articulated about a swivel axis on a swivel lever;
• the swivel lever being articulated about an articulation axis on a carrying member rotating in a rotating direction, the articulation axis and swivel axis running substantially parallel and transverse to the rotating direction, the rotating direction being such that in the takeover region the clamp is running substantially in the conveying direction;
• the clamp having a clamp mouth for seizing the products, and the clamp mouth being directed in the takeover region, in the rotating direction for seizing the products at their trailing edge;
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• during movement of the clamp away from the takeover region in the rotating direction to the transfer region, the swivel lever being rotated about the articulation axis in the rotating direction and the clamp being pivoted about the swivel axis counter to the rotating direction.