Apparatus and process for transporting supplementary products

An apparatus for transporting sheet-like supplementary products, provided in particular with adhesive, from a receiving location to a discharge location, comprising:

• at least one retaining element which is moved along a continuous circulatory path and by means of which supplementary products can be gripped at the receiving location and released again at the discharge location, wherein the retaining element is mounted such that it can be rotated about an axis which is located at least more or less perpendicularly to the circulatory path;
• and,
• a control arrangement for said retaining element which is selectively adjustable so that, during the transportation of the retaining element from the receiving location to the discharge location, said control arrangement optionally leaves said retaining element unchanged in one rotary position or rotates it about the axis through a certain angle until another position of the transported supplementary product has been reached;
• wherein the retaining element is mounted rotatably in a bearing body which is moved along the circulatory path, wherein the control arrangement has a guidance element and a slide which is mounted displaceably in the bearing body and, during the movement of the retaining element along the circulatory path, said slide follows the surface of the guidance means in contact therewith, and correspondingly rotates the retaining element about the axis.