Transport device

A conveying device in a folding apparatus comprising:

• a conveying cylinder adapted to convey signatures having leading and trailing signature ends;
• at least one further cylinder cooperating with said conveying cylinder and defining a cylinder gap, said further cylinder having a circumferential surface;
• at least one signature trailing end displacement strip extending axially on said further cylinder and projecting radially past said circumferential surface of said further cylinder;
• a signature trailing end displacement strip receiving groove on said conveying cylinder and located opposite said signature trailing end displacement strip as said strip passes through said cylinder gap, said signature trailing end displacement strip receiving groove being adapted to receive said signature trailing end strip, said signature trailing end displacement strip contacting said trailing ends of signatures passing through said cylinder gap and displacing said trailing ends of signatures conveyed on said conveying cylinder into said signature trailing end displacement strip receiving gap and in a circumferential direction of said conveying cylinder to form a signature spacing gap;
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• a signature leading end holding device on said conveying cylinder and adapted for movement in a radial direction of said conveying cylinder into engagement with said leading ends of signatures conveyed on said conveying cylinder.