Device for fitting printed products with inserts

A device for fitting multiple-sheet printed products with inserts comprising:

• a plurality of identically designed receiving elements which are driven in a direction of circulation along a continuous circulatory path, wherein the circulatory path has an operating portion;
• a first feed conveyor;
• at least one second feed conveyor arranged downstream of the first feed conveyor and intended to feed an insert to the opened printed products moved into the insertion portion;
• and
• a removal conveyor arranged downstream of the at least one second feed conveyor, at the end of the operating portion, and intended to convey away the printed products provided with the insert,
• wherein the receiving elements are arranged one behind the other and transversely to the circulatory path and each receiving element has a channel-like base and a trailing wall;
• the trailing wall extends over a receiving portion and an insertion portion of the respective receiving element;
• the receiving elements are each assigned a displacement means by way of which a printed product fed to the receiving portion of the relevant receiving element by means of the first feed conveyor can be displaced in a displacement direction into the insertion portion;
• each receiving element being assigned, in its insertion portion, a holding-open element for holding open the opened printed product, wherein the operating portion is arranged along a slope of the circulatory path such that the printed products fed butt against the base and with surface contact against the trailing wall of the receiving elements,
• wherein the base is fixed to the trailing wall, and
• the displacement means have a pushing mechanism for advancing the printed products, the pushing mechanism pushing on the trailing edge of the relevant printed product, as seen in the displacement direction.