Device and process for taking over and further processing of flexible, flat objects

A device for taking over and further processing flexible, flat objects, at a take-over location from a feed unit, comprising:

• at least one receiver unit which is moved along a closed revolving path, which is capable of receiving an object at the take-over location and forms an abutment for the object to be taken over, and
• at least one holding element and/or braking element which is co-moved with the receiver unit and which is capable, at least in the region of the take-over location, of acting on the object at least in an indirect manner and of decelerating the object before reaching the abutment,
• a plurality of conveyor elements in the form of grippers, which are movable along a closed gripper conveyor path and which are designed to receive a folded object in a clamping manner;
• a control device, in the form of a cam control, which is designed in order to open the grippers at an opening location lying in front of the take-over location in the movement direction, and to close them at a closure location lying behind the take-over location;
• wherein the at least one receiver unit is a plurality of receiver units, which are movable along a closed receiver unit revolving path and form an abutment and a support surface for the fold edge or one of the side surfaces of the folded printed object, wherein the receiver units are movable synchronously with the grippers, at least in the region of the take-over location, in a manner such that objects arranged in the grippers are positioned in the receiver units;
• and
• wherein the at least one holding element and/or braking element is a plurality of holding elements and/or braking elements which are assigned to the receiver units and are co-moved with these and are capable of pressing one of the objects against the receiver unit, so that the folded object forms a receiver for a further objectand is spaced from the abutment, wherein the further object is decelerated by way of momentum transmission to the open, folded object.