Device and method to supply print products to a processing section

A device to supply print products withdrawn in a withdrawing direction from a stack of print products in a feeder for further processing, comprising:

• a magazine to contain the stack of print products, the print products being arranged one above the other;
• a separating device to separate an edge region of a lowest print product away from an underside of the stack of print products by tilting the edge region, wherein the edge region comprises a sheet edge or a fold of the lowest print product;
• a rear holder that is displaceable in coordination with the separating device to support the stack remaining during a cycle of withdrawing the lowest print product from the stack;
• a guide arrangement to guide the lowest print product away from the stack during a withdrawing of the lowest print product, wherein the guide arrangement includes a guide member having a free end and extending downward at an angle and approximately parallel to the withdrawing direction at least along the underside of the tilted edge region of the print product, and extending over at least a portion of the width of the stack of print products, the guide arrangement further including a guide component connected to and projecting from the rear holder, the guide component presenting a guide surface extending adjacent the free end of the guide member in the withdrawing direction to guide the edge region of the lowest print product in the withdrawing direction;
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• a withdrawing device to withdraw the lowest print product from the underside of the stack and including an opening and closing gripper driven to move back and forth parallel to the withdrawing direction and to grip the lowest print product at a front end of the separated edge region while operating with timing of the separating device and the rear holder in the cycle.