Abstract: An apparatus for folding and receiving book documents comprises a main conveying device arranged and adapted to convey unfolded book documents in a main conveying direction and a secondary conveying device arranged and adapted to receive the book documents conveyed by the main conveying device and to convey them in a secondary conveying direction and/or against the secondary conveying direction, wherein the secondary conveying direction is transverse to the main conveying direction. Further, the apparatus comprises a receiving device arranged at a spatial distance from the first and/or the second conveying surface and configured to receive folded book documents. The device folds the conveyed book documents respectively with a movement in the secondary conveying direction and/or against the secondary conveying direction. Furthermore, a lifting device is arranged to convey the folded book documents from the main conveying device and/or from the secondary conveying device into the receiving device.

Abstract: A device is provided for personalizing documents, which includes a personalization device for applying personalization information to a document to be personalized. In addition, the device has a conveying device which includes at least two movable document carrier devices, each of which is configured: to receive a document to be personalized at a transfer position of the device that is the same for all document carrier devices; to move the document received, into the operating region of the personalization device, for the purpose of being personalized; and to move the document received, after its personalization, back to the transfer position and to discharge it there. The conveying device is configured, during its operation, to convey each of the document carrier devices along a respective associated path curve in the shape of a closed loop between the transfer position, the operating region and, in turn, the transfer position.

Abstract: An apparatus for folding and receiving book documents comprises a main conveying device arranged and adapted to convey unfolded book documents in a main conveying direction and a secondary conveying device arranged and adapted to receive the book documents conveyed by the main conveying device and to convey them in a secondary conveying direction and/or against the secondary conveying direction, wherein the secondary conveying direction is transverse to the main conveying direction. Further, the apparatus comprises a receiving device arranged at a spatial distance from the first and/or the second conveying surface and configured to receive folded book documents. The device folds the conveyed book documents respectively with a movement in the secondary conveying direction and/or against the secondary conveying direction. Furthermore, a lifting device is arranged to convey the folded book documents from the main conveying device and/or from the secondary conveying device into the receiving device.