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Abstract

To permit placement of selected copy products having different subject matter together in specifically collated copy product assemblies, for association of individualized copy product assemblies with delivery addresses in a specific sequence, for example specific to subscribers or distribution stations or regions, a controller-computer (10) stores delivery addresses and the desired copy products at specific delivery addresses. All the copy products are stored in individual storage locations, from which, with respect to a specific address within the sequence, selected individual copy products are removed, for placement on collecting spaces (48-56) on a collecting transport system. The controller-computer includes timing circuits controlling, respectively, the removal and guidance of selected copy products for the specific addresses in the sequence to specific collecting spaces, as the transport system moves beneath the storage locations or stations, to form the collected product assemblies which, then, can be supplied with a cover (39) or directly with the delivery address. The first or last of the copy product stations (1, 4) can hold folded newspapers which, for example, can be the main section of a newspaper, with which specific regional or advertisement inserts, formed by the copy products, are then assembled.

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