Method and device for gathering sheets

During the gathering process, an individual signature is respectively withdrawn from several collections of identical signatures, wherein the various decollated signatures are delivered to a collecting conveyor in order to form stacks. The invention proposes that the sheets of a collection are transported in a direction that is essentially oriented transverse to the transport direction (F) of the collecting container in the form of continuous stream feed of sheets that lie on top of one another in a shingled fashion, that the respective front sheet is taken hold of by a conveyor on its leading section such that it is prevented from turning and displaced such that it is deflected in the transport direction (F) of the collecting conveyor, and that the displaced sheet is received by a withdrawal conveyor system and additionally transported in said transport direction (F) in order to synchronously deliver the sheets to the collecting conveyor in the corresponding cycle. This makes it possible to reliably and carefully process sheets supplied in the form of stream feeds without intermediately storing the sheets in magazines and decollating the sheets anew from the stacks.