Cloth piece supply apparatus and method.

摘要

A cloth pick-up apparatus is used which comprises pressing means (31) for pressing one end of the top cloth piece (2) from the upper side, a catch roller (32) having on a part of its circumferential surface catch needles (32a) and movable toward and away from the other end of the top cloth piece (2), the catch roller (32) being adapted to be driven for rotation to feed the top cloth piece (2) in a direction remote from the pressing means (31), a feed roller (33) rotatable in timed relation with the catch roller (32), and a pressure roller (34) movable toward and away from a cloth-piece-feed surface of the feed roller (33) and rotatable in cooperation with the feed roller (33). The catch roller (32) is rotated touching one end of front face of the cloth pieces (2) with the other end of the cloth piece (2) pressed by the pressing roller (31) so that the uppermost cloth piece (2) is caught by the catch needles (32a) and, at the same time , is raised. Then the cloth pieces (2) are fed one by one to the next station as the individual cloth piece (2) is clamped between the feed surfaces of the feed roller (33) in driven rotation and the pressure roller (34). <IMAGE>