Stacking apparatus

摘要

An automatic stacking machine is disclosed. The machine is designed to stack pieces of cloth, prior to the use of the cloth in the construction of garments. A conveyor, having a plurality of bands, transports the cloth pieces to a horizontally reciprocal carriage that reciprocates from a position under the conveyor. Located below the reciprocal carriage, when it is in its extended position, is an elevator table upon which the cloth pieces are deposited and stacked. A plurality of wheels, mounted above the retractable carriage, in its extended position, turn in the direction of outward movement of the carriage. When the carriage changes direction and begins to retract, the wheels, which only move in one direction, pull the fabric off the retractable carriage and the cloth drops neatly down on the table below.