ANORDNING FOER PLOCKNING AV ETT TYGSKIKT FRAON EN AV ETT FLERTAL TYGSKIKT BESTAOENDE STAPEL

PCT No. PCT/FI88/00186 Sec. 371 Date May 16, 1990 Sec. 102(e) Date May 16, 1990 PCT Filed Nov. 16, 1988 PCT Pub. No. WO89/04614 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 1, 1989.This invention relates to a device for picking up one piece of cloth (1) from a stack (2) of cloth pieces. In order that a piece of cloth could be picked up reliably irrespective of the kind of the cloth to be picked up, the device comprises a sticker member (3) for gripping the piece of cloth (1) to be picked up at the edge region thereof and for raising the edge of the piece of cloth to be picked up by turning the sticker member, an elongated support structure (8) comprising an elongated strip (4) of magnetizable metal and separating blades (6, 7) positioned on both sides of said strip, the support structure being arranged to be inserted under the piece of cloth (1) to be picked up from the side of the raised edge thereof, an elongated magnetic bar (5) positioned opposite to the magnetizable strip for locking the piece of cloth (1) to be picked up between the magnetic bar (5) and the magnetizable strip (4); and finally the separating blades ( 6, 7) are displaced in opposite sideward directions with respect to the magnetizable strip (4) for wholly separating the piece of cloth (1) to be picked up from the other pieces of cloth.