APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLY OF VENEER SHEETS IN PLYWOOD FABRICATION

First and second pneumatic pickup means include a first and a second suction duct, respectively, thereby successively to pick up veneer sheets stacked up separately on first and second lifter means. First and second conveyor means extend in succession from the first pneumatic pickup means, whereas third conveyor means extend underneath the downwardly inclined second conveyor means from the second pneumatic pickup means to a point of termination of the second conveyor means, so that the veneer sheets picked up separately by the first and the second pneumatic pickup means are superposed one upon another as they reach fourth conveyor means, from which the veneer sheets are transferred onto a stand positioned on one side thereof. Veneer sheets to be glued are stacked up separately and are fed one by one into gluing means positioned on the other side of the fourth conveyor means and thence are carried over to the aforesaid stand by fifth conveyor means.