Abstract: A sewing unit including a sewing machine and a transport device is provided in which the transport device is arranged so as to form a free access area at a front side of a sewing machine of the sewing unit such that a workpiece positioning may be executed without any impediment by the transport device. The transport device is connected at one end to a workpiece holder and is connected at another end to a bearing device which is set back from a front edge of the sewing unit. The transport device is moved along a path defined by a guide device and is moved by a driving device. Each of the guide device, drive device and bearing device being positioned away from a front end of the unit to define the free access area.

Abstract: A system for the stacking and storing of workpieces particularly from a sewing machine comprises a movable carrier with two receiving compartments for the workpieces to be stacked, two storage channels spaced from each other by the width of a receiving compartment, and two push units. The carrier is so controlled by a pneumatic cylinder that one of the receiving compartments stands in stack forming position below a work transfer device and the other is aligned with one of the storage channels.