Abstract: A temporary supporting device for plate-like workpieces within a delivery station of a machine that processes the workpieces includes a grid which is movable within a cradle between a position for receiving the workpieces being released at the delivery station and a disengaged position. The cradle has a pair of grooves forming tracks for rollers on the sides of the grid to enable the movement, and the tracks enable the removal of a pair of rollers at one end so that the grid can be pivoted around an axis formed by the other pair of rollers from a horizontal orientation into a vertical position extending parallel and along one side of the delivery station.