Abstract: An apparatus for tentering cloths or fabrics on benches in superimposed layers is described, which comprises a motorized carriage capable of longitudinally sliding, by a reciprocating motion, on bench rails and carrying the rolls of fabric or cloth to be deposited on the bench in a tentered form. The carriage comprises a base adhering to the rails and a turret mounted above the base, capable of rotating through at least 180.degree. about a vertical axis. The turret comprises a supporting cloth roll for the axis and a depositing roller. The apparatus also comprises means for driving the rotation of the depositing roller, simultaneously with the shiftings of the carriage, and for depositing on the bench cloth portions having a length equal to the shiftings of the carriage, and means responsive to the cloth or fabric shifting, at the depositing roller, in order to drive the cloth roll in such a manner as to unwind the cloth, in relation to the depositing roller rotation.