Abstract: In the automation of work operations in the manufacture of apparel, devices for picking up flat workpieces such as fabric pattern pieces comprise a plurality of magazine stations, at each of which is disposed a respective stack of workpieces, and a delivery station arranged in a row with the magazine stations. Each magazine station is assigned a respective separating device which lifts only the uppermost workpiece in the respective workpiece stack on the side thereof facing the delivery station. A foil-like carrier, moved linearly through the stations, travels at a magazine station between the workpiece stack and the workpiece which is lifted on one side and during this travel peels off the workpiece from the workpiece stack.

Abstract: An apparatus for picking up, transporting and exactly depositing planar work pieces, particularly cloth parts, comprises lifting devices which can be moved over work piece deposition points. The lifting devices comprise a pressure plate having a plurality of adhesive-tape pickups removably fixed thereon, e.g., by adhesion magnets. The adhesive-tape pick ups can be easily moved to any number of selectable points on the pressure plate in order to conform to the work piece to be picked up. The adhesive-tape pickups comprise a tubular housing having disposed therein a longitudinally movable adhesive-tape winding device with associated table deflection rolls. The tubular member has a baffle plate located at the bottom thereof. The baffle plate is provided with apertures. The tape deflection rollers protrude slightly through these apertures presenting adhesive tape for picking up a work piece when the apparatus is positioned at a pickup point.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for pressing pants or like garments in a single operation. There is disclosed novel pressing means and a pressing method.

Abstract: An apparatus for pressing a jacket or the like includes a plurality of pressing heads and bucks whereby substantially one half of a jacket may be pressed automatically.

Abstract: A trouser pressing apparatus comprising two pairs of horizontal pressing plates, arranged at 90.degree. - 110.degree. to each other and two further pairs of pressing plates arranged above the horizontal pressing plates, carriages on which the lower plates are mounted, clamps for clamping the legs to the plates and for stretching the legs longitudinally, means for stretching the legs transversely, means for applying vacuum to the legs to hold them in position on the lower pressing plates and means for lowering the upper pressing plates onto the lower plates when these latter are in their rearward position and means for steaming and applying pressure to the trouser legs.