Feeder table

A feeder table for a machine for processing two-dimensional objects in stacked arrangement, particularly for a label punching machine, comprising a thrust member for supplying individual pre-cut blank stacks to the receiving zone of said machine, characterized in that said receiving zone (5) of said machine (2) is vertically offset and/or inclined with respect to the plane of said table (1), that an upwardly directed arcuate slide path (23, 24, 25) extends between the plane of the feeder table and said receiving zone, that said thrust member (19) is adapted for movement along said slide path towards said receiving zone and is connected to an associated drive source (21, 22) for vertical movement and tilting movement about an axis (34) extending parallel to the table plane and transversely of the thrust direction, so that during transfer of a blank stack (7) along the arcuate portion (23) of said slide path it exerts a force on said stack tending to deform it by displacing the two-dimensional objects therein relative to one another parallel to the plane thereof, and is then automatically tilted to a position in which it is disposed substantially radial with respect to the arcuate portion of said slide path so as to align the blank stack against a stop member (27) defining said receiving zone and extending perpendicularly above said slide path.