Bias cutter feeder and letoff truck

Apparatus for transporting sheet goods comprising a feeder conveyor having an entry end and a discharge end, said conveyor having a supporting frame mounted for movement about a pivot axis at said discharge end and for arcuate transverse movement about said pivot axis at said entry end to adjust the feeder conveyor position, a truck member for transporting and storing said sheet goods, said truck member being supported on wheels and movable into an operating position adjacent said frame at said entry end of said feeder conveyor, said frame having a transverse member, a single connecting means for releasably connecting said truck member and said frame after said truck member is moved into said operating position, said connecting means including an elongated outer slide member slidably mounted around said transverse member of said frame for maintaining said truck member in said operating position, a hinged plate on said slide member having a length substantially the same as the length of said slide member and movable about a transverse axis into a raised position to provide clearance between said frame and said truck member during movement of said truck member relative to said feeder conveyor and to a lowered position over said truck member after movement of said truck member into said operating position and fastening means positioned along the length of said hinged plate for connecting said plate and said truck member in said lowered position, power means interposed between said slide member and said frame for moving said slide member and said truck member transversely of said frame, sensing means for determining the position of at least one edge of said sheet goods as it is conveyed from said truck member to said feeder conveyor, and said slide member being movable by said power means along said transverse member in response to said sensing means to move said truck member and said sheet goods relative to said supporting frame to compensate for deviations in the position of said edge of said sheet goods from a predetermined position as it is conveyed from said truck member to said feeder conveyor.