Continuous delivery apparatus for work material

A continuous delivery apparatus for work material for continuously delivering a wound work material to a working machine, comprising a rotating support device comprising a rotatable turn-table on which the wound work material is placed so that an axis of said material is vertically disposed and perpendicular to said turn-table and a motor for rotating and driving said turn-table;

• and a control device comprising a detecting member positioned above the turn-table, means supporting a portion of said detecting member for movement above and in a generally radial direction from the center of the wound work material toward the outer periphery thereof, said portion being engaged with the outer end of the wound work material so that said end is pulled across the wound work material in a radial direction thereof, a biasing device for continuously biasing said portions of said detecting member in said generally radial direction from the center of the wound work material toward the outer periphery thereof;
• and a speed setting device for setting the rotating speed of the motor in response to movement of said supporting portion.