A machine for spreading out and loading flat clothing articles with an auxiliary device that deposits and feeds flat clothing articles on a conveyor belt, comprising:
- a frame (10) supporting one conveyor belt (30) moving in a loading direction (D), and having a loading end (30a);
- a protective cover (11) covering said loading end (30a) of the conveyor belt (30) equipped with suction means;
- two or more loading stations each including a pair of spreading clamps (20) moved by driving means along a guide rail transverse to said loading direction (D) between
- a receiving position, in which said spreading clamps (20) are adjacent to one another in one of said loading stations for catching respective contiguous corners of a flat clothing article (A) manually loaded by an operator, and
- a spread out position, in which the spreading clamps (20) are separated from one another holding said flat clothing article (A) by one its edges spread out and facing said loading end (30a) of the conveyor belt (30);
- deposition means for depositing, upon clamps (20) aperture, an upper end of said flat clothing article (A) on the conveyor belt (30) from said spread out position of the spreading clamps (20), with the assistance of blowing nozzles (12);
- and
- an auxiliary device for the deposition and feeding of flat clothing articles on a conveyor belt, wherein said auxiliary device is located in superposition to the loading end (30a) of the conveyor belt (30), extending transverse to said loading direction (D) and comprises:
- a roof plate (13) pivotally articulated around an axis (14) transverse to said loading direction (D) and providing a first position (RP1) in which the roof plate (13) is separated from the conveyor belt (30) defining a wide opening for reception of an edge of said flat clothing article (A) and a second position (RP2) in which a roof plate front end (13a) lies close to the loading end (30a) of the conveyor belt (30) allowing a controlled passage of the flat clothing article (A) extended on said conveyor belt (30), and
- driving means producing a rotation of said roof plate (13) between said first (RP1) and second (RP2) position in coordination with the operation of said deposition means,
- wherein the machine further comprises a spoil (16) articulated around an axis transverse to said loading direction (D) and defining a first position (SP1) in which a front end (16a) of said spoil (16) is separated from the conveyor belt and a second position (SP2) in which said front end (16a) of the spoil (16) lies on the surface of a flat clothing article (A) deposited on and transferred by said conveyor belt flattening said clothing article (A), and driving means producing a rotation of said spoil (16) between first and second positions in coordination with the movements of said roof plate (13).