The present invention relates to a cloth bonding apparatus that bonds a cloth to a cloth using a thermal melting adhesive. When an operator issues a stop command to the cloth bonding apparatus, a first roller (22) and a belt (27) rotate in reverse. An upper cloth (5) and a lower cloth (6) return to an upstream side in a feed direction on a bed (7), by a set predetermined distance and at a set predetermined speed. As the cloth bonding apparatus eliminates the tension generated in a portion of the lower cloth, a non-applied portion on which the adhesive is not applied is unlikely to be generated.