Abstract:
The apparatus comprises a load-bearing frame overlying a stacking stand or shelf and supporting at least one gripping element connected to an entrainer and adapted to pick up a sheet-like element being fed from a transport. The apparatus further comprises an element for supporting the sheet-like element as picked up from the transport and actuated by at least one gripping element during its movement to entrain the sheet-like element, members for disengaging the supporting element from the at least one gripping element, and members for opening at least one of the gripping elements cooperating sequentially with one another to then release the sheet-like element which is deposited onto the stack on the stacking stand or shelf.