on the plate 289 are mounted the rails 300 for accepting chucks 292 and 293 the air cylinders 286 and the arms 287 for opening the chucks 292 and 293 the plate 289 may be associated with a damper not shown so as to absorb energy at the time when the rotated plate 289 is suspended the following is a description of the operation of the second embodiment referring to fig2 to 29 the chuck 291 gripping the strip s of cloth is transported through the guide rail 271 by means of the chain 238 as shown in fig4 the squeezing means 261 is located below the guide rail 271 and the strip s is thus squeezed by the squeezing means 261 when the passage of the trailing corner portion of the strip s is detected by means of the sensor 276 the chuck 293 is closed in response to the detection signal output from the sensor 276 the temporal relationship between the detection signal output from the sensor 276 and the closing operation of the chuck 293 is usually adjusted by means of a timer not shown so that gripping of the trailing corner portion of the strip s is reliably effected the guide rolls 263 264 and 265 are effective in lowering the coefficient of friction between the.