Sheet feeder

[0014]FIG. 1 shows schematically a veneer stack 10, where veneer sheets are being removed from, layer by layer, to be forwarded to further processing, like drier. The veneer layer is lifted from the stack by means of suction lifting devices 8 operative in the vicinity of the upper surface of the veneers. When the suction effect 4 is active, the suction lifting devices grip the veneer or veneers of the uppermost veneer layer and bring them into contact with the rolls 14, keeping the lifted veneer or veneers in contact with the rolls. The rolls have rotational motion in the transfer direction, and they take the veneer or veneers in the intended transfer direction, for example to be transferred by the rolls 5. FIG. 1 shows a typical problem situation that can occur in the stack 10 in cases, where there is a layer composed of random width veneer sheets. The veneer sheets are partly overlapping. Thus, an apparatus having the construction of prior art would probably face an operating disturb