A conveying apparatus for transporting sheets to a sheet processing
machine, in particular a printing press, has a suction belt table between
a sheet in-feed and the sheet-processing machine. A transport belt of the
suction belt table is formed with at least two rows of suction openings
that exert a holding force on the sheet. Ventilation openings that reduce
a frictional force of the suction belt on the feed table are provided
below the transport belt in a region between the rows of suction
openings.