A feed apparatus for intermittently feeding band-shaped material to a
press has two feed rollers for advancing the material. An upper feed
roller is bearing-mounted in a rocker for swivel-movement with a pivot
bearing on a unidirectionally hydraulic cylinder into a high-lifted
position enabling introduction of the material between the rollers. For
lowering of the upper roller, the cylinder is rendered pressureless and a
press spring pressed onto the material between the rollers. In this
position, the pivot bearing can be fixed for automatically adjusting the
feed apparatus to the thickness of the material.