The invention relates to a linen spreading
machine device (1) comprising: a conveyor (30) defining a
machine direction (MD); a pair of spreading clamps (20) movable towards each other transversely to the
machine direction (MD) and movable away from each other to spread out a piece of linen (L); at least one feeding
station (10), each feeding
station (10) delivering a corner (C) of a front portion (L1) of a piece of linen (L) to a respective one of the spreading clamps (12, 12'); a transfer beam (70) for transferring a piece of spread out linen (L) from the at least one pair of spreading clamps (20) to the conveyor (30), the transfer beam (70) having a
front edge (72) and a rear edge (74) and being arranged to move back and forth along the machine direction (MD) between an advanced position, in which the
front edge (72) of the transfer beam (70) is located in an area below the spreading clamps (20), and a retracted position, the transfer beam (70) being configured to temporarily hold a portion of the piece of linen (L) as the transfer beam (70) moves from the advanced position towards the retracted position; and an elongated transversal
abutment structure (50) having an
abutment face (F) for keeping a portion of the piece of linen (L) between the
front edge (72) of the transfer beam (70) and the
abutment face (F); a pressurized air outlet (4) for guiding the front portion (L1) of the piece of linen (L) onto the transfer beam (70) as the piece of linen (L) is released from the spreading clamps (22); and one or more
doors (55, 56) movable between a first position and a second position, the
doors (55, 56) defining a portion of the abutment face (F) in the first position.