A linen spreader apparatus including: - a conveyor defining a machine direction (MD), - a pair of spreader clamps movable transversally to said machine direction (MD) towards each other, and away from each other for spreading out a piece of linen (L), - at least one charger station , each charger station delivering a respective corner (C) of a leading portion (L1) of a piece of linen (L) to a respective one of said spreader clamps , - an elongated transfer beam extending transversally to said machine direction (MD) and for transferring a piece of spread out linen (L) from said pair of spreader clamps to said conveyor , said transfer beam having a leading edge and being arranged to move back and forth parallel with said machine direction (MD) between advanced and retracted positions, said leading edge of said transfer beam located in a region below said spreader clamps in said advanced position, said transfer beam being configured for temporarily holding on to a portion of said piece of linen (L) as the transfer beam moves from said advanced position towards said retracted position, - an abutment structure extending transversally to said machine direction (MD) and having an abutment face (F), for holding a portion of said piece of linen (L) between said leading edge of said transfer beam and said abutment face (F), - pressurised air exits for directing said leading portion (L1) of said piece of linen (L) onto said transfer beam when said piece of linen (L) is released from said spreader clamps , characterised in - said transfer beam having a main body , wherein said leading edge is movable to and from said main body . - a conveyor defining a machine direction (MD), - a pair of spreader clamps movable transversally to said machine direction (MD) towards each other, and away from each other for spreading out a piece of linen (L), - at least one charger station , each charger station delivering a respective corner (C) of a leading portion (L1) of a piece of linen (L) to a respective one of said spreader clamps , - an elongated transfer beam extending transversally to said machine direction (MD) and for transferring a piece of spread out linen (L) from said pair of spreader clamps to said conveyor , said transfer beam having a leading edge and being arranged to move back and forth parallel with said machine direction (MD) between advanced and retracted positions, said leading edge of said transfer beam located in a region below said spreader clamps in said advanced position, said transfer beam being configured for temporarily holding on to a portion of said piece of linen (L) as the transfer beam moves from said advanced position towards said retracted position, - an abutment structure extending transversally to said machine direction (MD) and having an abutment face (F), for holding a portion of said piece of linen (L) between said leading edge of said transfer beam and said abutment face (F), - pressurised air exits for directing said leading portion (L1) of said piece of linen (L) onto said transfer beam when said piece of linen (L) is released from said spreader clamps , characterised in - said transfer beam having a main body , wherein said leading edge is movable to and from said main body . <EOS>