To provide a device used for both stage loading work and stage disjoining work.

This container stage loading and stage disjoining device is provided with a pair of tilting hooks 15a for gripping and releasing a container by the opening/closing of lower end parts, a pair of cam followers 16 respectively fitted to a pair of tilting hooks 15a, stage loading guides 18 for making a pair of tilting hooks 15a execute stage loading operation, stage disjoining guides 19 for making a pair of tilting hooks 15a execute stage disjoining operation, a changeover plate 21 fitted with the stage loading guides 18 and stage disjoining guides 19, a changeover plate moving means for sliding the changeover plate 21, and refuge guides 23 for making a pair of cam followers 16 guided by the stage loading guides 18 or stage disjoining guides 19, take refuge being detached from the stage loading guides 18 or stage disjoining guides 19 according to the elevation of an elevating frame.