To provide a loading device capable of easily responding to many kinds of articles A when loading is performed in a loading pattern having a clearance between the articles A.

In a loading position 11, a braking region X1 is set in the front side region in the travel direction F of a carriage 13, and a rotating and driving region X2 is set in the rear side region in the travel direction F. The articles A arranged in response to the loading pattern are loaded on the carriage 13 having a plurality of carriage rollers 35, and the carriage 13 is moved to the loading position 11. The carriage rollers 35 in the rotating and driving region X2 is rotated by the rotating and driving means 17, the articles A in the rotating and driving region X2 is moved backwardly in the opposite direction to the travelling direction F, and a clearance is formed between the articles A in the braking region X1 and the articles A in the rotating and driving region X2. When the carriage 13 is moved backwardly, a brake shoe 51 of a braking means 16 is contacted to a mounted surface of the carriage rollers 35 in the braking region X1, and the articles A are positioned in the braking region X1.