To provide a material feeding apparatus provided with a vibration absorbing construction in which impact vibration from a press apparatus, etc. is hardly transmitted to material feeding equipment, etc.

The material feeding apparatus 1 includes: an inner housing 9 which accommodates therein the material feeding equipment; and an outer housing 11 connected to the inner housing 9 through vibration absorbing members 10a-10d. Between these housings 9 and 11, vibration restricting members for restricting the degree of freedom of the vibration transmitted to the inner housing 9 through the vibration absorbing members 10a-10d when impact force acts on the outer housing 11 only in the vertical direction are provided. The vibration restricting member has an upper plate member 15 the upper and lower surfaces of which are held between the top wall of the outer housing 11 and the top wall of the inner housing 9 and a lower plate member 16 the upper and lower surfaces of which are held between the bottom wall of the outer housing and the bottom wall of the inner housing.