To separate surely without installing a special connection cut device by separating and taking out the top article one by one while pushing up the article stored in a storage in order by a push up device.

An article stroring shelf 11 for storing lots of articles 6 is arranged while slanting on an upslope and also the article 6 is pushed up while lining up by operating a push up device 12 and push-pressing the article 6 stored along the slant of the storage 20 from downside. The top article 6 is separated so as to be taken out one by one by a pick up device 13. Therefore, the articles 6 after the second article are retreated naturally by their own weight and the top article 6 can be separated surely from the second article 6 without installing a special connection cut device.