PURPOSE: To obtain a loading apparaatus which can finish loading in a short time, even if articles are supplied in such an order as defferent from the specified order of loading.

CONSTITUTION: A stock conveyor 11 which feeds articles 2 is set in parallel to a carrier conveyor 1 which feeds the articles 2 in the operation range 5a of a robot 5. The articles 2 are stocked one by one from the robot 5 side without leaving any space among them, when a worker 3 feeds the articles 2 from the supplying side to the stock conveyor 11 (not taking notice of feeding order). Extruding devices 13 located near the stock conveyor 11 operate in response to loading command computed based on delivering command 26, and push out the applicable article 2 to be carrier conveyor 1 according to the loading order.