PURPOSE: To obtain a loading table for a sliver joining robot excellent in operation rate by storing pipes extended along the traveling route of an overhead traveling carrier and connected to power supplies for compressed air and suction air in the loading table.

CONSTITUTION: When a can for a spindle in a spinning device S nears empty, a can exchange signal is output from a constant length counter S' to a robot R suspended from an overhead traveling carrier SR waiting at a home position, and the overhead traveling carrier SR travels to a spindle where a can must be replaced and the robot R lowers. Then the lower part 12 of the robot only moves forward horizontally and binds a sliver by means of two chucks 35 and 36. When the lower chuck 36 is rotated downward, the sliver is cut off at a vertical position and an optical signal indicating completion of sliver cutting is sent to a can exchange control panel 6. Thus a vacant can C' is transported to a vacant can station 1 by a trolley T and a loaded can C is transported from a loaded can station 2, and the can is pressed onto the spindle where the can must be replaced and a sliver joining operation is started.