MATERIAL CONTAINER BOX STOCKER AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING MATERIAL CONTAINER BOX

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently stock materials in a narrower setting area by moving only the material container box of the bottom tier in a state where all of the material container boxes stacked in multiple are supported. SOLUTION: After material container box B1 is supported by a box support unit 35 and a box support mechanism D1, the following material container box B2 is directly stacked on the former material container box B1. When the material container box B1 is transferred, the supporting state of the material container box B1 of the bottom tier by the box support mechanism D1 is released, the box support unit 35 is lowered, and the rods 34a... of the box support mechanism D1 are fitted to rod fitting holes 19... of the upper holding frame 17 of the material container box B2, whereby all of material container boxes B2-B8 except the material container box B1 of the bottom tier is laid in a state of being supported by the box support mechanism D1. According to this, many materials can be stored in a small space.