LIFTING DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To securely receive a fed-out article in a conveyance tray without affecting the manufacturing cost of an applied automatic vending machine and the number of stored articles.SOLUTION: A balance weight 78 is connected to one end of a conveyance tray 60 through a main elevating body 71 by a timing chain 77 wound around sprockets 76, and moves up and down the balance weight 78 in opposite directions as the one end of the conveyance tray 60 moves up and down. A pull cable 79 is arranged having both ends facedown, one end of the pull cable 79 is connected to the other end of the conveyance tray 60 through an elevated body 72, and the other end of the pull cable 79 is connected to the balance weight 78.