A lifting device comprising: - an upper station ; - a lower station ; - a plurality of lifting and lowering placing tables that move in a vertical direction between the upper station and the lower station ; - one or a plurality of upper side horizontal placing tables and one or a plurality of lower side horizontal placing tables , characterised in that : - the one or a plurality of upper side horizontal placing tables move horizontally in the upper station ; and - the one or a plurality of lower side horizontal placing tables move horizontally in the lower station , - wherein when one of the lifting and lowering placing tables is in the upper station , the upper side horizontal placing table is at a position adjacent to the lifting and lowering placing table , and the upper side horizontal placing table and the lifting and lowering placing table form a series of conveying passage, - wherein when the lifting and lowering placing table moves away from the upper station , the upper side horizontal placing table moves to a position where the lifting and lowering placing table used to exist, - wherein when one of the lifting and lowering placing tables is in the lower station , the lower side horizontal placing table is at a position adjacent to the lifting and lowering placing table, and the lower side horizontal placing table and the lifting and lowering placing table form a series of conveying passage, and - wherein when the lifting and lowering placing table moves away from the lower station , the lower side horizontal placing table moves to a position where the lifting and lowering placing table used to exist. - an upper station ; - a lower station ; - a plurality of lifting and lowering placing tables that move in a vertical direction between the upper station and the lower station ; - one or a plurality of upper side horizontal placing tables and one or a plurality of lower side horizontal placing tables , - the one or a plurality of upper side horizontal placing tables move horizontally in the upper station ; and - the one or a plurality of lower side horizontal placing tables move horizontally in the lower station , - wherein when one of the lifting and lowering placing tables is in the upper station , the upper side horizontal placing table is at a position adjacent to the lifting and lowering placing table , and the upper side horizontal placing table and the lifting and lowering placing table form a series of conveying passage, - wherein when the lifting and lowering placing table moves away from the upper station , the upper side horizontal placing table moves to a position where the lifting and lowering placing table used to exist, - wherein when one of the lifting and lowering placing tables is in the lower station , the lower side horizontal placing table is at a position adjacent to the lifting and lowering placing table, and the lower side horizontal placing table and the lifting and lowering placing table form a series of conveying passage, and - wherein when the lifting and lowering placing table moves away from the lower station , the lower side horizontal placing table moves to a position where the lifting and lowering placing table used to exist. <EOS>