Patent ID: 8047755

Claim:
A plate material stocker facility, comprising: a plate material stocker comprising a plurality of pallets configured such that a plate material can be stacked thereon, a plurality of pallet support portions arranged in stages in a vertical direction, said pallets being slidably movable on said pallet support portions in a front-back direction between a first position and a second position, a plurality of posts supporting the pallet support portions, and abutting target portions on each of said plurality of pallets, and a pallet slide device comprising a slider that is movable in a direction parallel to a slide direction of said plurality of pallets, and pallet abutting portions attached to the slider and configured to come into abutting contact with said abutting target portions of said plurality of pallets, wherein a gap is present between the adjacent pallet support portions, wherein among said plurality of posts, rear end posts disposed at a rear end of the pallet slide device, corresponding to an entry side end, are arranged inside respective lateral ends of said plurality of pallet support portions, and wherein the pallet abutting portions can come into abutting contact with the abutting target portions of one of said plurality of pallets at positions outside the respective rear end posts in a lateral direction.