Patent ID: 8763786

Claim:
A workpiece feeding apparatus having a rotating shaft adapted to rotate to separate and individually feed a plate-like workpiece suspended side by side in an axial direction along a helical region formed on an outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft and drop the workpiece from an edge thereof, and a motor rotating the rotating shaft, wherein the improvement comprises: the rotating shaft includes a first rod having one end connected to the motor, and a second rod having one end rotatably connected to an other end of the first rod and an other end corresponding to the edge, the helical region formed on the outer peripheral surface between the one end of the second rod and the other end of the second rod, and a workpiece hanger provided at the edge to extend perpendicular to the axial direction of the second rod to be bent at a distal end, such that the second rod is adapted to stop rotating relative to the first rod when the workpiece is hung from the distal end of the workpiece hanger.