Patent ID: 8264790

Claim:
A housing apparatus comprising: a housing chain that includes a plurality of housing units, the housing units housing housed objects, the housing units being arranged in a ring shape, adjacent housing units of the housing units being coupled rotatably; a carrying unit to rotate the housing chain, the carrying unit carrying the housing units to a carriage position; and a transferring unit to be disposed facing a carriage destination of the housed objects with the carrying unit existing therebetween to transfer the housed object in the housing unit carried and positioned at the carriage position from the housing unit to the carriage destination or to transfer the housed object in the carriage destination from the carriage destination to the housing unit, wherein a pin provided for one housing unit of the adjacent housing units is engaged with a coupling hole, the coupling hole being provided for another housing unit of the adjacent housing units, the coupling hole being for insertion of the pin, and the housing chain is formed by coupling the housing units with each other so that coupled sides of the housing units are arranged in an inside of a ring shape.