Installation for loading and unloading parts into and from a container

An installation for handling parts between a container in which they are placed in layers and piles and a table, said installation comprising a frame, a table mobile horizontally in one direction along said frame, means displacing in a controlled manner said table along said direction so that its free end protrudes from the frame, at least one container formed of at least one bottom and three fixed vertical side walls, an open side of the container having a width slightly greater than the width of the table free end, elevator means beside the frame in the direction of movement of the table and adapted to move vertically in a controlled manner a said container with said open side in register with the table so that the end of said table can be introduced into said container, means for displacing parts substantially horizontally between the inside of said container and the end surface of the table, the table free end carrying a detection crosspiece for the frontal face of a stack of parts forming a layer situated below a layer of parts to be handled, said detection crosspiece controlling by detection of said frontal face the stoppage of a motor device which controls the advance of the table and its reverse motion over a short distance.