A snap-ring supplying device includes a magazine (10) containing C-shaped
snap rings (S) piled together each of which has a gap, an extrusion
member (25) that pushes out a snap ring occupying the lowest position in
the magazine so that the gap (S1) of the snap ring is directed forwardly
in an extruding direction, a conveying path (23) that conveys the snap
ring pushed out by the extrusion member to an area in which the snap ring
is contracted to reduce the diameter of the snap ring, a projection-strip
guide wall (26) formed to stand upwardly in a substantially vertical
direction with a width that is defined by forming a pair of concave parts
(28) and that can enter the gap of the snap ring in a termination area of
the conveying path, and an oscillating member (31) and urging members
(32, 33) serving as a restricting mechanism (30) that restricts the gap
of the snap ring so that the gap is directed in a direction from the
magazine to the projection-strip guide wall. With this structure, the
direction of the gap is restricted during conveyance, and hence the snap
ring can be supplied to the ring-contracting area while reliably changing
the attitude of the snap ring.