A small-sized feeding unit for a transfer press is provided. To this end, the
feeding
unit comprises: a feed box body one end of which is attached to side faces of uprights;
feed driving means having servo motors disposed within the feed box body and pinions
rotatively driven by the servo motors; feed racks movable in a feeding direction
and meshing with the pinions respectively; feed carriers integrally attached to
the feed racks respectively; and feed bars coupled to the feed carriers respectively
so as to be movable at least either in a horizontal direction perpendicular to
the feeding direction or in a vertical direction, wherein when the feed carriers
are positioned at a stroke end on a press body side, the feed carriers are located
in the vicinity of the feed driving means with respect to the feeding direction.