To prevent an article from being clogged in a chute, restraining the article stored in a package material from being broken.

An article transfer apparatus 100 is one to transfer the article being dropped from upper part downward and fill the article in a packaging apparatus arranged downstream. The article transfer apparatus 100 is equipped with a gathering chute 400 of a tubular form extended downward, a spiral guide member 413 provided on the upper inner wall surface of the gathering chute 400 toward a slanting downward direction and a gas blowing apparatus 500 to blow a gas toward a slanting downward direction from the lower inner wall surface of the gathering chute 400.