PURPOSE: To transport a capsule which is unstable for transport in sure and stable ways free from falling in transportation by transporting the capsules as transported articles to the upper storey, piling the capsules in series in a vertical transfer cylinder.

CONSTITUTION: The capsules 3 loaded on a belt conveyor 10 are transported in the continuous state, and the top capsule 3 is transferred onto a plate 11, and then brought into stop at the inner surface edge part at the lower edge of a cylinder 17. The capsules 3 on the plate 11 are successively piled one by one into the cylinder 17 by the operation of an air cylinder 14, and vertically transported in the cylinder 17 which extends to the upper storey. When the top capsule 3 shields the light of a sensor 2D installed in the cylinder 17 on the upper storey, the operation of the air cylinder 14 is suspended. Then, the top capsule 3 is taken out from the inside of the cylinder 17, and the sensor 20 is turned-OFF, and the air cylinder 14 starts operation, and the capsule 3 on the plate 11 in waiting is lifted up into the cylinder 17. Thus, even the capsule which is unstable for transport can be transported to the upper storey in stable ways.