Storage hopper, the combination weighing apparatus and packaging apparatus provided with the same

Regardless of the characteristics or the like of the article, it is possible to suppress the tailing of articles discharged from storage hopper, and to provide a faster attainable storage hopper for further processing. Storage hopper according to the present invention (3), the articles supplied from above, after temporarily reservoir, it discharges downwards. Storage hopper (3), the reservoir comprises a holding member (64) of the article holding change mechanism (60). Holding member 64, according to the state of the article, to change the holding state of the article in the reservoir.