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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2022
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Miho Morita, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Hattori, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomonori Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Mabara, Kanagawa, JP;
Isamu Adachi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomomi Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transport device includes: a container portion that accommodates a transportable member; a receiving portion disposed above or below the container portion to at least partially overlap the container portion in a plan view, to receive the transportable member; a transport path along which the transportable member accommodated in the container portion is transported to the receiving portion; a first enlargement portion disposed at the container portion, the first enlargement portion moving in a direction opposite to a transport direction in which the transportable member is transported from the container portion to the transport path to enlarge a container area in the container portion for receiving the transportable member; and a second enlargement portion disposed at the receiving portion, the second enlargement portion moving in the opposite direction in conjunction with a movement of the first enlargement portion in the opposite direction to enlarge a container area in the receiving portion for receiving the transportable member.