Patent ID: 11921442
Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A transport device comprising:
a transport path that includes an opening through which a developer flows into the transport path;
an opening and closing portion that is provided to be movable along the transport path and that opens and closes the opening; and
a transport body that is disposed in the transport path, that includes a blade formed in a spiral shape on an outer periphery of a shaft portion, that transports the developer flowing into the transport path through the opening and moves the opening and closing portion to an opening position with the blade by rotating forward, and that idly rotates with respect to the opening and closing portion moved to the opening position in a case of forward rotation,
an accommodation portion that is formed in a cylindrical shape extending along one direction and that accommodates the developer that flows into the transport path through the opening,
wherein the transport path is inclined with respect to the one direction such that the transport path is close to the accommodation portion on a side to which an opposite direction to a transport direction extends, the transport direction being a direction in which the transport body transports the developer.