Patent ID: 11934119
Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A transportation device, comprising:
a first transporter;
a second transporter movable toward and away from the first transporter between a contact position and a separate position to hold a to-be-transported object between the second transporter and the first transporter in the contact position; and
a transportation unit that transports the to-be-transported object along the first transporter to a nip area where the first transporter and the second transporter hold the to-be-transported object therebetween while the second transporter is located in the separate position,
wherein the second transporter is arranged on a side of a surface having an unfixed image transferred to the to-be-transported object, and moves from the separate position to the contact position, in a state where the to-be-transported object transported to the nip area by the transportation unit is in contact with and held by the first transporter, to hold the to-be-transported object between the second transporter and the first transporter to transport the to-be-transported object.