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US2500422A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Photographic product

Assignee: Polaroid Corp
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Filing: 1946-05-08
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Granted: 1950-03-14
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Expires: 1966-05-08
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Edwin H Land

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 17:29
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C8/00; G03C8/42

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 232 words
A COMPOSITE, PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCT CONTAINING MATERIAL, INCLUDING A PHOTOGRAPHIC REAGENT FOR PRODUCING A TRANSFORMATION OF AN IMAGE IN SAID PRODUCT, SAID REAGENT BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO EFFECT SAID TRANSFORMATION, SAID PRODUCT COMPRISING A FIRST LIQUID-CONFINING LAYER, A SECOND LIQUID-CONFINING LAYER, A RUPTURABLE CONTAINER RELEASABLY CARRYING A VISCOUS LIQUID, A LIQUID-TRAPPING MEMBER SECURED TO SAID SECOND LIQUID-CONFINING LAYER, ONE OF SAID LIQUIDCONFINING LAYERS INCLUDING A PHOTOSENSITIVE PORTION CAPABLE OF HAVING AN IMAGE FORMED IN A PREDETERMINED AREA THEREOF PHOTOEXPOSURE SAID TWO LAYERS AND CONTAINER BEING CONNECTED TOGETHER SO THAT SAID LAYERS MAY BE SUPERPOSED WITH SAID CONTAINER POSITIONED THEREBETWEEN, SAID LIQUID, UPON PERMEATION OF SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE PORTION, RENDERING SAID TRANSFORMING MATERIAL EFFECTIVE TO TRANSFORM SAID IMAGE AND BEING IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT REQUIRED FOR TRANSFORMING SAID IMAGE IN SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE IMAGE AREA PORTION, SAID CONTAINER AND SAID TRAPPING MEMBER BEING ARRANGED TO THAT WHEN SAID TWO LAYERS ARE SUPERPOSED SAID CONTAINER IS POSITIONED ADJACENT ONE EDGE OF SAID IMAGE AREA AND SAID TRAPPING MEMBER IS POSITIONED ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE EDGE OF SAID IMAGE AREA, AND A COVER SHEET SEPARATE FROM SAID FIRST LIQUID-CONFINING LAYER, SAID COVER SHEET EXTENDING OVER THAT SURFACE OF SAID TRAPPING MEMBER OPPOSITE THE SURFACE THEREOF SECURED TO SAID SECOND LIQUID-CONFINING LAYER, SAID TRAPPING MEMBER DEFINING, BETWEEN SAID COVER SHEET AND SAID SECOND LIQUID-CONFINING LAYER, A SPACE HAVING A SUFFICIENT VOLUME TO RECEIVE THE EXCESS LIQUID.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 232 words
A COMPOSITE, PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCT CONTAINING MATERIAL, INCLUDING A PHOTOGRAPHIC REAGENT FOR PRODUCING A TRANSFORMATION OF AN IMAGE IN SAID PRODUCT, SAID REAGENT BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO EFFECT SAID TRANSFORMATION, SAID PRODUCT COMPRISING A FIRST LIQUID-CONFINING LAYER, A SECOND LIQUID-CONFINING LAYER, A RUPTURABLE CONTAINER RELEASABLY CARRYING A VISCOUS LIQUID, A LIQUID-TRAPPING MEMBER SECURED TO SAID SECOND LIQUID-CONFINING LAYER, ONE OF SAID LIQUIDCONFINING LAYERS INCLUDING A PHOTOSENSITIVE PORTION CAPABLE OF HAVING AN IMAGE FORMED IN A PREDETERMINED AREA THEREOF PHOTOEXPOSURE SAID TWO LAYERS AND CONTAINER BEING CONNECTED TOGETHER SO THAT SAID LAYERS MAY BE SUPERPOSED WITH SAID CONTAINER POSITIONED THEREBETWEEN, SAID LIQUID, UPON PERMEATION OF SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE PORTION, RENDERING SAID TRANSFORMING MATERIAL EFFECTIVE TO TRANSFORM SAID IMAGE AND BEING IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT REQUIRED FOR TRANSFORMING SAID IMAGE IN SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE IMAGE AREA PORTION, SAID CONTAINER AND SAID TRAPPING MEMBER BEING ARRANGED TO THAT WHEN SAID TWO LAYERS ARE SUPERPOSED SAID CONTAINER IS POSITIONED ADJACENT ONE EDGE OF SAID IMAGE AREA AND SAID TRAPPING MEMBER IS POSITIONED ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE EDGE OF SAID IMAGE AREA, AND A COVER SHEET SEPARATE FROM SAID FIRST LIQUID-CONFINING LAYER, SAID COVER SHEET EXTENDING OVER THAT SURFACE OF SAID TRAPPING MEMBER OPPOSITE THE SURFACE THEREOF SECURED TO SAID SECOND LIQUID-CONFINING LAYER, SAID TRAPPING MEMBER DEFINING, BETWEEN SAID COVER SHEET AND SAID SECOND LIQUID-CONFINING LAYER, A SPACE HAVING A SUFFICIENT VOLUME TO RECEIVE THE EXCESS LIQUID.

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