Photographic product comprising a rupturable container carrying a photographic processing liquid

Claim 1

A PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCT COMPRISING A RUPTURABLE CONTAINER HOLDING A LIQUID, SAID LIQUID HAVING DISPERSED THEREIN A THICKENING AGENT, AND A SHEET SUPPORT UPON WHICH SAID CONTAINER IS MOUNTED, SAID SHEET SUPPORT PROVIDING A SPREADING SURFACE HAVING A LIQUID-RECEIVING AREA ADJACENT SAID CONTAINER ONTO WHICH SAID LIQUID IS SPREADABLE DIRECTLY FROM SAID CONTAINER, THE LIQUID IN THE CONTAINER BEING SUFFICIENT IN AMOUNT TO COVER SAID LIQUID-RECEIVING AREA AND TO PROVIDE THEREON A CONTINUOUS FILM OF SAID LIQUID, SAID SHEET SUPPORT COMPRISING A PHOTOGRAPHICALLY PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYER WHICH IS AT LEAST IN PART COEXTENSIVE WITH SAID LIQUID-RECEIVING AREA, AND PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYER HAVING AS ITS PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIAL A SALT FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF (A) THE PHOTOSENSITIVE FERRIC SALTS, (B) THE PHOTOSENSITIVE DIAZONIUM SALTS, AND (C) HEAVY METALI SALTS CAPABLE OF FORMING A LATENT IMAGE UPON PHOTOEXPOSURE AND CAPABLE OF DEVELOPMENT TO PRODUCE A VISIBLE IMAGE COMPRISING THE METAL OF SAID SALT, SAID PRODUCT CONTAINING AN IMAGETRANSFORING REAGENT IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO TRANSFORM AN IMAGE IN THE PORTION OF THE PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYER WITHIN SAID LAQUID-RECEIVING AREA, THE CONTAINER CONTENTS WHEN SPREAD ON SAID LIQUID-RECEIVING AREA PLACING SAID REAGENT IN CONDITION TO EFFECT THE IMAGE TRANSFORMATION.