Photographic product comprising a plurality of rupturable containers, each carrying a liquid for processing said product

Claim 1

A PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCT COMPRISING A RUPTURABLE CONTAINER HOLDING A LIQUID, 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, SAID LIQUID-RECEIVING AREA BEING GREATER THAN THE AREA COVERED BY SAID CONTAINER, THE LIQUID IN THE CONTAINER BEING SUFFICIENT IN AMOUNT TO COVER SAID LIQUID-RECEIVING AREA, SAID PRODUCT CONTAINING A REDUCING AGENT FOR DEVELOPING THE EXPOSED PORTION OF A PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT HAVING AS ITS PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIAL A HEAVY METAL SALT CAPABLE OF FORMING A LATENT IMAGE UPON PHOTOEXPOSURE AND CAPABLE OF BEING DEVELOPED BY SAID REDUCING AGENT TO PRODUCE A VISIBLE IMAGE COMPRISING THE METAL OF SAID SALT, SAID REDUCING AGENT BEING IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO DEVELOP AN IMAGE IN AN AREA OF SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT EQUIVALENT TO SAID LIQUID-RECEIVING AREA, THE CONTAINER CONTENTS, WHEN SPREAD ON SAID LIQUID-RECEIVING AREA, PLACING SAID REDUCING AGENT IN CONDITION TO EFFECT THE DEVELOPMENT, A SECOND RUPTURABLE CONTAINER HOLDING A LIQUID, AND A SECOND SHEET SUPPORT PROVIDING A SPREADING SURFACE HAVING A LIQUID-RECEIVING AREA SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE IN AREA WITH SAID FIRST LIQUIDRECEIVING AREA, SAID TWO CONTAINERS BEING POSITIONED ADJACENT OPPOSITE SURFACES OF SAID FIRST SHEET SUPPORT, SAID SECOND CONTAINER BEING POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID TWO SHEET SUPPORTS FOR RELEASE AND SPREADING OF ITS CONTAINED LIQUID BETWEEN SAID TWO SHEET SUPPORTS, SAID SECOND LIQUID CREATING, WHEN SPREAD, AN EFFECT SUPPLEMENTARY TO SAID IMAGE DEVELOPMENT AND BEING IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO COVER SAID SECOND MENTIONED LIQUID RECEIVING AREA.