Composite photographic product comprising a photosensitive element and a container carrying a liquid for processing said element

Claim 2

AS A NEW ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE, IN COMBINATION A MAGAZINE AND A FILM UNIT HELD BY SAID MAGAZINE; SAID FLIM UNIT COMPRISING A PAIR OF LIQUID-CONFINING LAYERS AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH INCLUDES A PHOTOSENSITIVE PORTION CAPABLE OF HAVING AN IMAGE FORMED THEREIN UPON PHOTOEXPOSURE, A PAIR OF LIGHT-EXCLUDING LAYERS OPAQUE TO LIGHT ACTINIC TO SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE PORTION, A RUPTURABLE CONTAINING MEANS HOLDING A PROCESSING LIQUID FOR SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE PORTION, MEANS FOR SECURING TOGETHER SAID FOUR LAYERS AND SAID RUPTURABLE CONTAINING MEANS SO THAT SAID LIGHTEXCLUDING LAYERS ARE HINGED TOGETHER AND SO AS TO PERMIT SAID LIGHT-EXCLUDING LAYERS FORMING AN OUTERCONFINING LAYERS TO BE SUPERPOSED WITH SAID CONTAINING MEANS POSITIONED FOR RELEASING ITS LIQUID CONTENT BETWEEN SAID LIQUID-CONFINING LAYERS AND WITH SAID LIGHT-EXCLUDING LAYERS FORMING AN OUTER LIGHT-TIGHT ENCLOSURE FOR SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE PORTION PREVENTING THE LIGHT FROM REACHING THE SAME, AND AN ENVELOPE WHICH IS SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FILM UNIT TO ENCLOSE SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYER AND PROTECT THE LATTER FROM PREMATURE EXPOSURE TO LIGHT ACTINIC THERETO; SAID MAGAZINE COMPRISING MEANS DEFINING A FIRST WITHDRAWAL PASSAGE, AND MEANS DEFINING A SECOND WITHDRAWAL PASSAGE, MEANS FOR HOLDING A PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYER FRAMED FOR EXPOSURE; SAID FILM UNIT BEING MOUNTED IN SAID MAGAZINE SO THAT SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE PORTION IS HELD IN EXPOSURE POSITION BY SAID FRAMING MEANS AND SO THAT THE PART OF SAID UNIT ADJACENT THE HINGE EXTENDS THROUGH SAID FIRST WITHDRAWAL PASSAGE TO THE EXTERIOR OF SAID MAGAZINE, THE ONE OF SAID LIGHT-EXCLUDING LAYERS NORMALLY COVERING THE SIDE OF SAID FILM UNIT THROUGH WHICH SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE PORTION IS TO BE EXPOSED BEING PIVOTED BACK AWAY FROM SAID PORTION IN SAID MAGAZINE, THE END OF SAID ENVELOPE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SECOND WITHDRAWAL PASSAGE AND BEING CAPABLE OF REMOVAL FROM SAID FILM UNIT AND SAID MAGAZINE, THROUGH SAID SECOND WITHDRAWAL PASSAGE, SAID LIGHT-EXCLUDING LAYERS BEING OPERATIVE, UPON WITHDRAWAL OF SAID FILM UNIT FROM SAID FIRST PASSAGE TO FORM A PROTECTIVE BARRIER FOR SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE PORTION TO PREVENT THE FOGGING THEREOF.

Claim 3

A PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCT CONTAINING A PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT, A PHOTOGRAPHIC REAGENT CAPABLE OF PROCESSING SAID ELEMENT, FOR PROCESSING LIQUID IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITY TO RENDER SAID REAGENT EFFECTIVE FOR PROCESSING SAID ELEMENT, SAID PHOTO SENSITICE ELEMENT COMPRISING AS A PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIAL THEREOF A HEAVY METAL SALT 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 COMPRISING A FIRST LAYER, A SECOND LAYER, A RUPTURABLE CONTAINING MEANS HOLDING SAID PROCESSING LIQUID, A THIRD LAYER SUBSTANTIALLY OPAQUE TO VISIBLE LIGHT ACTINIC TO SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT, HINGE FOURTH LAYER SUBSTANTIALLY OPAQUE TO VISIBLE LIGHT ACTINIC TO SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT, HINGE MEANS PROVIDING A LEADER, AND AN ENVELOPE HAVING WALLS WHICH ARE OPAQUE TO VISIBLE LIGHT ACTINIC TO SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT, SAID HINGE MEANS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND LAYERS AND SAID CONTAINING MEANS BEING SO ATTACHED TOGETHER AS TO PERMIT SAID FIRST AND SECOND LAYERS TO BE SUPERPOSED WITH SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT HELD BETWEEN THE OUTER SURFACES THEREOF AND WITH SAID CONTAINING MEANS IN A POSITION TO RELEASE ITS LIQUID BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND LAYERS TO PERMEATE SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT, SAID PROCESSING LIQUID, UPON RELEASE FROM SAID CONTAINING MEANS, RENDERING SAID REAGENT EFFECTIVE TO PROCESS SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT, SAID THIRD AND FOURTH LAYERS BEING SECURED TOGETHER BY SAID HINGE MEANS SO AS TO BE SUPERPOSABLE ON BOTH SIDES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND LAYERS WHEN THE LATTER ARE SUPERPOSED, SAID ENVELOPE SURROUNDING AT LEAST SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT TO PROTECT THE LATTER AGAINST PREMATURE EXPOSURE TO LIGHT ACTINIC THERETO, SAID ENVELOPE HAVING AN END THEREOF EXTENDING BEYOND THE END OF THE REMAINDER OF THE PRODUCT, SAID ENVELOPE END BEING LOCATED AT THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID PRODUCT FROM SAID HINGE MEANS, SAID ENVELOPE BEING SLIDABLY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT SO AS TO BE READILY SLIPPED THEREFROM WHEN MOVED IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID LEADER, SAID FOUR LAYERS, SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT AND SAID CONTAINING MEANS BEING MOVABLE AS A UNIT TOGETHER WITH SAID LEADER, SAID THIRD AND FOURTH LAYERS, WHEN SUPERPOSED UPON ONE ANOTHER, ENVELOPING SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT TO PROTECT THE LATTER FROM LIGHT ACTINIC THERETO SUBSEQUENT TO THE EXPOSURE THEREOF AND THE REMOVAL THEREFROM OF SAID ENVELOPE.

Claim 4

A PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCT CONTAINING A PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT, A PHOTOGRAPHIC REAGENT CAPABLE OF PROCESSING SAID ELEMENT, FOR PROCESSING LIQUID IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITY TO RENDER SAID REAGENT EFFECTIVE FOR PROCESSING SAID ELEMENT, SAID PHOTO SENSITICE ELEMENT COMPRISING AS A PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIAL THEREOF A HEAVY METAL SALT 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 COMPRISING A FIRST LAYER, A SECOND LAYER, A RUPTURABLE CONTAINING MEANS HOLDING SAID PROCESSING LIQUID, A THIRD LAYER SUBSTANTIALLY OPAQUE TO VISIBLE LIGHT ACTINIC TO SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT, HINGE FOURTH LAYER SUBSTANTIALLY OPAQUE TO VISIBLE LIGHT ACTINIC TO SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT, HINGE MEANS PROVIDING A LEADER, AND AN ENVELOPE HAVING WALLS WHICH ARE OPAQUE TO VISIBLE LIGHT ACTINIC TO SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT, SAID HINGE MEANS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND LAYERS AND SAID CONTAINING MEANS BEING SO ATTACHED TOGETHER AS TO PERMIT SAID FIRST AND SECOND LAYERS TO BE SUPERPOSED WITH SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT HELD BETWEEN THE OUTER SURFACES THEREOF AND WITH SAID CONTAINING MEANS IN A POSITION TO RELEASE ITS LIQUID BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND LAYERS TO PERMEATE SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT, SAID PROCESSING LIQUID, UPON RELEASE FROM SAID CONTAINING MEANS, RENDERING SAID REAGENT EFFECTIVE TO PROCESS SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT, SAID THIRD AND FOURTH LAYERS BEING SECURED TOGETHER BY SAID HINGE MEANS SO AS TO BE SUPERPOSABLE ON BOTH SIDES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND LAYERS WHEN THE LATTER ARE SUPERPOSED, SAID ENVELOPE SURROUNDING AT LEAST SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT TO PROTECT THE LATTER AGAINST PREMATURE EXPOSURE TO LIGHT ACTINIC THERETO, SAID ENVELOPE HAVING AN END THEREOF EXTENDING BEYOND THE END OF THE REMAINDER OF THE PRODUCT, SAID ENVELOPE END BEING LOCATED AT THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID PRODUCT FROM SAID HINGE MEANS, SAID ENVELOPE BEING SLIDABLY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT SO AS TO BE READILY SLIPPED THEREFROM WHEN MOVED IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID LEADER, SAID FOUR LAYERS, SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT AND SAID CONTAINING MEANS BEING MOVABLE AS A UNIT TOGETHER WITH SAID LEADER, SAID THIRD AND FOURTH LAYERS, WHEN SUPERPOSED UPON ONE ANOTHER, ENVELOPING SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT TO PROTECT THE LATTER FROM LIGHT ACTINIC THERETO SUBSEQUENT TO THE EXPOSURE THEREOF AND THE REMOVAL THEREFROM OF SAID ENVELOPE.