Self-framing photographic film unit containing a liquid, and process for producing framed positive images

Claim 1

A PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCT COMPRISING A FIRST LIQUID-CONFINING LAYER, INCLUDING A PHOTOSENSITIVE SILVER HALIDE PORTION ADJACENT A SURFACE THEREOF AND CAPABLE OF HAVING A LATENT IMAGE FORMED THEREIN UPON PHOTOEXPOSURE, A SECOND LIQUID-CONFINING LAYER WHICH HAS AN IMAGE-CARRYING SURFACE FOR A TRANSFER IMAGE AND WHICH IS ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED IN SUPERPOSED RELATION TO SAID FIRST LIQUID-CONFINING LAYER WITH SAID IMAGE-CARRYING SURFACE THEREOF FACING SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE PORTION OF SAID FIRST LIQUID-CONFINING LAYER, A RUPTURABLE CONTAINER HOLDING A LIQUID, AND A FRAMING MASK SECURED TO THAT SURFACE OF ONE OF SAID LIQUID-CONFINING LAYERS WHICH IS ADAPTED TO FACE THE OTHER LIQUID-CONFINING LAYER WHEN BOTH SAID LIQUID-CONFINING LAYERS ARE SUPERPOSED WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, SAID FRAMING MASK BOUNDING AN AREA, ON THAT LIQUID-CONFINING LAYER TO WHICH SAID MASK IS SECURED, THAT IS SMALLER THAN THE AREA OF SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE PORTION, SAID LIQUID-CONFINING LAYERS AND CONTAINER BEING ATTACHED TOGETHER TO PERMIT SAID LQUIDCONFINING LAYERS TO BE SUPERPOSED WITH SAID MASK THEREBETWEEN AND WITH SAID CONTAINER POSITIONED FOR RELEASING SAID LIQUID BETWEEN SAID LIQUID-CONFINING LAYERS FOR SPREADING BETWEEN AND IN CONTACT WITH SAID FRAMING MASK AND BOTH OF SAID LAYERS, SAID FRAMING MASK BEING ARRANGED TO INHIBIT PERMEATION BY SAID LIQUID OF BORDER PORTIONS OF THAT LIQUID-CONFINING LAYER TO WHICH SAID MASK IS SECURED, SAID PRODUCT HAVING POSITIONED THEREIN PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSING MATERIAL, INCLUDING A SILVER HALIDE DEVELOPER, TRANSPORTABLE BY SAID LIQUID TO SAID PHOTSENSITIVE PORTION, SAID MATERIAL BEING CAPABLE OF DEVELOPING A LATENT IMAGE IN SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE PORTION AND, AS A RESULT OF SUCH DEVELOPMENT, CAUSING DIFFERENTIAL DISPOSITION THROUGHOUT THE PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYER OF A SUBSTANCE FOR PROVIDING THE IMAGE-CARRYING SURFACE OF SAID SECOND LIQUID-CONFINING LAYER WITH SAID TRANSFER IMAGE, AND SAID LIQUID UPON PERMEATION OF SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE PORTION RENDERING SAID MATERIAL EFFECTIVE TO DEVELOP SAID LATENT IMAGE AND TO FORM SAID TRANSFER IMAGE ON SAID IMAGE-CARRYING SURFACE.