Photographic product for carrying out a one-step photographic process

Claim 1

A PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCT COMPRISING A SHEET SUPPORT, A RUPTURABLE CONTAINER HOLDING A PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSING LIQUID, SAID LIQUID INCLUDING A THICKENING AGENT FOR INCREASING THE VISCOSITY THEREOF, SAID CONTAINER BEING CARRIED ON SAID SHEET SUPPORT FOR BODILY MOVEMENT THEREWITH AND HAVING A LIQUID-DISPENSING MOUTH POSITIONED TO EXTEND TRANSVERSELY OF SAID SHEET SUPPORT AND THROUGH WHICH THE CONTAINER CONTENTS ARE ADAPTED TO BE RELEASED AND DISCHARGED UPON RUPTURE OF SAID CONTAINER BY THE APPLICATION THERETO OF OPPOSED COMPRESSIONAL FORCES DIRECTED FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID SHEET SUPPORT AND APPLIED SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY ACROSS SAID SHEET SUPPORT BY PRESSUREAPPLYING ELEMENTS LOCATED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID SUPPORT, AT LEAST A PART OF THE FACE OF SAID SUPPORT ON WHICH SAID CONTAINER IS CARRIED PROVIDING A SPREADING SURFACE WHICH EXTENDS LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID SUPPORT IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE MOUTH OF SAID CONTAINER AND OVER WHICH LIQUID DISCHARGED FROM SAID CONTAINER IS ADAPTED TO BE SPREAD UPON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID SHEET SUPPORT AND SAID COMPRESSIONAL FORCES, SAID SPREADING SURFACE HAVING AN ELONGATED PORTION EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID SHEET SUPPORT FROM ADJACENT THE MOUTH OF SAID CONTAINER AND PROVIDING AN IMAGE-CARRYING PORTION FOR A PHOTO GRAPHIC IMAGE ADAPTED TO BE FORMED THEREON UPON RELEASE OF SAID LIQUID, SAID SPREADING SURFACE ALSO HAVING A TRAPPING PORTION ON WHICH LIQUID IN EXCESS OF THAT SPREAD OVER THE IMAGE-CARRYING PORTION IS ADAPTED TO BE COLLECTED AND TRAPPED, SAID TRAPPING PORTION PROVIDING AN EXTENSION OF SAID SPREADING SURFACE BEYOND THE END OF SAID IMAGE-CARRYING PORTION WHICH IS FURTHEST REMOVED FROM SAID CONTAINER AND CARRIED ON SAID TRAPPING PORTION OF SAID SPREADING SURFACE FOR BODILY MOVEMENT WITH SAID SHEET SUPPORT, AT LEAST ONE TAPERED AND DURABLE MEMBER WHICH IS CAPABLE OF RETAINING ITS GENERAL SHAPE UNDER THE APPLICATION OF PRESSURE TO OPPOSED SURFACES THEREOF AND WHICH OCCUPIES AN AREA OF SAID SHEET SUPPORT THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER THAN THE AREA OF SAID TRAPPING PORTION, EACH SAID TAPERED MEMBER HAVING A FACE THEREOF EXTENDING ABOVE SAID SPREADING SURFACE OF SAID SHEET SUPPORT AND ALSO HAVING AT LEAST ONE FACE PROVIDED WITH EDGES WHICH DIVERGE IN A DIRECTION LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID SUPPORT AND AWAY FROM THE IMAGE-CARRYING PORTION OF THE SUPPORT AND WHICH IMPART A CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA TO SAID TAPERED MEMBER WHICH INCREASES IN SAID DIRECTION WHEREBY SAID TAPERED MEMBER IS CAPABLE OF GRADUALLY SEPARATING SAID ELEMENTS AS SAID TAPERED MEMBER BECOMES ENGAGED BETWEEN SAID ELEMENTS UPON RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID SHEET SUPPORT WITH RESPECT TO SAID COMPRESSIONAL FORCES TO ARREST THE SPREADING OF SAID LIQUID AND TO PRODUCE A SPACE BETWEEN THE TRAPPING PORTION OF THE SPREADING SURFACE OF SAID SHEET SUPPORT AND THAT PRESSURE-APPLYING ELEMENT WHICH OVERLIES SAID SPREADING SURFACE FOR COLLECTING AND TRAPPING SAID LIQUID ON PARTS OF SAID TRAPPING PORTION ADJACENT SAID TAPERED MEMBER.