One step photographic transfer process

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF FORMING AN IMAGE IN A PREDETERMINED AREA OF A PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYER OF A PHOTOGRAPHIC, PHOTOSENSITIVE SHEET MATERIAL, SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYER HAVING AS ITS PHOTOSENSITIVE SUBSTANCE AT LEAST ONE COMPOUND FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF THE PHOTOSENSITIVE SILVER HALIDES AND DIAZONIUM COMPOUNDS, WHICH METHOD COMPRISES LOCATING A VISCOUS LIQUID PROCESSING AGENT ADJACENT ONE EDGE OF SAID AREA AT LEAST IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITY TO PROVIDE ALL THE LIQUID REQUIRED FOR A TRANSFORMATION OF AN IMAGE FORMED IN SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYER BY PHOTOEXPOSURE, SAID PROCESSING AGENT BEING LOCATED ON ONE SIDE ONLY OF SAID PHOTO-SENSITIVE SHEET MATERIAL AND CONTAINING A SOLID FILM-FORMING HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMER IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITY TO IMPART TO SAID PROCESSING AGENT A VISCOSITY IN EXCESS OF 1000 CENTIPOISES AT 24* C., FORMING A LAYER OF SAID PROCESSING AGENT BETWEEN SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE SHEET MATERIAL AND ANOTHER SHEET MATERIAL BY APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE OUTER SURFACES OF SAID SHEET MATERIALS, THE PORTIONS OF SAID OUTER SURFACES SUBJECTED TO SAID PRESSURE REMAINING DRY DURING SAID PRESSURE APPLICATION, LIQUID FROM SAID PROCESSING AGENT BEING ABSORBED BY SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE SHEET MATERIAL AND, DURING ABSORPTION, DISTRIBUTING, THROUGHOUT SAID AREA OF SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYER, A PHOTOGRAPHIC REAGENT CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT THE DESIRED IMAGE TRANSFORMATION, SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC REAGENT BEING DIFFERENT FROM THE SOLVENT OF SAID PROCESSING AGENT AND BEING PROVIDED BY ONE OF (A) SAID SHEET MATERIALS AND (B) SAID PROCESSING AGENT, THE ABSORPTION OF SAID LIQUID FROM SAID LAYER OF PROCESSING AGENT INCREASING THE CONCENTRATION OF SAID POLYMER IN SAID LIQUID TO PRODUCE A COATING CONTAINING SAID POLYMER BETWEEN SAID SHEET MATERIALS WHICH MAINTAINS THE LATTER IN SPACED LAMINATED RELATIONSHIP DURING THE PROCESSING.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF FORMING AN IMAGE IN A PREDETERMINED AREA OF A PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYER OF A PHOTOGRAPHIC, PHOTOSENSITIVE SHEET MATERIAL, SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYER HAVING AS ITS PHOTOSENSITIVE SUBSTANCE AT LEAST ONE COMPOUND FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF THE PHOTOSENSITIVE SILVER HALIDES AND DIAZONIUM COMPOUNDS, WHICH METHOD COMPRISES LOCATING A VISCOUS LIQUID PROCESSING AGENT ADJACENT ONE EDGE OF SAID AREA AT LEAST IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITY TO PROVIDE ALL THE LIQUID REQUIRED FOR A TRANSFORMATION OF AN IMAGE FORMED IN SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYER BY PHOTOEXPOSURE, SAID PROCESSING AGENT BEING LOCATED ON ONE SIDE ONLY OF SAID PHOTO-SENSITIVE SHEET MATERIAL AND CONTAINING A SOLID FILM-FORMING HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMER IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITY TO IMPART TO SAID PROCESSING AGENT A VISCOSITY IN EXCESS OF 1000 CENTIPOISES AT 24* C., FORMING A LAYER OF SAID PROCESSING AGENT BETWEEN SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE SHEET MATERIAL AND ANOTHER SHEET MATERIAL BY APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE OUTER SURFACES OF SAID SHEET MATERIALS, THE PORTIONS OF SAID OUTER SURFACES SUBJECTED TO SAID PRESSURE REMAINING DRY DURING SAID PRESSURE APPLICATION, LIQUID FROM SAID PROCESSING AGENT BEING ABSORBED BY SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE SHEET MATERIAL AND, DURING ABSORPTION, DISTRIBUTING, THROUGHOUT SAID AREA OF SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYER, A PHOTOGRAPHIC REAGENT CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT THE DESIRED IMAGE TRANSFORMATION, SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC REAGENT BEING DIFFERENT FROM THE SOLVENT OF SAID PROCESSING AGENT AND BEING PROVIDED BY ONE OF (A) SAID SHEET MATERIALS AND (B) SAID PROCESSING AGENT, THE ABSORPTION OF SAID LIQUID FROM SAID LAYER OF PROCESSING AGENT INCREASING THE CONCENTRATION OF SAID POLYMER IN SAID LIQUID TO PRODUCE A COATING CONTAINING SAID POLYMER BETWEEN SAID SHEET MATERIALS WHICH MAINTAINS THE LATTER IN SPACED LAMINATED RELATIONSHIP DURING THE PROCESSING.