Photographic transfer process utilizing the reducing action of a developer for producing a colored photographic transfer image

Claim 1

A PROCESS OF FORMING POSITIVE TRANSFER IMAGES IN COLOR WHEREIN A SINGLE APPLICATION OF LIQUID TO AN EXPOSED SILVER HALIDE EMULSION CONTAINING A LATENT IMAGE PRODUCES THE NECESSARY SEQUENCES OF THE REACTION FOR GIVING A FINISHED POSITIVE TRANSFER PRINT, SAID PROCESS COMPRISING THE STEPS OF PERMEATING SAID EXPOSED SILVER HALIDE EMULSION WITH A LIQUID COMPOSITION, AND, DURING SAID PERMEATION, HAVING SAID EMULSION SO SUPERPOSED ON AN IMAGE-RECEIVING MATERIAL THAT SAID LIQUID HAS ACCESS TO SAID IMAGE-RECEIVING MATERIAL; PROVIDING WITHIN THE LAMINATION COMPRISING SAID EMULSION AND SAID IMAGE-RECEIVING MATERIAL A SILVER HALIDE DEVELOPER AND A SUBSTANTIALLY NONPHOTOSENSISTIVE SALT CAPABLE OF REACTING WITH UNOXIDIZED DEVELOPER TO GIVE A COLORED REACTION PRODUCT; SAID NONOPHOTOSENSITIVE SALT BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF DIAZONIUM SALTS, MERCURY SALTS, IRON SALTS, CHROMIUM SALTS, PLATIUM SALTS AND PALLADIUM SALTS; SAID SALTS BEING LOCATED WITHIN SAID IMAGE-RECEIVING MATERIAL SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EXCLUSION OF SAID DEVELOPER AND SAID DEVELOPER BEING LOCATED IN THE REMAINING PORTION OF SAID LAMINATION SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EXCLUSION OF SAID SALT, SAID DEVELOPER AND SAID SALT BEING DISSOLVABLE IN SAID LIQUID AND SO DISTRIBUTED THROUGHTOUT THE PORTION OF SAID LAMINATION IN WHICH THEY ARE RESPECTIVELY LOCATED AS TO HAVE A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM CONCENTRATION PER UNIT SURFACE AREA OF SAID LAMINATION; SAID DEVELOPER BEING PRESENT PER EACH SAID UNIT AREA SUBSTANTIALLY ONLY IN SUCH QUANTITY AS TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY REACTED IN FULLY EXPOSED UNIT AREAS OF SAID EMULSION; AT LEAST SAID DEVELOPER BEING MOBILE IN SAID LAMINATION WHEN DISSOLVED IN SAID LIQUID; DEVELOPING SAID LATENT IMAGE BY MEANS OF SAID DEVELOPER AND THEREBY CAUSING SAID DEVELOPER TO BECOME OXIDIZED IN PROPORTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXPOSE SILVER HALIDE FOR EACH SAID UNIT AREA OF SAID EMULSION, DEVELOPER SO OXIDIZED BECOMING EXHAUSTED AND UNAVAILABLE FOR REACTION WITH SAID SALT; SAID DEVELOPMENT ALSO PROVIDING AN IMAGEWISE DISTRIBUTION OF UNOXIDIZED DEVELOPER; TRANSFERRING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID IMAGEWISE DISTRIBUTION OF UNOXIDIZED DEVELOPER TO SAID IMAGE-RECEIVING MATERIAL; AND REACTING SAID TRANSFERRED, UNOXIDIZED DEVELOPER WITH SAID SALT TO IMPART TO SAID IMAGE-RECEVING MATERIAL A VISIBLE, COLORED, REVERSED MAGE OF THE VELOPED IMAGE.