Method and apparatus for reproducing images

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF REPRODUCING IMAGES DIRECTLY ON PRINT RECEIVING MATERIAL FROM IMAGE COPY AND WHICH COMPRISES ARRANGING THE PRINT RECEIVING MATERIAL IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO THE IMAGE COPY AND WITH THE SURFACE OF ONE SIDE OF THE PRINT RECEIVING MATERIAL FACING TOWARD THE SURFACE OF THE IMAGE COPY, PROJECTING LIGHT RAYS CORRELATED TO A PREDETERMINED PORTION OF THE IMAGE COPY THROUGH A LENS AND UPON A RESTRICTED PRINTED ZONE BAND ON THE SURFACE OF SAID ONE SIDE OF THE PRINT RECEIVING MATERIAL AND WHICH BAND EXTENDS LONGITUDINALLY SUBSTANTIALLY THE WIDTH OF THE PRINT RECEIVING MATERIAL BUT IS NARROW IN ITS TRANSVERSE WIDTH IN COMPARISON TO ITS LONGITUDINAL LENGTH TO PRODUCE ON SAID PRINTING ZONE BAND RADIANT SURFACE PATTERN AREAS CORRELATED TO SAID PREDETERMINED PORTION OF THE IMAGE COPY AND TO SAID LIGHT RAYS, IONIZING REPRODUCING MATERIAL IN CLOUD-LIKE FORM, CREATING A POSITIVE FLOW OF THE IONIZED REPRODUCING MATERIAL IN A RESTRICTED AND DIRECTED PREDETERMINED PATH TRANSVERSELY OF SAID LIGHT RAYS AND OF SAID PRINTING ZONE BAND THROUGHOUT SUBSTANTIALLY THE LONGITUDINAL LENGTH OF THE LATTER AND SPACED FROM THE SURFACE OF SAID ONE SIDE OF THE PRINT RECEIVING MATERIAL BUT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY THERETO TO SUBJECT THE REPRODUCING MATERIAL TO THE INFLUENCE OF SAID RADIANT PATTERN AREAS SO IT WILL BE DIVERTED BY SUCH INFLUENCE FROM SAID FLOW PATH AND MOVED TO AND DEPOSITED ON THE SURFACE OF THE PRINTING ZONE BAND OF THE PRINT RECEIVING MATERIAL TO FORM DIRECTLY THEREON THE FINISHED REPRODUCED IMAGE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF REPRODUCING IMAGES DIRECTLY ON PRINT RECEIVING MATERIAL FROM IMAGE COPY AND WHICH COMPRISES ARRANGING THE PRINT RECEIVING MATERIAL IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO THE IMAGE COPY AND WITH THE SURFACE OF ONE SIDE OF THE PRINT RECEIVING MATERIAL FACING TOWARD THE SURFACE OF THE IMAGE COPY, PROJECTING LIGHT RAYS CORRELATED TO A PREDETERMINED PORTION OF THE IMAGE COPY THROUGH A LENS AND UPON A RESTRICTED PRINTED ZONE BAND ON THE SURFACE OF SAID ONE SIDE OF THE PRINT RECEIVING MATERIAL AND WHICH BAND EXTENDS LONGITUDINALLY SUBSTANTIALLY THE WIDTH OF THE PRINT RECEIVING MATERIAL BUT IS NARROW IN ITS TRANSVERSE WIDTH IN COMPARISON TO ITS LONGITUDINAL LENGTH TO PRODUCE ON SAID PRINTING ZONE BAND RADIANT SURFACE PATTERN AREAS CORRELATED TO SAID PREDETERMINED PORTION OF THE IMAGE COPY AND TO SAID LIGHT RAYS, IONIZING REPRODUCING MATERIAL IN CLOUD-LIKE FORM, CREATING A POSITIVE FLOW OF THE IONIZED REPRODUCING MATERIAL IN A RESTRICTED AND DIRECTED PREDETERMINED PATH TRANSVERSELY OF SAID LIGHT RAYS AND OF SAID PRINTING ZONE BAND THROUGHOUT SUBSTANTIALLY THE LONGITUDINAL LENGTH OF THE LATTER AND SPACED FROM THE SURFACE OF SAID ONE SIDE OF THE PRINT RECEIVING MATERIAL BUT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY THERETO TO SUBJECT THE REPRODUCING MATERIAL TO THE INFLUENCE OF SAID RADIANT PATTERN AREAS SO IT WILL BE DIVERTED BY SUCH INFLUENCE FROM SAID FLOW PATH AND MOVED TO AND DEPOSITED ON THE SURFACE OF THE PRINTING ZONE BAND OF THE PRINT RECEIVING MATERIAL TO FORM DIRECTLY THEREON THE FINISHED REPRODUCED IMAGE.