Method and means for producing animated cartoons

Claim 1

IN A METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ANIMATED LINE IMAGE OF A THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECT, THE STEPS COMPRISING MAKING A NEGATIVE OF SAID OBJECT UTILIZING A HIGH CONTRAST MOTION PICTURE FILM, SAID NEGATIVE HAVING EXPOSED AREAS, MAKING A POSITIVE FROM SAID NEGATIVE UTILIZING A HIGH CONTRAST MOTION PICTURE FILM, SAID POSITIVE HAVING EXPOSED AREAS OF THE SAME SIZE AS THE EXPOSED AREAS OF THE NEGATICE, CHEMICALLY REDUCING THE SIZES OF THE EXPOSED AREAS OF ONE OF SAID NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE BY IMMERSING IT IN A REDUCER BATH, PLACING SAID NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE IN REGISTRY IN MUTUALLY CONTACTING RELATIONSHIP, THE DIFFERENCES IN SIZES OF SAID EXPOSED AREAS PRODUCING A TRANSPARENT LINE IMAGE OF SAID OBJECT, AND MAKING A PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT OF SAID NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE WHILE MAINTAINING SAID REGISTRY TO PRODUCE AN ULTIMATE MOTION PICTURE FILM WHEREIN SAID OBJECT APPEARS AS A LINE IMAGE.