Developing device for making copies

Claim 1

IN A DEVELOPING APPARATUS FOR MAKING COPIES ACCORDING TO THE DIFFUSION METHOD USING POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE LAYER CARRIER SHEETS, A BATH CONTAINER CONTAINING A DEVELOPING LIQUID, DRIVEN PRESSURE FEED MEANS ABOVE THE LIQUID, SHEET INTRODUCING MEANS ABOVE THE LIQUID ARRANGED OPPOSITELY OF THE PRESSURE MEANS, MEANS DEFINING ELONGATED GUIDE PATHS BETWEEN THE INTRODUCING MEANS AND THE PRESSURE MEANS, SAID GUIDE PATHS DEFINING MEANS INCLUDING AN UPPER PATH ADJACENT AND SLIGHTLY BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE LIQUID FOR PASSING THE POSITIVE LAYER CARRIER SHEET ACROSS THE DEVELOPING LIQUID ON THE SURFACE THEREOF IN SUCH A MANNER THAT ONLY THAT SIDE OF THE LAYER OF THE SHEET IS WETTED WHICH FACES DOWNWARDLY AND A LOWER PATH BELOW SAID UPPER PATH AND BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE LIQUID, A FLOATING MEMBER FLOATING UPON THE DEVELOPING LIQUID, SAID MEANS DEFINING SAID ELONGATED GUIDE PATHS BEING SUPPORTED UPON SAID FLOATING MEMBER IN ORDER TO AUTOMATICALLY RELATE SAID GUIDE PATHS TO THE LIQUID LEVEL IN THE BATH CONTAINER IRRESPECTIVE OF THE AMOUNT OF THE BATH LIQUID AND THE INCLINATION OF THE CONTAINER.