Processing head for photographic mechanism

Claim 1

A PROCESSING HEAD FOR A FILM HAVING FILM FRAMES AND USED WITH A PHOTOGRAPHING MECHANISM WHICH MECHANISM HAS MEANS TO FEED THE FILM OVER THE HEAD COMPRISING A BASE HAVING AT LEAST TWO FLUID STATIONS THEREIN SPACED APART CORRESPONDING WITH A FILM FRAME SPACING, EACH STATION INCLUDING AN INLET CHAMBER AND AN OUTLET PASSAGE, SAID BASE HAVING A TOP SURFACE AND A BOTTOM, AND A PEDESTAL FOR EACH STATION CARRIED BY THE BASE BETWEEN THE INLET CHAMBER AND THE OUTLET PASSAGE AND HAVING AN UPPER SURFACE; A COVER PLATE SECURED TO THE TOP SURFACE OF THE BASE AND HAVING AN OPENING THERETHROUGH FOR EACH PEDESTAL INTO WHICH OPENING THE PEDESTAL PROJECTS, THE OPENINGS BEING ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER CORRESPONDING WITH THE FILM FRAMES, EACH OPENING HAVING A REAR EDGE AND A FORWARD EDGE AND SIDE EDGES, GASKET MEANS OVER ALL EDGES OF THE OPENINGS IN THE COVER PLATE AND EXTENDING OVER THE TOP SURFACE OF THE COVER PLATE ADJACENT TO THE EDGES OF THE OPENINGS TO FORM A SEAL WITH THE FILM PRESSED THEREAGAINST, THE GASKET MEANS HAVING FILM SEALING MEANS ON THE TOP SURFACE OF THE COVER PLATE AND ADJACENT TO THE OPENINGS, EACH PEDESTAL HAVING A HEIGHT LOCATING ITS UPPER SURFACE A LITTLE BELOW THE FILM SEALING MEANS OF THE GASKET MEANS TO PROVIDE A FLUID CHANNEL BETWEEN SAID PEDESTAL TOP SURFACE AND THE FILM, EACH PEDESTAL ENGAGING THE GASKET MEANS AT TWO OPPOSITE EDGES OF ITS OPENING IN THE COVER PLATE TO SEAL THE SAME, EACH PEDESTAL BEING SPACED A SMALL DISTANCE FROM THE GASKET MEANS AT THE OTHER TWO OPPOSITE EDGES TO FORM AN INLET SLOT CONNECTED WITH THE INLET CHAMBER AND AN OUTLET SLOT CONNECTED WITH THE OUTLET PASSAGE, AN INLET CONNECTION WITH EACH INLET CHAMBER, AND AN OUTLET CONNECTION WITH EACH OUTLET PASSAGE.