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Photographic product and a process of additive color photography

Assignee: Polaroid Corp
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Filing: 1959-12-09
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Granted: 1964-06-23
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Expires: 1979-12-09
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Edwin H Land

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 17:12
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C8/00; G03C8/30

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 272 words
THE METHOD OF ADDITIVE COLLOR PHOTOGRAPHY WHICH COMPRISES EXPOSING TWO PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYERS, EACH COMPRISING A PHOTOSENSITIVE HEAVY METAL SALT CAPABLE OF HAVING A DEVELOPABLE LATENT IMAGE FORMED THERIN BY EXPOSURE TO ACTINIC LIGHT, TO PRODUCE IN SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYERS LATENT NONSEGMENTED COLOR-SEPARATION RECORDS; SUPERPOSING SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYERS WITH OPPOSITE SIDES OF A SUPPORT SHEET WITH SAID RECORDS INSUBSTANTIAL REGISTRATION; DISTRIBUTING A FLUID PROCESSING COMPOSITION BETWEEN EACH OF SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYERS AND ONE SIDE OF SAID SUPPORT SHEET; BY SAID FLUID, DEVELOPING SAID LATENT COLOR-SEPARATION RECORDS AND PRODUCING IN SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYERS AS A RESULT OF SAID DEVELOPMENT IMAGEWISE DISTRIBUTIONS OF TRANSFERABLE IMAGE-FORMING SUBSTANCES; TRANSFERRING SAID IMAGE-FORMING SUBSTANCES BY DIFFUSION SUBSTANTIALLY ONLY FROM MINUTE SPACED-APART AREAS OF SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYERS ARRANGED IN A PHOTOGRTAPHIC SCREEN PATTERN TO SAID SUPPORT SHEET AND THEREBY FORMING ON SAID SUPPORT SHEET TWO SEGMENTED POSITIVE TRANSFER IMAGES CORRESPONDING TO SAID COLOR-SEPARATION RECORDS AND ARRANGED WITH THE SEGMENTS COMPRISING EACH OF SAID POSITIVE TRANSFER IMAGES SPACED APART FROM ONE ANOTHER AND LOCATED IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE SPACES BETWEEN THE SEGMENTS COMPRISING THE OTHER OF SAID TRANSFER IMAGES, EACH OF SAID IMAGE SEGMENTS COMPRISING A LIGHT-TRANSMITTING AND ABSORBING ELEMENT; PROVIDNG THE ELEMENTS COMPRISING ONE OF SAID TRANSFER IMAGES EITH A MATERIAL FOR TRANSMITTING LIGHNT IN A PREDETERMINED PORTION OF THE VISIBLE WAVE LENGTH RANGE; AND PROVIDING THE ELEMENTS COMPRISING THE OTHER OF SAID TRANSFER IMAGES WITH A MATERIAL FOR ABSORBING LIGHT IN SAID PREDETERMINED PORTION OF THE VISIBLE WAVE LENGTH RANGE, THE LAST-MENTIONED MATERIAL BEING SO ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEGMENTS OF SAID OTHER TRANSFER IMAGE AS TO DETERMINE THE WAVE LENGTH RANGE OF THE LIGHT TRANSMITTED BY THE LASTMENTIONED ELEMENTS.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 272 words
THE METHOD OF ADDITIVE COLLOR PHOTOGRAPHY WHICH COMPRISES EXPOSING TWO PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYERS, EACH COMPRISING A PHOTOSENSITIVE HEAVY METAL SALT CAPABLE OF HAVING A DEVELOPABLE LATENT IMAGE FORMED THERIN BY EXPOSURE TO ACTINIC LIGHT, TO PRODUCE IN SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYERS LATENT NONSEGMENTED COLOR-SEPARATION RECORDS; SUPERPOSING SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYERS WITH OPPOSITE SIDES OF A SUPPORT SHEET WITH SAID RECORDS INSUBSTANTIAL REGISTRATION; DISTRIBUTING A FLUID PROCESSING COMPOSITION BETWEEN EACH OF SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYERS AND ONE SIDE OF SAID SUPPORT SHEET; BY SAID FLUID, DEVELOPING SAID LATENT COLOR-SEPARATION RECORDS AND PRODUCING IN SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYERS AS A RESULT OF SAID DEVELOPMENT IMAGEWISE DISTRIBUTIONS OF TRANSFERABLE IMAGE-FORMING SUBSTANCES; TRANSFERRING SAID IMAGE-FORMING SUBSTANCES BY DIFFUSION SUBSTANTIALLY ONLY FROM MINUTE SPACED-APART AREAS OF SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYERS ARRANGED IN A PHOTOGRTAPHIC SCREEN PATTERN TO SAID SUPPORT SHEET AND THEREBY FORMING ON SAID SUPPORT SHEET TWO SEGMENTED POSITIVE TRANSFER IMAGES CORRESPONDING TO SAID COLOR-SEPARATION RECORDS AND ARRANGED WITH THE SEGMENTS COMPRISING EACH OF SAID POSITIVE TRANSFER IMAGES SPACED APART FROM ONE ANOTHER AND LOCATED IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE SPACES BETWEEN THE SEGMENTS COMPRISING THE OTHER OF SAID TRANSFER IMAGES, EACH OF SAID IMAGE SEGMENTS COMPRISING A LIGHT-TRANSMITTING AND ABSORBING ELEMENT; PROVIDNG THE ELEMENTS COMPRISING ONE OF SAID TRANSFER IMAGES EITH A MATERIAL FOR TRANSMITTING LIGHNT IN A PREDETERMINED PORTION OF THE VISIBLE WAVE LENGTH RANGE; AND PROVIDING THE ELEMENTS COMPRISING THE OTHER OF SAID TRANSFER IMAGES WITH A MATERIAL FOR ABSORBING LIGHT IN SAID PREDETERMINED PORTION OF THE VISIBLE WAVE LENGTH RANGE, THE LAST-MENTIONED MATERIAL BEING SO ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEGMENTS OF SAID OTHER TRANSFER IMAGE AS TO DETERMINE THE WAVE LENGTH RANGE OF THE LIGHT TRANSMITTED BY THE LASTMENTIONED ELEMENTS.

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