Xerographic copying apparatus

Claim 1

A XEROGRAPHIC APPARATUS COMPRISING: (A) A MANDREL HAVING A SUBTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL SHAPE, (B) A FLEXIBLE, WEB-LIKE, REUSABLE, XEROGRAPHIC PLATE WRAPPED ON SAID MANDREL AND HAVING A FIRST ONE OF ITS ENDS FIXED THERETO, (C) MEANS TO UNIFORMLY CHARGE SAID XEROGRAPHIC PLATE, (D) PLATE HANDLING MEANS TO UNWRAP THE FREE END OF SAID XEROGRAPHIC PLATE, FLATTEN SAID PLATE, AND HOLD IT IN A PLANAR CONDITION WHILE SAID FIRST END IS STILL FIXED TO SAID MANDREL, (E) MEANS TO EXPOSE SAID CHARGED PLATE TO A FULL FRAME PATTERN TO ACTINIC ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION WHILE IT IS BEING HELD IN A PLANAR CONDITION BY SAID PLATE HANDLING MEANS THUS FORMING A LATENT ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE ON SAID PLATE, (F) PROCESSING MEANS ADAPTED TO PROCESS THE LATENT ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE ON SAID PLATE; AND, (G) MEANS TO REWRAP SAID XEROGRAPHIC PLATE TO SAID MANDREL AFTER EACH EXPOSURE, MOVING AT LEAST THE EXPOSED PORTION OF SAID PLATE PAST SAID PROCESSING MEANS SO THAT SAID PLATE IS READIED FOR ANOTHER CYCLE OF FULL FRAME EXPOSURE AND RAPID PROCESSING.