Developing apparatus for photographic equipment

Claim 1

IN A REPRODUCING MECHANISM, A CONTAINER FOR A POOL OF DEVELOPING LIQUID, FIRST MEANS FOR GUIDING A SHEET BEARING A LATENT IMAGE TOWARD SAID POOL, SECOND MEANS FOR GUIDING A PRESS SHEET TOWARD SAID POOL, A CARRIER MEANS RECEIVING THE SHEETS FROM SAID GUIDE MEANS AND SIMULATANEOUSLY MOVING SAID SHEETS INTO THE LIQUID, A SHEET SEPARATOR INCLUDING AN UPPER BAR POSITIONED ABOVE THE UPPERMOST OF SAID SHEETS AND A LOWER BAR POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID SHEETS, A SEPARATOR SUPPORT MOVING THE SEPARTOR FROM A FIRST POSITION WHERE THE UPPER BAR GUIDES THE UPPERMOST SHEET AS IT LEAVES THE FIRST GUIDING MEANS TO PREVENT ABRASION AND TO SUCCESSIVE POSITIONS IN A TRAILING RELATION TO SAID CARRIER MEANS WHILE SAID SEPARATOR GUIDES BOTH SHEETS THROUGH THE POOL OF LIQUID TO MAINTAIN THE SHEETS SEPARATED AND HOLD THE UPPER SHEET SUBMERGED, AND MEANS POSITIONED TO RECEIVE THE SHEETS FROM THE CARRIER MEANS AND PRESS THE SHEETS TOGETGHER TO TRANSFER THE IMAGE TO SAID PRESS SHEET.