Apparatus for the production of copies

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING THE CONTENTS OF A MASTER SHEET ON A PHOTOSENSITIVE COPY SHEET, COMPRISING A HOUSING OF HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED CROSS-SECTION HAVING A RELATIVELY LOW FRONT WALL AND A RELATIVELY LONG TOP WALL ADJOINING SAID FRONT WALL AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY THEREFROM; INLET MEANS AT SAID FRONT WALL FOR ADMITTING A MASTER SHEET AND A COPY SHEET SIDE BY SIDE INTO SAID HOUSING; FIRST AND SECOND WINDOW MEANS POSITIONED IN REGION OF SAID HOUSING ADJACENT SAID FRONT WALL ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID INLET MEANS, SAID FIRST WINDOW MEANS BEING DISPOSED BELOW SAID SECOND WINDOW MEANS; FIRST AND SECOND FEED MEANS FOR CONCURRENTLY LEADING SAID MASTER SHEET AND SAID COPY SHEET PAST SAID FIRST AND SECOND WINDOW MEANS, RESPECTIVELY, ALONG A LOWER AND AN UPPER GUIDE PATH TERMINATING AT A FIRST OUTLET FOR SAID MASTER SHEET AND A SECOND OUTLET FOR SAID COPY SHEET; ILLUMINATING MEANS AT SAID FIRST WINDOW MEANS POSITIONED TO TRANSMIT LIGHT RAYS FROM SAID MASTER COPY OVER A FIRST ELONGATED LIGHT PATH SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY THROUGH SAID HOUSING; OPTICAL FOCUSING MEANS AT THE END OF SAID FIRST LIGHT PATH INCLUDING REFLECTOR MEANS FOR DIRECTING SAID LIGHT RAY ONTO SAID SECOND WINDOW MEANS OVER A SECOND ELONGATED LIGHT PATH INCLINED AT A SMALL ANGLE WITH REFERENCE TO SAID FIRST LIGHT PATH, THEREBY EXPOSING SAID COPY SHEET AND CREATING A LATENT IMAGE THEREON; PARTITION MEANS IN SAID HOUSING EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY BELOW A PORTION OF SAID TOP WALL AND FORMING THEREWITH A TREATMENT CHAMBER WITHIN SAID HOUSING, SAID UPPER GUIDE PATH LEADING WITHIN SAID CHAMBER FROM A LOCATION JUST BEYOND SAID SECOND WINDOW MEANS TO SAID SECOND OUTLET; CURVED DEFLECTING MEANS IN SAID UPPER GUIDE PATH JUST AHEAD OF SAID PORTION FOR TURNING SAID COPY SHEET FROM AN UPWARD DIRECTION GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID FRONT WALL INTO A DIRECTION GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID TOP WALL WITH THE EXPOSED SIDE OF SAID COPY SHEET FACING DOWNWARDLY, AND DEVELOPER MEANS FOR SAID LATENT IMAGE DISPOSED BELOW SAID SECOND GUIDE PATH IN SAID CHAMBER, SAID DEVELOPER MEANS INCLUDING AN UPWARDLY OPEN CONTAINER FOR DEVELOPING MATERIAL ON SAID PARTITION MEANS AND A ROTARY APPLICATOR FOR SAID MATERIAL IN SAID CONTAINER, SAID TOP WALL BEING PROVIDED ON ITS UNDERSIDE WITH SPACER MEANS ABOVE SAID CONTAINER FOR KEEPING SAID COPY SHEET OUT OF CONTACT WITH SAID UNDERSIDE DURING APPLICATION OF SAID DEVELOPING MATERIAL TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID COPY SHEET.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING THE CONTENTS OF A MASTER SHEET ON A PHOTOSENSITIVE COPY SHEET, COMPRISING A HOUSING OF HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED CROSS-SECTION HAVING A RELATIVELY LOW FRONT WALL AND A RELATIVELY LONG TOP WALL ADJOINING SAID FRONT WALL AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY THEREFROM; INLET MEANS AT SAID FRONT WALL FOR ADMITTING A MASTER SHEET AND A COPY SHEET SIDE BY SIDE INTO SAID HOUSING; FIRST AND SECOND WINDOW MEANS POSITIONED IN REGION OF SAID HOUSING ADJACENT SAID FRONT WALL ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID INLET MEANS, SAID FIRST WINDOW MEANS BEING DISPOSED BELOW SAID SECOND WINDOW MEANS; FIRST AND SECOND FEED MEANS FOR CONCURRENTLY LEADING SAID MASTER SHEET AND SAID COPY SHEET PAST SAID FIRST AND SECOND WINDOW MEANS, RESPECTIVELY, ALONG A LOWER AND AN UPPER GUIDE PATH TERMINATING AT A FIRST OUTLET FOR SAID MASTER SHEET AND A SECOND OUTLET FOR SAID COPY SHEET; ILLUMINATING MEANS AT SAID FIRST WINDOW MEANS POSITIONED TO TRANSMIT LIGHT RAYS FROM SAID MASTER COPY OVER A FIRST ELONGATED LIGHT PATH SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY THROUGH SAID HOUSING; OPTICAL FOCUSING MEANS AT THE END OF SAID FIRST LIGHT PATH INCLUDING REFLECTOR MEANS FOR DIRECTING SAID LIGHT RAY ONTO SAID SECOND WINDOW MEANS OVER A SECOND ELONGATED LIGHT PATH INCLINED AT A SMALL ANGLE WITH REFERENCE TO SAID FIRST LIGHT PATH, THEREBY EXPOSING SAID COPY SHEET AND CREATING A LATENT IMAGE THEREON; PARTITION MEANS IN SAID HOUSING EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY BELOW A PORTION OF SAID TOP WALL AND FORMING THEREWITH A TREATMENT CHAMBER WITHIN SAID HOUSING, SAID UPPER GUIDE PATH LEADING WITHIN SAID CHAMBER FROM A LOCATION JUST BEYOND SAID SECOND WINDOW MEANS TO SAID SECOND OUTLET; CURVED DEFLECTING MEANS IN SAID UPPER GUIDE PATH JUST AHEAD OF SAID PORTION FOR TURNING SAID COPY SHEET FROM AN UPWARD DIRECTION GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID FRONT WALL INTO A DIRECTION GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID TOP WALL WITH THE EXPOSED SIDE OF SAID COPY SHEET FACING DOWNWARDLY, AND DEVELOPER MEANS FOR SAID LATENT IMAGE DISPOSED BELOW SAID SECOND GUIDE PATH IN SAID CHAMBER, SAID DEVELOPER MEANS INCLUDING AN UPWARDLY OPEN CONTAINER FOR DEVELOPING MATERIAL ON SAID PARTITION MEANS AND A ROTARY APPLICATOR FOR SAID MATERIAL IN SAID CONTAINER, SAID TOP WALL BEING PROVIDED ON ITS UNDERSIDE WITH SPACER MEANS ABOVE SAID CONTAINER FOR KEEPING SAID COPY SHEET OUT OF CONTACT WITH SAID UNDERSIDE DURING APPLICATION OF SAID DEVELOPING MATERIAL TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID COPY SHEET.