Photographic process for forming a photosensitive article with a processing solution spread thereon

Claim 1

A METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING A PHOTOGRAPHIC LIQUID IN CONTACT WITH AN AREA OF A FIRST PHOTOGRAPHIC SHEET TO PRODUCE A COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SUPERPOSED LAYERS, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID LAYERS INCLUDING SAID LIQUID AND AT LEAST ONE OF SAID LAYERS INCLUDING A PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE-RECORDING MATERIAL, SAID METHOD COMPRISING: SUPERPOSING SAID FIRST SHEET WITH A SECOND SHEET; DISPENSING A QUANTITY OF SAID PROCESSING LIQUID FROM A CONTAINER LOCATED BETWEEN SAID SHEETS IN A MASS BETWEEN SAID SHEETS ADJACENT AN END EDGE OF SAID AREA; MOVING SAID SHEETS AND MASS OF LIQUID RELATIVE TO MEANS FOR APPLYING COMPRESSIVE PRESSURE TO SAID SHEETS, IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE THE DIRECTION OF DISTRIBUTION OF SAID LIQUID IN CONTACT WITH SAID AREA; DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID SHEETS, APPLYING COMPRESSIVE PRESSURE TO A FIRST TRANSVERSE SECTION OF SAID SUPERPOSED SHEETS AHEAD OF SAID MASS OF LIQUID TO DISTRIBUTE SAID LIQUID IN CONTACT WITH SAID AREA AND CAUSE SAID LIQUID TO FLOW IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID SHEETS TOWARD THE OPPOSITE END EDGE OF SAID AREA; AND, SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLYING COMPRESSIVE PRESSURE TO A SECOND TRANSVERSE SECTION OF SAID SUPERPOSED SHEETS BEHIND SAMD MASS OF LIQUID TO RESTTICT SAID FLOW OF SAID LIQUID AND CAUSE SAID LIQUID TO FLOW TRNASVERSELY OF SAID DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID SHEETS.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING A PHOTOGRAPHIC LIQUID IN CONTACT WITH AN AREA OF A FIRST PHOTOGRAPHIC SHEET TO PRODUCE A COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SUPERPOSED LAYERS, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID LAYERS INCLUDING SAID LIQUID AND AT LEAST ONE OF SAID LAYERS INCLUDING A PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE-RECORDING MATERIAL, SAID METHOD COMPRISING: SUPERPOSING SAID FIRST SHEET WITH A SECOND SHEET; DISPENSING A QUANTITY OF SAID PROCESSING LIQUID FROM A CONTAINER LOCATED BETWEEN SAID SHEETS IN A MASS BETWEEN SAID SHEETS ADJACENT AN END EDGE OF SAID AREA; MOVING SAID SHEETS AND MASS OF LIQUID RELATIVE TO MEANS FOR APPLYING COMPRESSIVE PRESSURE TO SAID SHEETS, IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE THE DIRECTION OF DISTRIBUTION OF SAID LIQUID IN CONTACT WITH SAID AREA; DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID SHEETS, APPLYING COMPRESSIVE PRESSURE TO A FIRST TRANSVERSE SECTION OF SAID SUPERPOSED SHEETS AHEAD OF SAID MASS OF LIQUID TO DISTRIBUTE SAID LIQUID IN CONTACT WITH SAID AREA AND CAUSE SAID LIQUID TO FLOW IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID SHEETS TOWARD THE OPPOSITE END EDGE OF SAID AREA; AND, SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLYING COMPRESSIVE PRESSURE TO A SECOND TRANSVERSE SECTION OF SAID SUPERPOSED SHEETS BEHIND SAMD MASS OF LIQUID TO RESTTICT SAID FLOW OF SAID LIQUID AND CAUSE SAID LIQUID TO FLOW TRNASVERSELY OF SAID DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID SHEETS.