Self-developing camera

Claim 1

IN A CAMERA INCLUDING A HOUSING COMPRISING TWO SECTIONS MOVABLE RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER BETWEEN OPERATIVE AND INOPERATIVE POSITIONS, EXPOSURE MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING AND MEANS FOR LOCATING SUCCESSIVE PORTIONS OF AN IMAGE-RECORDING SHEET IN POSITION FOR EXPOSURE, IN COMBINATION: MEANS DEFINING AN OPENING IN ONE OF SAID HOUSING SECTION THROUGH WHICH SUCCESSIVE PORTIONS OF A SANDWICH COMPRISING SAID IMAGE-RECRODING SHEET AND A SECOND SHEET SUPERPOSED THEREWITH CAN BE ADVANCED FROM SAID HOUSING; A PAIR OF PRESSURE-APPLYING MEMBERS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH COMPRISES A ROLL, MOUNTED IN JUXTAPOSITION WITHIN SAID HOUSING ON SAID ONE HOUSING SECTION ADJACENT SAID OPENING WITH ADJOINING PORIONS OF SAID MEMBER ALIGNED WITH SAID OPENING; DRIVE MEANS INCLUDING A DRIVE MEMBER ENGAGEABLE OUTSIDE OF SAID HOUSING AND MOVABLE THROUGH A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION AND A SECOND POSITION; SAID DRIVE INCLUDING MEANS COUPLING SAID DRIVE MEMBER WITH SAID ROLL FOR ROTATING SAID ROLL IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SANDWICH TO ADVANCE A PREDETERMINED LENGTH IF SAID SANDWICH FROM SAID HOUSING THROUGH SAID OPENING DURING AND IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID DRIVE MEMBER FROM SAID FIRST TO SAID SECOND POSITION; MEANS WITHIN SAID HOUSING ON THE OTHER OF SAID HOUSING SECTIONS FOR HOLDING A COIL OF SAID SECOND SHEET COMPRISING AN OPEN CONTAINER FOR HOLDING SAID COIL AND A CLOSURE FOR SAID CONTAINER, SAID CLOSURE AND SAID CONTAINER BEING MOUNTED ON SAID OTHER HOUSING SEC TION FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER AND SAID OTHER HOUSING SECTION; ENGAGEMENT MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID ONE HOUSING SECTION OF ENGAGING AND HOLDING SAID CONTAINER IN A SUBSTANTIALLY FIXED POSITION WHEN SAID HOUSING SECTIONS ARE IN SAID OPERATIVE POSITION, SAID CLOSURE BEING MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID CONTAINER BETWEEN A CLOSED POSITION AND A PARTIALLY OPEN POSITION AT WHICH SAID CLOSURE IS DISPLACED FROM SAID CONTAINER SUFFICIENTLY TO PERMIT WITHDRAWL MOVEMENT OF SAID SECOND SHEET FROM SAID CONTAINER; SAID DRIVING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR RETAINING SAID CLOSURE IN SAID CLOSED POSITION WHEN SAID DRIVE MEMBER IS IN SAID FIRST POSITION AND RELEASING SAID CLOSURE WHEN SAID DRIVE MEMBER IS DISPLACED FROM SAID FIRST POSITION; SAID CONTAINER FOR SAID CLOSURE BEING MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID OTHER HOUSING SECTION TO A FULLY OPEN POSITION PERMITTING INTRODUCTION OF A COIL OF SAID SECOND SHEET INTO SAID CONTAINER WHEN SAID HOUSING SECTIONS ARE IN SAID INOPERATIVE POSITION; MEANS WITHIN OTHER SECTION FOR URGING SAID CONTAINER AND CLOSURE INTO SAID FULLY OPEN POSITION; SAID ENGAGEMENT MEANS BEING CONSTRUCTED FOR MOVING SAID CONTAINER AND SAID CLOSURE INTO SAID PARTIALLY OPEN POSITION DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID HOUSING SECTION FROM SAID INOPERATIVE POSITION; AND MEANS FOR GUIDING SUCCESSIVE EXPOSED PORTIONS OF SAID IMAGE-RECORDING SHEET INTO SUPERPOSITION WITH SUCCESSIVE PORTIONS OF SAID SECOND SHEET BETWEEN SAID PRESSURE-APPLYING MEMBERS.