Photographic apparatus

Claim 1

A PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SUCCESSIVE EXPOSED AREAS OF A LIGHT-SENSITIVE IMAGE-RECORDING SHEET TO PRODUCE A SUCCESSION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A PAIR OF JUXTAPOSED MEMBERS FOR SUPERPOSING A SEOND SHEET WITH SAID IMAGE-RECORDING SHEET AND DISTRIBUTING A PROCESSING LIQUID BETWEEN SAID SHEETS IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID SHEETS IN SUPERPOSITION RELATIVE TO AND BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS; MEANS INCLUDING A GUIDE MEMBER SPACED FROM SAID JUXTAPOSED MEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING AND MOVING IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION A SECTION OF SAID SECOND SHEET EXTENDING IN SUPERPOSITION WITH SAID IMAGERECORDING SHEET BETWEEN SAID JUXTAPOSED MEMBERS; A PAIR OF GRIPPING MEMBERS MOUNTED IN JUXTAPOSITION ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID SECTION OF SAID SECOND SHEET FOR MOVEMENT TOWARD AND AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER TO GRIP AND RELEASE SAID SUPERPOSED SHEETS; SUPPORT MEANS MOUNTING SAID GRIPPING MEMBERS FOR MOVEMENT TOGETHER BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION ADJACENT SAID JUXTAPOSED MEMBERS AND A SECOND POSITION ADJACENT SAID GUIDE MEMBER; MEANS FOR URGING SAID GRIPPING MEMBERS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SHEETS DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID GRIPPING MEMBERS FROM SAID FIRST TO SAID SECOND POSITION TO MOVE SAID SHEETS BETWEEN SAID JUXTAPOSED MEMBERS, AND SPACING SAID GRIPPING MEMBERS APART TO RELEASE SAID SHEETS DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID GRIPPING MEMBERS FROM SAID SECOND TO SAID FIRST POSITION; AND MEANS FOR ADVANCING SAID IMAGE-RECORDING SHEET AROUND ONE OF SAID GRIPPING MEMBERS IN A DIRECTION DIVERGENT FROM SAID DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID SECTION OF SAID SECOND SHEET DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID GRIPPING MEMBERS FROM SAID SECOND TO SAID FIRST POSITION TO SEPARATE SAID IMAGE-RECORDING SHEET FROM SECTION OF SAID SECOND SHEET.