Apparatus for making positive copies

Claim 1

PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPING APPARATUS, COMPRISING A TRAY, AT LEAST ONE PARTITION DIVIDING SAID TRAY INTO A SERIES OF SUCCESSIVE NON-COMMUNICATING CHAMBERS, AT LEAST THE FIRST OF SAID CHAMBERS BEING ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSING SOLUTION, AND A PLURALITY OF SLATTED PHOTOGRAPHIC SHEET CARRIERS, INCLUDING RODS EXTENDING FROM THE FIRST CHAMBER TO THE SECOND ACROSS SAID PARTITION, AND MEANS INTERMITTENTLY MOVING SAID CARRIERS TO CONDUCT A PHOTOGRAPHIC SHEET THROUGH THE PROCESSING SOLUTION IN THE FIRST CHAMBER, THEN OVER THE PARTITION AND INTO AND THROUGH THE SECOND CHAMBER, WHEREIN THE SECOND CHAMBER IS ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A WASHING LIQUID, THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SHEET BEING DEVELOPED AND FIXED IN THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSING SOLUTION IN THE FIRST CHAMBER AND BEING WASHED IN THE SECOND CHAMBER, SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC SHEET CARRIERS HAVING UPWARDLY INCLINED PORTIONS WHICH EXTEND UPWARDLY FROM THE FIRST CHAMBER OVER THE PARTITION, AND DOWNWARDLY SLOPING PORTIONS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM ABOVE THE PARTITION INTO THE SECOND CHAMBER, THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSING SOLUTION BEING DRAINED OFF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SHEET WHILE THE SAME IS BEING CARRIED DIAGONALLY UPWARDLY ON THE UPWARDLY INCLINED PORTION OF THE CARRIER, AND SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC SHEET CARRIERS BEING ALSO PROVIDED WITH ADDITIONAL UPWARDLY INCLINED PORTIONS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID DOWNWARDLY SLOPING PORTIONS, SAID ADDITIONAL UPWARDLY INCLINED PORTIONS BEING ADAPTED TO CARRY THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SHEET DIAGONALLY UPWARDLY OUT OF THE SECOND CHAMBER, THEREBY DRAINING SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC SHEET OF THE WASHING LIQUID.