Apparatus for developing copies

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR DIFFUSION-DEVELOPING COPIES BY MEANS OF A POSITIVE LAYER CARRIER AND A NEGATIVE LAYER CARRIER, COMPRISING A FLUID TANK HAVING AN INLET ORIFICE IN ITS UPPER RANGE; A PAIR OF TRANSPORTING AND SQUEEZING ROLLERS, JOURNALLED IN THE SIDE WALLS OF THE FLUID TANK IMMEDIATELY ABOVE AND ADJACENTLY TO THE SAID INLET ORIFICE; DRIVING MEANS FOR THE SAID PAIR OF TRANSPORTING AND SQEEZING ROLLERS; GUIDING MEANS FOR GUIDING THE NEGATIVE AND THE POSITIVE LAYER CARRIER TO THE INLET ORIFICE, SAID GUIDING MEANS BEING EQUIPPED WITH INLET MEANS ABOVE THE PAOR OF TRANSPORTING AND SQUEEZING ROLLERS AND WITH OUTLET MEANS UNDER THE PAIR OF TRANSPORTING AND SQUEEZING ROLLERS AND WITHIN THE TANK; A PAIR OF ROLLERS ARRANGED WITHIN THE TANK UNDER THE SAID OUTLET MEANS; DRIVING MEANS FOR DRIVING THIS PAIR OF ROLLERS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS; FRAME MEANS WHICH ARE SUBSTANTIALLY PERMEABLE TO LIQUID, EXTENDING THROUGH THE PAIR OF ROLLERS AND SERVING AT THE SAME TIME AS GUIDE MEMBER WHEREBY THE LAYER CARRIERS LEAVING THE OUTLET MEANS ARE GUIDED TO THE PAIR OF ROLLERS; CHANNELING MEANS ARRANGED BETWEEN THE UPPER END OF THE SAID FRAME AND THE ZONE OF CONTACT OF THE TRANSPORTING AND SQUEEZING ROLLERS, AND ADAPTED TO GUIDE LAYER CARRIERS COMING FROM THE TANK TO THE TRANSPORTING AND SQUEEZING ROLLERS, WHEREUPON THE LAYER CARRIERS AFTER HAVING BEEN PRESSED TOGETHER ARE FREED IN THE DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THEY ARE INTRODUCED THROUGH THE INLET MEANS.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR DIFFUSION-DEVELOPING COPIES BY MEANS OF A POSITIVE LAYER CARRIER AND A NEGATIVE LAYER CARRIER, COMPRISING A FLUID TANK HAVING AN INLET ORIFICE IN ITS UPPER RANGE; A PAIR OF TRANSPORTING AND SQUEEZING ROLLERS, JOURNALLED IN THE SIDE WALLS OF THE FLUID TANK IMMEDIATELY ABOVE AND ADJACENTLY TO THE SAID INLET ORIFICE; DRIVING MEANS FOR THE SAID PAIR OF TRANSPORTING AND SQEEZING ROLLERS; GUIDING MEANS FOR GUIDING THE NEGATIVE AND THE POSITIVE LAYER CARRIER TO THE INLET ORIFICE, SAID GUIDING MEANS BEING EQUIPPED WITH INLET MEANS ABOVE THE PAOR OF TRANSPORTING AND SQUEEZING ROLLERS AND WITH OUTLET MEANS UNDER THE PAIR OF TRANSPORTING AND SQUEEZING ROLLERS AND WITHIN THE TANK; A PAIR OF ROLLERS ARRANGED WITHIN THE TANK UNDER THE SAID OUTLET MEANS; DRIVING MEANS FOR DRIVING THIS PAIR OF ROLLERS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS; FRAME MEANS WHICH ARE SUBSTANTIALLY PERMEABLE TO LIQUID, EXTENDING THROUGH THE PAIR OF ROLLERS AND SERVING AT THE SAME TIME AS GUIDE MEMBER WHEREBY THE LAYER CARRIERS LEAVING THE OUTLET MEANS ARE GUIDED TO THE PAIR OF ROLLERS; CHANNELING MEANS ARRANGED BETWEEN THE UPPER END OF THE SAID FRAME AND THE ZONE OF CONTACT OF THE TRANSPORTING AND SQUEEZING ROLLERS, AND ADAPTED TO GUIDE LAYER CARRIERS COMING FROM THE TANK TO THE TRANSPORTING AND SQUEEZING ROLLERS, WHEREUPON THE LAYER CARRIERS AFTER HAVING BEEN PRESSED TOGETHER ARE FREED IN THE DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THEY ARE INTRODUCED THROUGH THE INLET MEANS.