Apparatus for producing photograph

Claim 2

A photograph-producing apparatus for rapidly obtaining an image of a person photographed comprising: (a) a portion for receiving a heat development photosensitive material; (b) a photographic exposure portion for performing photographic exposure of the image of said person on said photosensitive material sent from said receiving portion; (c) a frame exposure portion for exposing the margin around said photographic image on said photosensitive material; (d) an application portion for applying a solvent used for forming said image to said photosensitive material after frame exposure; (e) a portion for receiving an image-receiving material; (f) a heat development and transfer portion for causing said image-receiving material sent from said image-receiving material receiving portion to adhere to said photosensitive material to which said solvent for forming said image is applied and subjecting said photosensitive material to heat development, as well as transferring the developed image to said image-receiving material; and (g) a separation means for separating said photosensitive material from said image-receiving material which serves as a final product.

Claim 3

A photograph-producing apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a housing which is divided into one side serving as a photographic chamber and the other side serving as a photograph-producing chamber, said photosensitive material and said image-receiving material respectively extracted from said heat development photosensitive material-receiving portion and said image-receiving material-receiving portion are disposed in a shield state in said photograph-producing chamber until they reach said separation means.

Claim 4

A photograph-producing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of said portions for receiving said photosensitive material are provided so that said photosensitive material can be selectively supplied to said photographic exposure portion from one of said receiving portions.

Claim 5

A photograph-producing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said heat development photosensitive material extracted from said photosensitive material-receiving portion passes through a shield member for partitioning off said photographic chamber from said photograph-producing chamber and enters said photograph-producing chamber.

Claim 6

A photograph-producing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a magazine for receiving said photosensitive material has an interior in a shield state and is set to said photograph-producing chamber in a state wherein a photosensitive material supply port assumes a shield state.

Claim 7

A photograph-producing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a multi-image photographic shutter used for simultaneously exposing a plurality of the same images on said photosensitive material and a single-image photographic shutter are selectively caused to face said photosensitive material in said photographic exposure portion.

Claim 8

A photograph-producing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said photographic exposure portion is provided with said multi-image photographic shutter used for simultaneously exposing a plurality of the same images on said photosensitive material and a shutter body in which shutter openings are formed around the center of the rotation in correspondence with said plurality of said images.

Claim 9

A photograph-producing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said plurality of said openings are formed around said center of rotation at different distances from the adjacent openings.

Claim 10

A photograph-producing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein portions between said plurality of said images are exposed in an overlapping state so as to be exposed to a large quantity of light.

Claim 11

A photograph-producing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said multi-image photographic shutter and said single image photographic shutter are both provided on a movable base and are alternatingly caused to face said photosensitive material by reciprocating motion of said movable base.

Claim 12

A photograph-producing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said frame exposure portion has means for covering the image exposure portion of said photosensitive material and frame exposure portion for sufficiently exposing the portion around said image exposure portion.

Claim 13

A photograph-producing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said means for covering said image exposure portion has a shield portion provided on a transparent material corresponding to said image.

Claim 14

A photograph-producing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said shield portion is so provided that the frame exposure is performed in such a manner as to produce a frame size which is greater than that of an image serving as a product.

Claim 15

A photograph-producing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said photographic exposure portion comprises a multi-image photographic shutter for simultaneously exposing a plurality of the same image on said photosensitive material and a single-image photographic shutter, and said frame exposure portion comprises a first means for simultaneously exposing the margin around said plurality of images formed by said multi-image photographic shutter and a second means for exposing margin around said image formed by said single-image photographic shutter in correspondence with said multi-image and single-image photographic shutters.

Claim 16

A photograph-producing apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising means for automatically selecting said first means and said second means when said multi-image photographic shutter and said single-image photographic shutter are respectively caused to face said photosensitive material.

Claim 17

A photograph-producing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein a movable base on which said multi-image photographic shutter and said single-image photographic shutter are both mounted is provided as said means for automatically selecting, said first means and said second means being also provided on said movable base in correspondence with said multi-image and single-image photographic shutters.

Claim 18

A photograph-producing apparatus for rapidly obtaining the image of a person photographed comprising: (a) a housing having a photographic chamber and a photograph-producing chamber, said person entering said photographic chamber and a photograph having said image is formed being produced in said photograph-producing chamber; (b) a portion for receiving a heat development photosensitive material; (c) a photographic exposure portion for performing photographic exposure of said image of said person on said photosensitive material sent from said receiving portion; (d) a frame exposure portion for exposing the margin around said image on said photosensitive material; (e) an application portion for applying a solvent used for forming said image to said photosensitive material after frame exposure; (f) a portion for receiving an image-receiving material; (g) a heat development and transfer portion for causing said image-receiving material sent from said image-receiving material receiving portion to adhere to said photosensitive material to which said solvent for forming said image is applied and subjecting said photosensitive material to heat development, as well as transferring the developed image to said image-receiving material; and (h) a separation means for separating said photosensitive material from said image-receiving material which serves as a final product.

Claim 19

A photograph-producing apparatus for rapidly obtaining the image of a person photographed comprising: (a) a housing having a photographic chamber and a photograph-producing chamber, said person entering said photographic chamber and a photograph having said image is formed being produced in said photograph-producing chamber; (b) a portion for receiving a heat development photosensitive material; (c) a photographic exposure portion for performing photographic exposure of said image of said person on said photosensitive material sent from said receiving portion; (d) a frame exposure portion for exposing the margin around said image on said photosensitive material; (e) an application portion for applying a solvent used for forming said image to said photosensitive material after frame exposure; (f) a portion for receiving an image-receiving material; (g) a heat development and transfer portion for causing said image-receiving material sent from said image-receiving material receiving portion to adhere to said photosensitive material to which said solvent for forming said image is applied and subjecting said photosensitive material to heat development, as well as transferring the developed image to said image-receiving material; and (h) a separation means for separating said photosensitive material from said image-receiving material which serves as a final product.

Claim 20

A photograph-producing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein said photographic exposure portion has a multi-image photographic shutter for simultaneously exposing a plurality of the same image on said photosensitive material and a single-image photographic shutter, and said frame exposure portion has a first means for simultaneously exposing said margin around said plurality of images formed by said multiimage photographic shutter and a second means for exposing said margin around said image formed by said single-image photographic shutter.

Claim 21

A photograph-producing apparatus according to claim 18 further comprising means for automatically selecting said first means and said second means when said multi-image photographic shutter and said single-image photographic shutter are respectively caused to face said photosensitive material.

Claim 22

A photograph-producing apparatus for rapidly providing the image of a person photographed comprising: (a) a portion for receiving a heat development photosensitive material; (b) a photographic exposure portion for performing photographic exposure of person on photosensitive material sent from said receiving portion; (c) a frame exposure portion for exposing the margin around said image on said photosensitive material, said frame exposure portion comprising a shield member for covering the image exposure portion of said photosensitive material and a light source for supplying sufficient exposure to said margin around said image exposure portion; (d) an application portion for applying a solvent used for forming said image on said photosensitive material after frame exposure; (e) a portion for receiving an image-receiving material; (f) a heat development and transfer portion for causing said image-receiving material sent from said image-receiving material receiving portion to adhere to said photosensitive material to which said solvent for forming said image is applied and subjecting said photosensitive material to heat development, as well as transferring the developed image to said image-receiving material; and (g) a separation means for separating said photosensitive material from said image-receiving material which serves as a final product.

Claim 23

A photograph-producing apparatus for rapidly providing the image of a person photographed comprising: (a) a portion for receiving a heat development photosensitive material; (b) a photographic exposure portion for performing photographic exposure of person on photosensitive material sent from said receiving portion; (c) a frame exposure portion for exposing the margin around said image on said photosensitive material, said frame exposure portion comprising a shield member for covering the image exposure portion of said photosensitive material and a light source for supplying sufficient exposure to said margin around said image exposure portion; (d) an application portion for applying a solvent used for forming said image on said photosensitive material after frame exposure; (e) a portion for receiving an image-receiving material; (f) a heat development and transfer portion for causing said image-receiving material sent from said image-receiving material receiving portion to adhere to said photosensitive material to which said solvent for forming said image is applied and subjecting said photosensitive material to heat development, as well as transferring the developed image to said image-receiving material; and (g) a separation means for separating said photosensitive material from said image-receiving material which serves as a final product.