摘要 |
A carriage is mounted for reversible displacement across an exposure station of a camera and mounts in sequence an applicator, a guide bar and a resiliently compressible roller. A supply of photosensitive material is initially mounted adjacent one end of the exposure station while a supply of image-receiving material is mounted on the carriage. In its initial pass across the exposure station, the carriage draws a first section of photosensitive material onto the exposure station. After exposure and as the carriage is returned across the exposure station towards the supply of photosensitive material, a processing liquid is expressed from the applicator onto the section of exposed photosensitive sheet while a section of image-receiving material is simultaneously, progressively played out around the guide bar over the wetted photosensitive sheet and firmly pressed thereagainst by the resilient roller. In its next pass across the exposure station, the carriage advances the superposed sheets from the exposure station and draws a new section of photosensitive material thereonto. As the superposed sheets leave the exposure station, they are separated and the first section of image-receiving material ejected from the camera while the processed photosensitive sheet is stored within the camera. Other features include an edge control arrangement on the carriage and a unique application configuration.
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