Self-developing camera

Claim 1

CAMERA APPARATUS FOR PHOTOGRAPHICALLY EXPOSING A PHOTOSENSITIVE FILM ELEMENT AND FOR SUBJECTING SAID FILM ELEMENT TO A PREDETERMINED PROCESS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, MEANS FOR MOUNTING A ROLL OF SAID FILM ELEMENT, MEANS FOR SEPARATELY MOUNTING A ROLL OF IMAGE-RECEPTIVE ELEMENT CARRYING A PLURALITY OF COLLAPSIBLE FLUID CONTAINERS IN SPACED RELATION ALONG A SURFACE THEREOF, EACH CONTAINER RELEASABLY HOLDING A QUANTITY OF FLUID FOR PROCESSING AT LEAST ONE EXPOSED AREA OF SAID FILM ELEMENT, MEANS FOR PHOTOGRAPHICALLY EXPOSING SAID FILM ELEMENT, MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF COMPRESSING MEMBERS BETWEEN WHICH SAID ELEMENTS ARE ADVANCED IN SUPERPOSED RELATION, SAID COMPRESSING MEMBERS ACTING IN COOPERATION WITH SAID ELEMENTS TO SPREAD THE CONTENTS OF EACH CONTAINER TO A PREDETERMINED AREA OF SAID FILM ELEMENT, MEANS PROVIDING A LIGHTTIGHT CHAMBER FOR RECEIVING SAID ELEMENTS AFTER SAID ELEMENTS ARE COMPRESSED AND THE CONTENTS OF A CONTAINER ARE SPREAD THEREBETWEEN, MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CHAMBER PROVIDING ACCESS THERETO FOR REMOVAL OF A PORTION OF SAID IMAGE-RECEPTIVE ELEMENT, SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT AND THE RESIDUAL OF SAID IMAGE-RECEPTIVE ELEMENT REMAINING IN SUPERPOSITION FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD UNTIL SUBSEQUENT ADVANCEMENT OF SAID ELEMENTS, ADVANCING MEANS SPACED FROM SAID MEMBER ALONG THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF SAID SUPERPOSED ELEMENTS COMPRISING A PAIR OF FEED ROLLS ADAPTED TO FRICTIONALLY ENGAGE SAID SUPERPOSED ELEMENTS FOR ADVANCING SAID ELEMENTS WITHIN SAID CAMERA APPARATUS, SAID ADVANCING MEANS BEING PROVIDED WITH UNIDIRECTIONAL CLUTCH MEANS FOR MAINTAINING SAID ELEMENTS TAUT DURING ADVANCEMENT, MEANS LOCATED EXTERNALLY OF SAID CAMERA APPARATUS FOR ACTUATING SAID ADVANCING MEANS, AND STORAGE MEANS SPACED FROM SAID ADVANCING MEANS AND ACTUATED THEREBY COMPRISING A PAIR OF RELEASABLY MOUNTED TAKE-UP SPOOLS UPON ONE OF WHICH SAID FILM ELEMENT IS ADAPTED TO BE WOUND AND UPON THE OTHER OF WHICH SUCH PARTS OF SAID IMAGE-RECEPTIVE ELEMENT NOT PREVIOUSLY DETACHED ARE ADAPTED TO BE WOUND.