Abstract:
THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO PHOTOGRAPHY, PARTICULARLY, TO PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS SPECIFICALLY ADAPTED FOR EMPLOYMENT IN SPECIFIED PHOTOGRAPHIC DIFFUSION TRANSFER COLOR PROCESSES AND, MORE PARTICULARLY, TO PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS WHICH COMPRISE A COMPOSITE PHOTOSENSITIVE STRUCTURE CONTAINING, IN COMBINATION, A PHOTOSENSITIVE LAMINATE INCLUDING, AS ESSENTIAL LAYERS, IN SEQUENCE, A DIMENSIONALLY STABLE LAYER TRANSPARENT TO ACTINIC RADIATION; AN OPTIONAL POLYMERIC LAYER SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSPARENT TO INCIDENT RADIATION AND CONTAINING SUFFICIENT ACIDIFYING CAPACITY TO EFFECT REDUCTION OF A PROCESSING COMPOSITION HAVING A PH AT WHICH A SELECTED DYE IMAGE-FORMING MATERIAL IS DIFFUSIBLE TO A PH AT WHICH SUCH MATERIAL IS SUBSTANTIALLY NONDIFFUSIBLE; A POLYMERIC LAYER DYEABLE BY THE SELECTED DYE IMAGE-FORMING MATERIAL; A PROCESSING COMPOSITION PERMEABLE OPAQUE LAYER; AND A PHOTOSENSITIVE SILVER HALIDE LAYER HAVING ASSOCIATED THEREWITH A DYE IMAG-FORMING MATERIAL WHICH IS PROCESSING COMPOSITION DIFFUSIBLE, AS A FUNCTION OF THE POINT-TO-POINT DEGREE OF THE SILVER HALIDE LAYER''S EXPOSURE TO INCIDENT ACTINIC RADIATION; A TRANSPARENT DIMENSIONALLY STABLE SHEET SUPERPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE THE SURFACE OF THE LAMINATE OPPOSITE THE DIMENSIONALLY STABLE TRANSPARENT LAYER; AND A RUPTURABLE CONTAINER RETAINING A PROCESSING COMPOSITION CONTAINING AN OPACIFYING AGENT POSITIONED EXTENDING TRANSVERSE A LEADING EDGE OF THE FILM UNIT TO EFFECT UNIDIRECTIONAL DISCHARGE OF THE CONTAINER''S CONTENTS INTERMEDIATE THE DIMENSIONALLY STABLE SHEET AND THE LAMINATE; AND TO SPECIFIED PHOTO-
GRAPHIC DIFFUSION TRANSFER COLOR PROCESSES EMPLOYING SUCH PRODUCTS.
Abstract:
TRANSPARENT SUPPORT AND BETWEEN THE LAMINATE AND SUPERPOSED SHEET; AND TO SPECIFIED COLOR DIFFUSION TRANSFER PROCESSES EMPLOYING SUCH FILM UNIT.
THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPHIC DIFFUSION TRANSFER COLOR PROCESS FILM UNIT WHICH COMPRISES A PHOTOSENSITIVE LAMINATE INCLUDING A DIMENSIONALLY STABLE TRANSPARENT SUPPORT CARRYING A DYEABLE POLYMERIC LAYER, A PROCESSING COMPOSITION PERMEABLE OPAQUE LAYER, AND A PHOTOSENSITIVE SILVER HALIDE LAYER HAVING ASSOCIATED THERWITH, A DYE TRANSFER IMAGE-FORMING MATERIAL; A DIMENSIONALLY STABLE SHEET ADAPTED TO BE SUPERPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE THE SURFACE OF THE LAMINATE OPPOSITE THE TRANSPARENT SUPPORT, AND A CONTAINER RETAINING A PROCESSING COMPOSITION ADAPTED TO DISCHARGE ITS CONTENTS ON THE SURFACE OF THE LAMINATE OPPOSITE THE