Film units for photography of diffusive transfer process type
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorsMamoru Ishiwata, Minoru Minoda
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Abstract
In a film unit for photography of the diffusive transfer process type including a photosensitive sheet, a mask defining an image border definition with an aperture provided therein, a pod for a processing liquid, etc., bordering portions of the photosensitive sheet underlying the image border definition are formed of dried dummy liquid layers in place of the normal layers constituting the photosensitive sheet.
Claims4
A film unit for photography of the diffusive transfer process type, which comprises a cover sheet and a photosensitive sheet, said photosensitive sheet including a plurality of laminated layers each taking part in a self-processing photographic function, said cover sheet and said photosensitive sheet having applied therebetween, a mask defining an image border definition with an aperture provided therein, a pod member containing therewith a processing liquid and being capable of releasing said processing liquid when subjected to pressure, a trap member capable of retaining therewith the surplus processing liquid after the diffusive transfer process, and a pair of spacers for use in regulating the thickness of the processing liquid to be discharged over said photosensitive sheet, the improvement wherein at least a partial portion of said photosensitive sheet underlying said image border definition comprises at least one dried dummy liquid layer extending inside or lying flush to a relative definition area corresponding to the image border definition which takes no part in the self-processing photographic function and which prevents the occurence of stripes, black dots or black dashes in the periphery of the image area.
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