Apparatus for the reproduction of copies by distillation transfer

Claim 1

IN A DEVICE FOR THE REPRODUCTION OF COPIES BY OIL TRANSFER, IN COMBINATION, A HOUSING; A HEATING STATION IN SAID HOUSING FOR SELECTIVELY DISTILLING AN OIL FROM A FILM TO A COPY-RECEIVING LAYER IN ACCORDANCE WITH A LATENT IMAGE CARRIED BY A XEROGRAPHIC LAYER; A FIRST TRANSPORT PATH LEADING WITHIN SAID HOUSING TO SAID HEATING STATION AND PROVIDED WITH FIRST TRANSPORT MEANS FOR DISPLACING A XEROGRAPHIC LAYER TO SAID HEATING STATION; A SECOND TRANSPORT PATH FORMED IN SAID HOUSING AND LEADING TOWARD SAID HEATING STATION FOR FEEDING A COPY-RECEIVING LAYER THERETO; CHARGE MEANS ALONG SAID FIRST TRANSPORT PATH FOR ELECTROSTATICALLY CHARGING A XEROGRAPHIC LAYER; EXPOSURE MEANS ALONG SAID FIRST TRANSPORT PATH BETWEEN SAID CHARGE MEANS AND SAID HEATING STATION FOR EXPOSING THE ELECTROSTATICALLY CHARGED XEROGRAPHIC LAYER AND FORMING THEREON A LATENT ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE CORRESPONDING TO A MASTER COPY; SURFACE-WETTING MEANS ALONG ONE OF SAID PATHS BETWEEN SAID EXPOSURE MEANS AND SAID HEATING STATION FOR APPLYING A FILM OF DISTILLABLE OIL BETWEEN SAID LAYERS, SAID LAYERS MERGING AT SAID STATION WITH SAID FILM DISPOSED BETWEEN THEM; SEPARATING MEANS BEYOND SAID HEATING STATION FOR DIRECTING SAID LAYERS ALONG RESPECTIVE FURTHER PATHS INCLUDING A THIRD TRANSPORT PATH FOR SAID XEROGRAPHIC LAYER AND A FOURTH TRANSPORT PATH FOR SAID COPY-RECEIVING LAYER; DEVELOPING MEANS ALONG AT LEAST ONE OF SAID TRANSPORT PATHS FOR APPLYING A PIGMENTATIOUS MATERIAL TO AN OIL-CARRYING SURFACE OF THE RESPECTIVE LAYER, THEREBY DEVELOPING AN IMAGE CORRESPONDING TO THE LATENT IMAGE ORIGINALLY FORMED ON SAID XEROGRAPHIC LAYER; SECOND TRANSPORT MEANS ALONG SAID SECOND TRANSPORT PATH FOR DISPLACING SAID COPY-RECEIVING LAYER THEREALONG, SAID HEATING STATION INCLUDING A PAIR OF DISPLACEABLE SURFACES ADAPTED TO SANDWICH SAID LAYERS BETWEEN THEM WITH SURFACE-CONTACT PRESSURE AND DRIVE MEANS FOR SAID FIRST AND SECOND TRANSPORT MEANS, SAID PAIR OF DISPLACEABLE SURFACES AND SAID SEPARATING MEANS.