Compact repeating slide viewer

Claim 1

In a compact slide viewer, the combination comprising, a body portion having bottom and side walls, a slide carriage member longitudinally shiftable from one end of said body, said end of the body receiving the slide carriage defining a slide storage compartment and the opposite end of the body defining a slide viewing compartment having a translucent window therein, viewer lid means carrying a magnifying lens pivotally mounted to said body above the viewing compartment, a spring actuated tongue means disposed in said storage compartment, said slide carriage having an upper wall member defining a feeding edge, a shiftable member extending forwardly over said edge to retain slides in the storage compartment, a lower wall portion on said slide carriage including forwardly extending spaced fingers having upwardly extending hooks at their ends, at least one of said fingers having an inwardly directed tang, said tang causing the tongue to be retracted when the slide carriage is moved to its outwardly extended position and releasing the tongue upon reaching the substantially fully outwardly extended position of the slide carriage so that the stack is elevated to engage the uppermost slide with said feeding edge of the carriage whereupon inward movement of the carriage feeds the uppermost slide into the viewing compartment and outward movement of the carriage returns the viewed slide from the viewing compartment to the underside of the stack of slides in the storage compartment with said tongue being released from the stack while the viewed slide is being returned to the bottom of the stack.