Picture viewer

Picture viewing device having a housing for accommodating a pile of pictures, of which the uppermost picture lies beneath a housing window, having a slider member that may be pulled out of the housing and re-inserted parallel to the viewing window, and having a picture change mechanism consisting of a transporter, by means of which a picture can be removed from one side of the pile as the slider member is withdrawn and is guided to the other side of the pile again as the slider member is pushed in, and of a retaining device preventing the remainder of the pile from being transported, and having an externally operable device for disabling the picture change mechanism for the removal of the entire pile out of the housing by means of the slider member, the retaining device being provided in the form of a separator on the slider member and the transporter being provided in the form of retentive elements on a pressure arrangement located in the housing under spring bias, wherein the pressure arrangement comprises a plate supported by springs, the plate being of dimensions substantially corresponding to the size of the pictures, and on which the retentive elements are arranged.