Slide projector

A slide projector comprising a chute (37) having a chute opening for feeding a slide (21, 24) to be projected to a projection gate, a projector drive for actuating a movable arm for ejecting a slide in the chute (37) out of said chute, a stack loader (9) adapted to be mounted above the opening of the chute and having a first and second storage chamber (17 and 19) each said chamber being capable of holding a stack of slides which are in contact with one another, and a feeding device (27, 28) for pushing the stack of slides in at least one of the storage chambers relative to the opening of the chute (37) and into a position in which the end slide (21, 24) of the stack is movable out of said storage chamber as the slide to be projected and into the chute (37) and in which a projected slide is movable out of the chute (37) by the arm and into the other storage chamber, is characterized in that:

• the stack loader (9) includes a slide receiving member (31) having at least a first and a second slide compartment (35, 36) open on the underside, which is movable relative to the chute (37) and by the projector drive in order to align the opening in the bottom of one of the slide compartments (35, 36) with the opening of the chute (37), and that transport means (47, 49, 61, 63) are provided which are controllable in response to the movement of the receiving member (31), by which said transport means the end slide (21, 24) to be projected of the stack in a selected storage chamber (17, 19) can be inserted into the one slide compartment (35, 36) and a slide in the other slide compartment (35, 36) can be removed from said compartment and returned as the end slide to the stack in the other storage chamber (17, 19).