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AN INEXPENSIVE CARTRIDGE CHANGER THAT REQUIRES ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF PARTS AND THAT IS CONFIGURED BY MOVING A STOCKER WITH A PLURALITY OF CARTRIDGES HOUSED IN PARALLEL, IN THE JUXTAPOSITION DIRECTION, BY MOVING A SELECTED CARTRIDGE THROUGH ONE EXCLUSIVE GATES, AND BY CLOSING THE GATE DURING THE MOVEMENT OF TH STOCKER IN THE JUXTAPOSITION DIRECTION WHILE OPENING THE GATE DURING OR TRANSFER. A CARTRIDGE CHANGER COMPRISES A STOCK MEANS (B) HAVING A STOCKER (21), A TRANSFER MEANS (D) FOR TRANSFERRING A CARTRIDGE (8) BETWEEN A RECDORING AND REPRODUCTION MEANS (C) AND AN INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL POSITION (A) AND THE STOCKER (21), A DRIVING MEANS (E) FOR MOVING THE STOCKER (21) TO REMOVE OR HOUSE THE CARTRIDGE (8); A FRONT HINDRANCE MEANS (F) FOR PREVENTING THE CARTRIDGES (8) IN THE STOCKER (21) FROM PROTRUDING FRONTWARD FROM A FRONT OPENING (10A) AND HINDERING ANOTHER CARTRIDGE (8) FROM BEING INSERTED FROM THE FRONT, AND A REAR HINDRANCE MEANS (G) FOR HINDERING THE CARTRIDGES (8) IN THE STOCKER (21) FROM PROTRUDING REARWARD FROM A REAR OPENING (10D).(FIGURE 5)
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