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A device and method for storing and charging rechargeable batteries which are stacked within a charger housing, preferably with batteries being added to the top of the stack and removed from the bottom of the stack. Batteries advance from the top of the stack to the bottom of the stack under the for

A device and method for storing and charging rechargeable batteries which are stacked within a charger housing, preferably with batteries being added to the top of the stack and removed from the bottom of the stack. Batteries advance from the top of the stack to the bottom of the stack under the force of gravity. Batteries towards the top of the stack are discharged through resistances, and those towards the bottom of the stack are parallely charged. Switches control which batteries are charged and which are discharged.

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A device for charging rechargeable batteries comprising: a housing sized and dimensioned to contain a stack of batteries, said stack having a top and a bottom; means for advancing the batteries from the top of the stack to the bottom of the stack; means for parallely charging at least one of the bat

A device for charging rechargeable batteries comprising: a housing sized and dimensioned to contain a stack of batteries, said stack having a top and a bottom; means for advancing the batteries from the top of the stack to the bottom of the stack; means for parallely charging at least one of the batteries in the stack; and means for causing at least one position to discharge and another position to charge the batteries such that the batteries are discharged and then subsequently charged as a result of passing from one of the positions to another in the housing.