A security display case comprising:
- (a) an enclosure, the enclosure comprising a pair of laterally spaced sidewalls, an upper wall, a lower wall, a front wall, and a back wall, the walls being generally opaque, the upper wall, lower wall, front wall, and back wall extending between the pair of sidewalls to define an interior, the interior defining a lower safe portion and having a central opening formed in the upper wall permitting access to the interior;
- (b) a display housing, the display housing moveable into and out of the safe portion of the enclosure, the display housing having a pair of laterally spaced sidewalls, a top wall, a lower lift platform, a front wall, and a back wall, the top wall, lift platform, front wall, and back wall extending between the pair of sidewalls to define an interior, at least one of the walls at least partially transparent, and a closure member mounted distally above the top wall providing a gap therebetween;
- (c) a lift mechanism, the lift mechanism being disposed in the safe portion and drivingly connected to the lift platform, the lift mechanism comprising a pair of axially elongated drive rods, amounting arrangement for mounting opposite ends of the drive rods to the lower and upper walls of the enclosure, a connecting arrangement for connecting the drive rods to the lift platform, drive means for substantially simultaneously rotating each of the drive rods whereby the connecting arrangement causes the lift platform to move axially relative to the drive rods and to move vertically between a security and a display position, and a first drive motor, the first drive motor controlling the drive means;
- (d) a locking assembly, the locking mechanism being mounted within the enclosure, the locking assembly comprising at least one disc and a second drive motor, the at least one disc adapted to rotatably extend into and retract out of the gap provided between the top wall and the closure member of the display housing, the second drive motor rotating the at least one disc, wherein the locking assembly further comprises:
- a locking member mounted within the enclosure proximate the central opening, a lever pivotally mounted to the locking member, a hinge secured to an end of the lever, a rod coupled to the lever via the hinge, the at least one disc being rotatably connected to the rod and the enclosure wherein the at least one disc is adapted to rotatably extend into and retract out of the gap provided between the top wall and the closure member of the display housing as the lever pivots about the locking member and the rod retracts and extends, respectively;
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- (e) a control system, the control system in communication with the first drive motor and the second drive motor.