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A portable article display apparatus for displaying articles such as beverage cans or other items includes a hollow housing having a transparent outer wall, a base support for mounting the housing and a door mounted over an access opening in the transparent outer wall for removing articles one-by-on

A portable article display apparatus for displaying articles such as beverage cans or other items includes a hollow housing having a transparent outer wall, a base support for mounting the housing and a door mounted over an access opening in the transparent outer wall for removing articles one-by-one from the housing. Systems for cooling the housing interior and defogging its transparent outer wall are provided for displaying food articles or other items which must be refrigerated. Articles are stacked in vertical columns within the housing interior upon an article support carriage which is rotatable with respect to the fixed base and housing to index each vertical column of articles into direct alignment with the door. In removing articles from the housing, the door is operable in an open position to permit removal of the lowermost article in the column while supporting the articles above. The remaining articles in the column are released in preparation for removal of another article upon closing the door.

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An article display apparatus comprising: a base support; a housing mounted to said base support, said housing having a hollow interior defined by transparent outer wall means formed with an article access opening; an article support carriage mounted to said base support beneath said housing, said ar

An article display apparatus comprising: a base support; a housing mounted to said base support, said housing having a hollow interior defined by transparent outer wall means formed with an article access opening; an article support carriage mounted to said base support beneath said housing, said article support carriage having a plurality of spaced article supports each adapted to support articles in vertical columns within said hollow interior of said housing, said article supports being pivotal between an article support position and an article removable position; a door assembly mounted to said outer wall means of said housing at said article access opening therein, said door assembly comprising: (i) a door panel movable between an open position for permitting removal of articles from said housing through said article access opening therein, and a closed position in which said article access opening is closed, said door panel being formed with a cam surface; (ii) a column support arm having a gripper element, said column support arm being movable between a retracted position spaced from said vertical columns of articles and a support position in which said gripper element contacts the article immediately above the lowermost article in said vertical column to retain the remaining articles in position in said vertical column; (iii) pivot means mounted in operative engagement with said column support arm and said cam surface of said door panel, said pivot means being movable relative to said cam surface in a first direction to urge said column support arm into said support position in response to opening of said door panel, said pivot means being movable relative to said cam surface in a second direction to urge said column support arm into said retracted position in response to closing of said door panel; (iv) pusher means operatively connected to said door panel for pivoting said article supports to said article support position upon closing said door panel and for pivoting said article supports to said article removal position upon opening said door panel; and cooling means for cooling said hollow interior of said housing.