Electronic Price Label Fastening Arrangement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic price label systems are laborious and prone to errors due to manual updates, and existing wireless systems face issues with secure fastening, leading to potential discrepancies between shelf and checkout price information.
Innovation Solution
A fastening arrangement where a fastening means extends through the holder's wall into the electronic price label, with a marked prefabricated point and a tapering tip, ensuring secure locking without damaging the label, and a flexible holder design for easy installation and removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a fastening means is used to lock the price label to the holder, then the reliability of the price label position is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The holder is divided into a fastening part and a holder part that can be separated, allowing the fastening means to be independently installed on the fastening part. This segmentation enables secure attachment without requiring complex integrated fastening mechanisms throughout the entire holder structure.
Solution Approach 2:
A prefabricated fastening point is created in the price label during manufacturing, which includes a pre-formed aperture or recess. This preliminary preparation allows the fastening means to be simply pressed into place during installation, eliminating the need for complex fastening procedures while ensuring reliable attachment.
2Reliability
If the fastening means penetrates through the price label, then the locking reliability is improved, but the manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening point is pre-formed in the price label manufacturing process, creating a precisely positioned aperture or recess. This preliminary action ensures accurate fastening point location without requiring high-precision alignment during installation, as the fastening means simply follows the pre-created path through the label layers.
Solution Approach 2:
The fastening point structure is locally optimized with specific layer thicknesses and aperture positions tailored for fastening purposes. The rear surface layer is designed with appropriate thickness to accommodate the fastening means while maintaining display quality on the front surface, creating a localized solution that doesn't compromise overall label precision.
3Ease of operation
If the holder is made flexible for easy installation, then the ease of operation is improved, but the strength of the holder may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The holder is segmented into a flexible fastening part and a more rigid holder part. The fastening part can be bent or folded to facilitate installation, while the holder part maintains sufficient strength to support the price label. This segmentation allows the holder to exhibit flexible behavior during installation without compromising overall structural strength.
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AI summary
A fastening arrangement for an electronic price label includes a holder, into which the electronic price label is placed. The holder can in turn be fastened onto an installation point, such as onto the edge of a shelf. In the fastening arrangement the electronic price label is locked in relation to the holder with a fastening member, which extends through the wall of the holder from the first side of the wall to the second side of the wall and onwards into the electronic price label.