Shelf price strip
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing shelf price bars require high forces for assembly and disassembly of price labels, making handling difficult.
Innovation Solution
A shelf price bar with a release section integrated into the retaining web, allowing for torque introduction by pivoting, facilitating easy removal of electronic price tags even when they are latched with high holding forces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If high clamping forces are used to secure the electronic price tag to the holder, then the price tag is firmly fixed, but the effort required for removal increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The retaining web is designed as a flexible, movable element that can be dynamically actuated. By pivoting the release section, the retaining web transitions from a rigid clamping state to a relaxed state, enabling easy removal while maintaining strong fixation during normal use
Solution Approach 2:
The holder is divided into functional segments: a stable base structure and a movable retaining web with release section. This segmentation allows the fixation mechanism to be independently actuated, enabling selective relaxation of clamping forces without affecting the overall structure
2Device complexity
If a simple receptacle design is used, then the device complexity is low, but the ability to securely hold the price tag is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The retaining web is implemented as a flexible thin film element that can deform elastically. This flexible component provides secure holding through elastic rebound while maintaining a simple overall structure, avoiding the need for complex mechanical fastening systems
Solution Approach 2:
The release section is integrated directly into the retaining web as an integral component. This merging of functions allows the release mechanism to be activated through simple pivoting motion that directly translates to retention force modulation, eliminating the need for separate release mechanisms
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables easy assembly and disassembly of price labels by reducing clamping force through pivoting of the retaining web, improving handling and reducing the effort required to remove price labels.
Implementation Method 1
by means of which a torque can be introduced onto the retaining web by pivoting
Implementation Method 2
The release section is formed integrally with the retaining web. The release section can be formed integrally in a central region of the retaining web, so that the retaining web can be pivoted using optimized leverage.
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AI summary
A shelf price strip (1) for mounting on a shelf (2), on the side facing the shelf (2) having a fastening means (5) for fixing the shelf price strip (1) to the shelf (2), and a receptacle (6) on the side facing away from the shelf (2) for attaching an electronic price tag (9), which can be freely positioned and fixed longitudinally between two retaining bars (7, 8) of the shelf price strip (1), wherein at least one of the retaining bars (7, 8) is connected to a release section (14) by means of which a torque can be applied to the retaining bar (7, 8) by pivoting in order to remove the electronic price tag (9) from the receptacle (6).