Electronic price label battery storage apparatus and replacement method
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorsSik Piu Kwan, Yoshitaka Utsumi
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Abstract
An electronic price label battery storage apparatus and replacement method which maintains power to a memory within the electronic price label during removal and replacement of a battery. The battery storage apparatus includes a battery compartment in the housing, a generally circular lid which is rotatable between a closed position and an open position, and wherein the lid includes a tab, and power terminals accessible from a rear surface of the housing which provide power to a memory within the electronic price label when a power source is coupled to the power terminals, wherein the power terminals are covered by the tab when the lid is in the closed position.
Claims1
A battery storage apparatus in an electronic price label housing comprising:
- a battery compartment in the housing;
- a generally circular lid which is rotatable between a closed position and an open position, and wherein the lid includes a tab;
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- power terminals accessible from a rear surface of the housing which provide power to a memory within the electronic price label when a power source is coupled to the power terminals;
- wherein the power terminals are covered by the tab when the lid is in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.