This application is a National Stage of International Application No. PCT/CN2020/072619, filed Jan. 17, 2020, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to a technical field of electronic device, and particularly to an active electronic shelf label.
At present, most active electronic shelf labels in the market are designed in a rotatable type, i.e., a fixed metal sheet is provided on a main body of an electronic shelf label, and the metal sheet is contacted with a power supply line in a power supply guide rail by rotation, so as to achieve the power supply and installation of the electronic shelf label. In this method, when the position of the electronic shelf label needs to be adjusted, the electronic shelf label should be rotatablely disassembled from the power supply guide rail and rotatablely installed again, resulting in low efficiency of installation and disassembly. In addition, the rotatable installation mode requires a pre-determined rotation radius, which requires an interval between the electronic shelf labels, resulting in a difficulty in setting the position of the electronic shelf label according to actual needs.
There is no effective solution at present for the above problems.
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an active electronic shelf label for improving the efficiency of installation and disassembly thereof, the active electronic shelf label including:
In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the shelf label body is movably connected to the guide rail, the guide rail positive power supply line and the guide rail negative power supply line are provided along the guide rail, respectively, the first contact point of the shelf label positive elastic sheet is electrically coupled to the power input terminal of the shelf label body, the first contact point of the shelf label negative elastic sheet is electrically coupled to the power output terminal of the shelf label body, the second contact point of the shelf label positive elastic sheet is electrically coupled to the guide rail positive power supply line, and the second contact point of the shelf label negative elastic sheet is electrically coupled to the guide rail negative power supply line. Therefore, the present disclosure improves the efficiency of installing and disassembling the electronic shelf label, enables flexible adjustment of the position of the shelf label body on the guide rail according to actual needs, and is simple in structure, light in weight, and easy to maintain.
For a clearer illustration of technical features in the embodiments of the present disclosure or the prior art, a brief description of the drawings for the embodiments or the prior art will be given below. Obviously, the drawings described below involve only some embodiments of this disclosure. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can be derived from these drawings without any inventive efforts. In the drawings:
Reference numerals in the drawings are as follows.
For a clearer understanding of the objectives, technical features and effects of the embodiments of the present disclosure, specific embodiments will now be described with reference to the drawings. The described embodiments are intended only to schematically illustrate and explain this invention and do not limit the scope of the present disclosure.
The principle and spirit of the present disclosure will be introduced before the embodiments of the present disclosure.
In the existing electronic shelf label, a metal sheet on a shelf label body and a power supply line in a power supply guide rail are mainly contact with each other by rotation, so as to achieve the power supply and installation of the electronic shelf label. In this method, when the position of the electronic shelf label needs to be adjusted, the electronic shelf label should be rotatably disassembled from the power supply guide rail and rotatably installed again, resulting in low efficiency. In addition, the rotatable installation mode requires a pre-determined rotation radius, which requires an interval between the electronic shelf labels, resulting in a difficulty in setting the position of the electronic shelf label according to actual needs.
The inventor finds the above technical problems, and proposes an active electronic shelf label. By movably connecting a shelf label body to a guide rail, the active electronic shelf label can improve the efficiency of installing and disassembling the electronic shelf label, enable flexible adjustment of the position of the shelf label body on the guide rail according to actual needs. The active electronic shelf label provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail below.
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an active electronic shelf label for improving the efficiency of installation and disassembly thereof.
The shelf label body 1 is connected to and movable along the guide rail 2. The guide rail positive power supply line 3 and the guide rail negative power supply line 4 are provided along the guide rail 2, respectively. A first contact point of the shelf label positive elastic sheet 5 is electrically coupled to a power input terminal 106 of the shelf label body 1. A first contact point of the shelf label negative elastic sheet 6 is electrically coupled to a power output terminal 107 of the shelf label body 1. A second contact point of the shelf label positive elastic sheet 5 is electrically coupled to the guide rail positive power supply line 3, and a second contact point of the shelf label negative elastic sheet 6 is electrically coupled to the guide rail negative power supply line 4.
As illustrated in
During implementation, as illustrated in
In an embodiment, the guide rail 2 is provided with a slot 201, and the shelf label body 1 is provided with a plug 101 movably inserted into the slot 201.
In an embodiment, an inner frame of the slot 201 is provided with two grooves 2011. The guide rail positive power supply line 3 and the guide rail negative power supply line 4 are provided on the guide rail 2 by respectively passing through the two grooves 2011.
During implementation, as illustrated in
In an embodiment, the inner frame of the slot 201 is provided with a buckle seat 2012, and the plug 101 is provided with a buckle 1011. The shelf label body 1 is fixed on the guide rail 2 by the buckle 1011 and the buckle seat 2012.
During implementation, as illustrated in
In an embodiment, the shelf label positive elastic sheet 5 and the shelf label negative elastic sheet 6 are fixed on the plug 101 by hot melting or gluing.
During implementation, in order to fix the shelf label positive elastic sheet 5 and the shelf label negative elastic sheet 6 with the shelf label body 1, the shelf label positive elastic sheet 5 and the shelf label negative elastic sheet 6 may be fixed on the plug 101 by hot melting or gluing.
In an embodiment, as illustrated in
In an embodiment, the printed circuit board 103 is provided with a copper-clad area 108, and the copper-clad area 108 is provided with a power input terminal 106 and a power output terminal 107.
The first contact point of the positive tab elastic sheet 5 passes through the shelf label shell 102 and is electrically coupled to the power input terminal on the copper-clad area of the printed circuit board 103, and the first contact point of the negative tab elastic sheet 6 passes through the shelf label shell 102 and is electrically coupled to the power output terminal on the copper-clad area of the printed circuit board 103.
In an embodiment, the first contact point of the shelf label positive elastic sheet 5 is electrically coupled to the power input terminal on the copper-clad area of the printed circuit board 103 by elastic contact, and the first contact point of the shelf label negative elastic sheet 6 is electrically coupled to the power output terminal on the copper-clad area of the printed circuit board 103 by elastic contact.
During implementation, the shelf label shell 102 is the shell of the electronic shelf label, and the printed circuit board 103 may be a PCB board. The printed circuit board 103 is provided with a copper-clad area, and the copper-clad area is provided with a power input terminal and a power output terminal. The first contact point of the shelf label positive elastic sheet 5 passes through the shelf label shell 102 and is electrically coupled to the power input terminal on the copper-clad area of the printed circuit board 103 by elastic contact, and the first contact point of the shelf label negative elastic sheet 6 passes through the shelf label shell 102 and is electrically coupled to the power output terminal on the copper-clad area of the printed circuit board 103 by elastic contact.
In one embodiment, as illustrated in
During implementation, the printed circuit board 103 may be fixed on the display screen 104 by gum to display shelf label information of the electronic shelf label.
In an embodiment, as illustrated in
During implementation, the display screen 104 is provided with the plastic sheet 105 which is fixed on the outer frame of the shelf label shell 102 to protect the display screen 104. The plastic sheet 105 may be fixed on the outer frame of the shelf label shell 101 by gluing, dispensing or ultrasonic welding. By providing the printed circuit board 103 in the shelf label shell 102, providing the display screen 104 on the shelf label shell 102, and fixing the plastic sheet 105 on the outer frame of the shelf label shell 101, the assembly structure of the shelf label body as illustrated in
An example is given below to facilitate the understanding of the implementation of the present disclosure.
Firstly, the shelf label body 1 is prepared: the printed circuit board 103 is provided in the shelf label shell 102 and fixed on the display screen 104 by gum; the plastic sheet 105 is fixed on the outer frame of the shelf label shell 101 by gluing or dispensing or ultrasonic welding to obtain the shelf label body 1; the plug 101 is provided on the back portion of the shelf label body 1, and the buckle 1011 is provided on the plug 101; the first contact point of the shelf label positive elastic sheet 5 passes through the shelf label shell 102 and is electrically coupled to the power input terminal on the copper-clad area of the printed circuit board 103 by elastic contact; the first contact point of the shelf label negative elastic sheet 6 passes through the shelf label shell 102 and is electrically coupled to the power output terminal on the copper-clad area of the printed circuit board 103 by elastic contact; and the shelf label positive elastic sheet 5 and the shelf label negative elastic sheet 6 are fixed on the plug 101 by hot melting or gluing.
Next, the guide rail 2 is prepared: a slot 201 is provided on the guide rail 2, two grooves 2011 and a buckle seat 2012 are provided on the inner frame of the slot 201, and the guide rail positive power supply line 3 and the guide rail negative power supply line 4 are fixed on the guide rail 2 by respectively passing through the two grooves 2011 of the guide rail.
When the shelf label body 1 is installed, the plug 101 of the shelf label body 1 is inserted into the slot 201 of the guide rail 2, so that the shelf label body 1 can move along the guide rail 2; and the buckle 1011 of the shelf label body 1 is pushed downward and inward, so that the buckle 1011 is fixed on the buckle seat 2012 of the guide rail 2. Meanwhile, the second contact point of the shelf label positive elastic sheet 5 is electrically coupled to the guide rail positive power supply line 3 by contact, and the second contact point of the shelf label negative elastic sheet 6 is electrically coupled to the guide rail negative power supply line 4 by contact.
When the shelf label body 1 is disassembled, the buckle 1011 of the shelf label body 1 is pulled downward and outward, so that the buckle 1011 is disengaged from the buckle seat 2012 of the guide rail 2; and the plug 101 of the shelf label body 1 is pulled out of the slot 201 of the guide rail 2, so that the shelf label body 1 is separated from the guide rail 2. Meanwhile, the second contact point of the shelf label positive elastic sheet 5 is separated from the guide rail positive power supply line 3, and the second contact point of the shelf label negative elastic sheet 6 is separated from the guide rail negative power supply line 4.
To sum up, according to the embodiments, the shelf label body is movably connected to the guide rail, the guide rail positive power supply line and the guide rail negative power supply line are respectively provided along the guide rail, the first contact point of the shelf label positive elastic sheet is electrically coupled to the power input terminal of the shelf label body, the first contact point of the shelf label negative elastic sheet is electrically coupled to the power output terminal of the shelf label body, the second contact point of the shelf label positive elastic sheet is electrically coupled to the guide rail positive power supply line, and the second contact point of the shelf label negative elastic sheet is electrically coupled to the guide rail negative power supply line. Therefore, the present disclosure improves the efficiency of installing and disassembling the electronic shelf label, enables flexible adjustment of the position of the shelf label body on the guide rail according to actual needs, and is simple in structure, light in weight, and easy to maintain.
The purpose, technical features and technical effects of the present disclosure have been further described above by means of some embodiments. It should be understood that the embodiments are meant to facilitate understanding of the principles of the present disclosure, rather than limit the scope of the present disclosure. Any modifications, alternations, improvements, etc., made by those skilled in the art without departing from the concepts and principles of this disclosure shall fall within the scope of the present disclosure.
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