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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2001
Sik Piu Kwan, Suwanee, GA (US);
Yoshitaka Utsumi, Kanagawa, JP;
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
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.