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An improved electronic price display system has rails into which are installed price display labels. Ridges along the top and bottom of the rails are shaped to receive a label readily. A removal tool may be engaged to release the pawls of the label to extract the label. Ridges at the rear of the rai

An improved electronic price display system has rails into which are installed price display labels. Ridges along the top and bottom of the rails are shaped to receive a label readily. A removal tool may be engaged to release the pawls of the label to extract the label. Ridges at the rear of the rails, together with a resilient insert, permit quick mounting to a shelf with a minimal number of fasteners. A hemicylindrical feature at the back of the rails permits generous area of contact with a mounting screw having a hemispherical head. Opposed groove features permit the concealment of the screw heads and provide a visual design element. Angled ridges on the rear face of the label engage with knurls on the rails providing contact wiping, enhancing electrical integrity of the label-to-rail connection, and also fix the label in place. A feature along an edge of the rail provides a cylindrical concavity. An optional clear plastic cover mounted with a cylindrical edge bead in the concavity provides a hinged connection therebetween. A protruding button on the face of the label is actuated by the pressing of the cover in the vicinity of the button. A subassembly of the label provides a robust carrier for springy contacts providing electrical connection long conductors on the rails.

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A system for removably mounting electronic price labels to an edge of a horizontally extending shelf comprising: a rail having a back side for mounting against said edge, a front side for mounting said electronic price labels, a top, a bottom and two ends, said rail being of substantially constant c

A system for removably mounting electronic price labels to an edge of a horizontally extending shelf comprising: a rail having a back side for mounting against said edge, a front side for mounting said electronic price labels, a top, a bottom and two ends, said rail being of substantially constant cross section when viewed endwise, said rail defining an upward opening groove on said front side, said upward opening groove extending substantially from end to end, said rail further defining a downward opening groove on said front side, said downward opening groove being located above said upward opening groove, whereby a flexible insert can be held in place by said grooves; means in front of said grooves for removably mounting an electronic price label; and means for supplying electric power and signals along the length of said rail whereby an electronic price label mounted to said rail at any of a multiplicity of points can receive electric power and signals; further comprising a plastic cover having inside and outside faces, said cover being pivotally coupled along a horizontal axis to said rail, said cover being sized and placed so that it closely covers electronic price labels removably mounted to said rail when in a closed position and provides substantially unhindered access to said labels when in an open position; wherein said plastic cover is flexible and further comprises a lengthwise extending ridge projecting from said inside face of said plastic cover whereby pressing inwards on said plastic cover when it is in a closed position causes said ridge to engage and activate a button on an electronic price label if located under an area being pressed.