Abstract: The present invention relates to a color cathode ray tube in which beam landing errors caused by non-uniform thermal expansion of a shadow mask are corrected such that color purity is improved. In one aspect of the present invention, a color cathode ray tube comprises a panel on inner surface of which a phosphor screen is formed; a funnel joined to the panel; an electron gun; a shadow mask mounted to the panel, the shadow mask having a faceplate portion and a peripheral skirt portion bent back from the faceplate portion; and a frame joined to said shadow mask; wherein radius of curvature of at least a corner of the faceplate portion of said shadow mask is not smaller than 50 mm, and gap is provided between a corner of the faceplate portion of said shadow mask and a corresponding corner of said frame.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube includes a shadow mask having a faceplate portion and a skirt portion. The faceplate portion includes an apertured portion. A frame is provided having a supporting portion and a bottom portion that extends by width Da from the short side of the supporting portion. Da satisfies the relation Da<Ha×La/P+Na, where La represents a distance between a center point of the faceplate portion and a short side of the apertured portion, Na represents a distance between the short side of the apertured portion and a short side of the border of the faceplate portion, P represents a distance between the electron beams deflection center and the center point of the faceplate portion, and Ha represents a distance between the short side of the border of the faceplate portion and a short side of a rear end line of the supporting portion.

Abstract: In a shadow mask 21, a large number of slots 23 are made in a mask body 22 in the horizontal direction X and in the vertical direction Y. Each slot 23 has a roughly rectangular backside opening 33, a roughly rectangular front-side opening 32, and a through-hole 31 that connects these two openings 33, 32. Of the multiple slots 23 made in the mask body 22, the slots 23 situated at least in those areas of the mask body 22 that are surrounded by a horizontal axis 24 and two diagonal axes 26, 27 that pass through the center point 28 of the mask body 22 have such front-side openings 32 that a pair of the upper and lower short sides 32c, 32d of the rectangular outline of the front-side opening 32 of each slot 23 are inclined, relative to the horizontal axis 24, along the radiate line 61 radiating from the center point 28 of the mask body 22 toward the slot 23.

Abstract: A tension mask frame assembly for a color CRT includes a pair of first and second support members separated a predetermined distance from each other, first and second elastic members installed at end portions of the first and second support members to support the first and second support members, a tension mask installed at the first and second support members such that a tensile force is applied to the first and second support member and having a plurality of electronic beam passing holes formed therein, and a compensation portion installed at the end portions of the first and second support members to make the tensile force applied to the tension mask after heat treatment distributed such that tension at a central portion is greater than that at a surrounding portion.

Abstract: A first frame includes a bottom portion, an inclined portion, a joint portion and a lateral portion for supporting a shadow mask. Between the lateral portion and the joint portion, a space is provided except where the lateral portion and the joint portion are welded. The joint portion is inclined with respect to the lateral portion such that the space enlarges with an increase in the distance from an edge of the lateral portion on the side of supporting the shadow mask. With this configuration, foreign substances can be removed from between the lateral portion and the joint portion in the process of cleaning the first frame, making it possible to both suppress the deterioration of high-voltage withstand capabilities of a color cathode ray tube and prevent the poor welding of the first frame.

Abstract: A shadow mask for a cathode ray tube includes an aperture area having a plurality of apertures passing electron beams, a non-aperture area extending a predetermined distance from a circumference of the aperture area and a skirt extending a predetermined distance from an outside circumference of the non-aperture area and bent at a predetermined angle to the non-aperture area, wherein the aperture area has predetermined curvature radii, and wherein if a curvature radius in a horizontal direction of the aperture area is Rhs, and a curvature radius in a vertical direction is Rvs, the following condition is satisfied, 0.6<Rvs/Rhs<0.8.

Abstract: A color cathode ray tube in which beam landing errors caused by non-uniform thermal expansion of a shadow mask are corrected is provided such that color purity is improved. The color cathode ray tube in accordance with the present invention comprises a panel having a phosphor screen formed on an inner surface thereof, a shadow mask having a faceplate portion and a peripheral skirt portion bent back from the faceplate portion and a frame joined to the skirt portion, wherein a height of the skirt portion is less than or equal to 12 mm for substantially the entire skirt portion, and a plurality of holes are perforated at the skirt portion.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube comprises a panel having a fluorescent formed on an inner surface thereof; a funnel connected to the panel; an electron gun housed in the funnel emitting electron beams; a deflection yoke for deflecting the electron beams in horizontal and vertical directions; a shadow mask for selecting colors of the electron beams; and a mask frame for supporting the shadow mask, in which an outer surface of the panel is substantially flat and an inner surface has a designated curvature, and a radius of curvature from a center of the shadow mask in a major-axis, minor-axis and diagonal-axis direction is substantially same.

Abstract: Color cathode-ray tube comprising a color selection mask tensioned in at least one direction inside a metal frame, the said frame comprising on at least two opposed sides means for damping vibrations of the mask of the type comprising a central part joined to the surface of the frame and two wings extending on each side of the central part and coming into contact with the mask.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube includes a color selection apparatus mounted between a phosphor screen and an electron gun, and support members for supporting the color selection apparatus. Each of the support members is formed by a spring including a fixed section secured to the color selection apparatus, a locking section connected to the cathode ray tube, and a center section formed between these elements. The fixed section and the center section are separated by and bent at a first folding trace, and the center section and the locking section are separated by and bent at a second folding trace. Also, if a direction along a width of the springs is X, the first folding trace has an angle ?1 with a straight line drawn on the fixed section along direction X, and the second folding trace has an angle ?2 with a straight line drawn on the center section along direction X, the angle ?2 is greater than the angle ?1.

Abstract: The invention is a color cathode-ray tube having a rectangular front face connected to a funnel shaped rear part, a neck connected to the rear part and having an electron gun therein, the gun is used to generate beams intended to scan the front face under the influence of a deflection device placed on the neck of the tube. The deflection device comprising correction magnets placed on the periphery of the device in locations closest to the front face and a magnetic screen within the tube having an opening for passage of the electron beams, wherein the opening has notches in its periphery. The notches are arranged so as to face at least one pair of correction magnets.

Abstract: A flat color cathode ray tube having excellent doming quality is obtained by improving the structure of a flat panel and by using a shadow mask made of AK (aluminum-killed) material. According to the cathode ray tube, an outer surface of a panel used for the cathode ray tube is substantially flat, and an inner surface thereof has a curvature, and a transmittance ratio of ending portion of an effective surface to central portion of the panel is in the range of 0.4 to 0.6, and the radius of diagonal curvature (Rd) of the inner surface of the panel is in the range of 1.29R to 4.35R (R=1.767×diagonal length of effective surface), and a shadow mask is made of AK material. The cathode ray tube embodying the principles of the present invention is very advantageous in that it has a price as low as half the price of the conventional cathode ray tube, yet its panel uses a shadow mask made of AK material which has a doming quality equivalent to that of a shadow mask made of Invar material.

Abstract: A rail of a flat type cathode ray tube is disclosed, wherein the flat type cathode ray tube comprises a panel having a deposited fluorescent surface therein and of which interior and exterior surfaces are substantially flat, a funnel connected to the panel; a shadow mask arranged with the inner surface of the panel with a predetermined gap, and a rail fixed to the panel and combined with the shadow mask. In the flat type cathode ray tube, if a height of the rail is L, the rail maintains a predetermined gap of 0.1L˜0.3L with the panel and is fixed by a frit glass.

Abstract: A holder for a cathode ray tube includes a stud engaging portion having an engaging hole in order to be engaged to a stud pin mounted inside a panel, a frame engaging portion engaged to a mask frame which supports a shadow mask, and a connecting portion for connecting the stud engaging portion and the frame engaging portion. Lower end surfaces of a pair of holders are arranged facing toward each other so that the lower end surfaces of the connecting portion are in substantial contact with each other.

Abstract: A shadow mask has a main mask and an auxiliary mask overlapped on the main mask. Electron beam passage apertures formed in the main mask and the auxiliary mask are arranged at given pitches in the direction of a major axis. Each electron beam passage aperture of the auxiliary mask is a communicating hole, which is formed of a smaller hole in that surface of the auxiliary mask which is in contact with the main mask and a larger hole opening in the opposite surface of the auxiliary mask. The smaller and larger holes of each electron beam passage aperture of the auxiliary mask have their respective central axes extending coaxially with each other and substantially at right angles to the surface of the auxiliary mask in the direction of the major axis.

Abstract: The radius of curvature of the outer surface of a panel is 10,000 mm or more, and a shadow mask is made of a material containing 95% or more of iron. A sagging amount change curve along a curve C1 on the surface of the shadow mask, which a plane passing through a center P0 of a useful area of the shadow mask and parallel to a tube axis and a major axis crosses, satisfies a particular Condition 1. Assuming that an intersection between the curve C1 and a useful area end of the shadow mask is a major axis end PL, a distance from the center P0 to the major axis end PL along a major axis is W, and a point on the curve C1 away from the center P0 by ?×W in the major axis direction is P1, a sagging amount change curve along a curve C2 on the surface of the shadow mask, which a plane passing through the point P1 and parallel to the tube axis and the minor axis crosses, satisfies a particular Condition 2.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube is mounted with a reinforcing band for improving landing stability of electron beams and howling of shadow mask and reinforcing an explosion-proof function.

Abstract: A tension mask frame assembly of a color CRT includes a tension mask in which a plurality of electron beam passing holes are formed and a frame. The frame includes a pair of first and second support members separated a predetermined distance from each other and supporting the tension mask so that a tensile force is applied to the tension mask. First and second elastic members are installed between both end portions of each of the first and second support members, supporting the first and second support members to be separated a predetermined distance from each other to compensate for an amount of thermal expansion of the tension mask, and having inclined portions inclined at a predetermined angle. Bars connect the first and second support members and are made of a material having a thermal expansion coefficient smaller than that of the first and second elastic members.

Abstract: A color cathode ray tube has stress-absorbing hole patterns in skirt portions of its color selection electrode. Each of the stress-absorbing hole patterns is composed of a plurality of columns of rectangular through holes, and the columns are arranged in a lengthwise direction of the skirt portions. Each of the plurality of columns of rectangular through holes is composed of rectangular through holes arranged in a widthwise direction of the skirt portions. The relationships in shape of the rectangular through holes among outermost columns, columns next to the outermost columns, and remaining columns is optimized in the stress-absorbing hole patterns.

Abstract: Disclosed is an LCD device including an electromagnetic wave shielding member for shielding the electromagnetic waves generated from electric power applied to lamp of backlight assembly. The shielding member comprising conductive material is coated on surface of a diffusing plate to have mesh shape. The shielding member is filled into groove formed on the surface of the diffusing plate to have mesh shape. Accordingly, the electromagnetic waves may be shielded from the LCD panel. Furthermore, the shielding member makes electrical contact with the chassis of the LCD device through various ground members so as to be connected to an earth potential, thereby being stabilized electrically. Accordingly, display quality of the LCD device is improved. A conductive tape is used as the ground member, and the conductive tape is strongly fixed to the chassis of the LCD device by means of conductive fixing clip or conductive screw.

Abstract: A material for a shadow mask, characterized in that it has a chemical composition: C=0.0030 wt %, Si=0.03 wt %, Mn: 0.1 to 0.5 wt %, P=0.02 wt %, S=0.02 wt %, Al: 0.01 to 0.07 wt %, N=0.0030 wt %, B: an amount satisfying 0.5?B/N?2, and balance: Fe and inevitable impurities, and can form a shadow mask having a coercive force Hc of 90 A/m or less; and a method for producing the material, characterized in that use is made of a raw material having the above chemical composition, the finishing temperature in hot rolling is lower than Ar3 point by O to 30° C., the coiling temperature is 650 to 700° C., and the rolling reduction percentage in the final rolling (secondary cold rolling) is 30 to 45%. The material produced by the method exhibits magnetic characteristics being uniform in a coil and excellent as described above.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube includes an electron gun for emitting at least one electron beam; a mask frame include a mask having a plurality of holes or slits for allowing the electron beam to be transmitted therethrough and a frame to which the mask is attached; and a panel including a phosphor layer to be scanned by the at least one electron beam transmitted through the plurality of holes or slits of the mask. The panel includes a plurality of stud pins for supporting the frame. The frame includes a plurality of elastic supports engaged with the plurality of stud pins. At least one of the plurality of elastic supports includes an engagement portion having an engaging hole which is engaged with one of the plurality of the stud pins and an elastic portion in contact with the one stud pin. Mask frame vibration causes the elastic portion to rub against a respective stud pin so as to generate a frictional force for attenuating the vibration of the mask frame.

Abstract: The color cathode-ray tube includes a panel having a fluorescent screen formed on the inner surface thereof, a funnel coupled to the panel, an electron gun mounted into the neck portion of the funnel for emitting electron beams toward the fluorescent screen, and a shadow mask mounted on the fluorescent screen formed on the inner surface of the panel and having a predetermined distance from the fluorescent screen for carrying out color selection. The shadow mask is in a rectangular shape having a longer axis and a shorter axis and including a plurality of beam through apertures. The vertical pitch of the beam through apertures is between 0.15 mm and 0.35 mm. The vertical pitch of the beam through apertures increases as it goes from the central portion to the end portion of the shorter axis of the shadow mask.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a color cathode ray tube and more specifically to a color cathode ray tube in which electron beam landing errors caused by terrestrial magnetism are corrected such that color purity is improved. The color cathode ray tube in accordance with the present invention comprises a panel having a phosphor screen formed on an inner surface thereof; a funnel joined to the panel; an electron gun generating electron beams; a frame mounted to the panel; a shadow mask mounted to the frame; and an inner shield mounted to the frame, wherein ISH/OAH is in a range of 1.8 to 3.0 wherein OAH is a height of the panel and ISH is a height of the inner shield.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cathode ray tube, and more particularly to a cathode ray tube having a shadow mask for obviating doming phenomenon caused by thermal expansion and deterioration of color purity.

Abstract: The mask body satisfies the following conditions, (ZMD?ZMH)/LMS?0.020, and 0.065?ZMD/LMD?0.095 where in a substantially rectangular effective region with a predetermined curvature of the mask body, LMD is a distance between a central part and a diagonal-axis end of the effective region, LMS is a distance between a horizontal-axis end and the diagonal-axis end of the effective region, ZMD is a height difference between the central part and the diagonal-axis end in a direction of the tube axis, and ZMH is a height difference between the central part and the horizontal-axis end in the direction of the tube axis. With this structure, the mechanical strength of the mask body can be improved, and deformation of the mask body in a fabrication process and due to external shock can be prevented.

Abstract: The present invention provides A color cathode ray tube comprising: a panel having a flat outer surface and an inner surface that has a predetermined curvature; and a shadow mask, wherein B2 P2 ? B3 P3 where B1 is a length of a bridge as a distance between holes in a vertical direction at a center portion of the shadow mask; B2 is a length of a bridge as a distance between holes in a vertical direction at four corner portions of the shadow mask; B3 is a length of a bridge as a distance between holes at edge portions of the shadow mask in a direction of a long axis thereof; P1 is a vertical pitch of the holes at the center portion of the shadow mask; P2 is a vertical pitch of the holes at the four corner portions of the shadow mask; and P3 is a vertical pitch of the holes at the edge portions of the shadow mask in a direction of a long axis thereof.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube comprising a panel of which an outer surface is substantially flat and an inner surface has a certain curvature, and a shadow mask arranged with a certain interval from an inner surface of the panel and having a plurality of apertures through which electron beams pass, wherein the shadow mask satisfied a condition of 0.9?ZmD/(ZmX+ZmY)?1.1, in which an arbitrary point on a diagonal axis of the shadow mask is supposed to be Dr, points on a long axis and a short axis meeting with perpendiculars drawn to the long axis and the short axis from the point Dr are respectively supposed to be Xr and Yr, and intervals between the respective points Xr, Yr, and Dr and the shadow mask in a tube axis direction are respectively supposed to be ZmX, ZmY, and ZmD.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube comprising a panel having an outer surface which is substantially flat and an inner surface which has a radius of curvature, and a shadow mask having a plurality of apertures through which electron beams pass, wherein a ratio Sh/Sv of a horizontal dimension Sh of the aperture to a vertical dimension Sv of the aperture satisfies a condition of Sh/Sv<1 at a central portion of the shadow mask, and thereby improving strength of the shadow mask. Thusly, deformation of the shadow mask caused by an external impact or the like can be minimized, and a grade of color purity of a screen can be maintained optimally.

Abstract: A color CRT includes a panel having a fluorescent film formed on an inner surface, a tension mask frame assembly installed in the panel and including a frame including a pair of first and second support members separated a predetermined distance from each other, and first and second elastic members installed between the first and second support members to support the first and second support members and having support portions fixed at the first and second support members and a connection portion to connect the support portions, a mask having electron beam passing holes formed therein and installed such that a tension is applied to the first and second support members, and a correction unit installed at the first and second support members or support portions between the connection portion and the mask, to correct a mis-landing of an electron beam due to thermal expansion of the mask and the frame.

Abstract: Disclosed is a color cathode ray tube which can effectively improve impact resistance by setting a ratio of a curvature coefficient (a/b) of the shadow mask for a long axis to be in a range of about 100,000–135,000, and by setting a ratio of a curvature coefficient (c/d) of the shadow mask for a short axis to be in a range of about 60,000–360,000. Also, in defining ratios between a curvature radius of a center portion of the shadow mask and curvature radiuses along a horizontal direction, a vertical direction, and a diagonal direction, the curvature radius decreases towards the peripheral portions of the shadow mask, thereby improving impact resistance and drop characteristics and thus effectively preventing color purity from being degraded.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube is provided, in which the flatness of a tension mask constituting a color-selection mechanism is maintained by a suitable stretching force, while with the tension mask, the influence of external magnetic fields, such as the terrestrial magnetism is suppressed, and the shifting of the electron beam is reduced. A tension mask made of a magnetostrictive material is used, the tension mask is stretched by a stretching force in a range maintaining the flatness of the tension mask, and the direction and strength of the stretching force are set such that vertical magnetic permeability of the tension mask increases, due to a magnetoelastic effect caused by the stretching force in the magnetostrictive material of the tension mask.

Abstract: An inner shield for a cathode ray tube includes a screen opening and an electron gun opening through which electron beams pass, and a main body including a pair of long sections and a pair of short sections interconnected to form the screen opening and the electron gun opening. A cathode ray tube includes the inner shield. Each of the short sections includes a cutaway section having a pair of first cutaway sections formed starting from the electron gun opening and extending at a predetermined angle for a predetermined distance toward the screen opening, and a second cutaway section formed starting from where the first cutaway sections end and extending inwardly toward the screen opening, the second cutaway section being formed to extend past imaginary lines formed from where the first cutaway sections end to a furthermost inward point of the second cutaway section, that is, the point of the second cutaway section closest to the screen opening.

Abstract: In a cathode ray tube including a panel provided with a phosphor screen, a funnel integrated with the panel, an electron gun disposed inside the funnel, a magnetic shield (1) for shielding an electron beam (5) emitted from the electron gun against an external magnetic field, and a frame (2) for holding the magnetic shield (1), the magnetic shield (1) includes, at a portion to be joined with the frame (2), a bent portion (20) bent toward a tube axis side, and a thickness T of the bent portion (20) at its edge on the tube axis side is 0.08 mm or less. By making the thickness T small, halation that is liable to occur in a cathode ray tube with a large deflection angle can be suppressed because electron beams reflected from an end face (11) and allowed to reach the screen without being shielded by the frame (2) are reduced.

Abstract: In a flat type color cathode ray tube, in using of a tint or a dark tint panel capable of improving contrast characteristics of a screen and reducing production processes, namely, having the conventional coating process reduction advantage, by optimizing a horizontal pitch and a transmissivity of a shadow mask and a transmissivity of a screen in order to solve a brightness balance deterioration problem at the circumference portion of the screen due to a glass transmissivity difference, it is possible to maintain inner impact resistance and howling characteristics of the shadow mask, in addition, by improving a circumference portion transmissivity of the shadow mask and a screen transmissivity, it is possible to improve a brightness balance at the circumference portion and a quality of the screen.

Abstract: A color cathode ray tube having a striped phosphor screen is provided, in which color displacements due to the tube axis (Z-axis) component of the terrestrial magnetism can be decreased at low cost. A positive temperature coefficient thermistor and a degaussing coil are connected in series to an AC power source (AC 100V) via a switch. A rectifier/smoothing circuit is provided in parallel to the positive temperature coefficient thermistor. When the switch is turned on, an ordinary degaussing process due to the AC attenuating magnetic field interlinked to the degaussing coil is performed, and the DC magnetic field in the Y-axis direction interlinked to the degaussing coil decreases the influence of the terrestrial magnetism in the tube axis direction (Z-axis direction).

Abstract: A cold-cathode fluorescent lamp, comprising a sealed lighting enclosure provided with a phosphor coating on at least part of an inner surface thereof the lighting enclosure. An electrode is provided juxtaposed a region of the inner surface of the lighting tube, the electrode energisable from an external source of energy via an electric lead supporting the electrode, and positioned adjacent the main ionisation region within the lighting enclosure. The phosphor is to be excited by radiation to be generated inside the lighting tube by electric discharge from the electrode to provide visible radiation. At least part of the surface(s) of that portion of the electrode proximal most to the ionisation region are overlaid by a cap made from a high heat resistive and non conductive material.

Abstract: Shadow mask, flat display fabricated by using the same, and method for fabricating the flat display, the shadow mask including a substrate, a plurality of via holes formed in the substrate on a plurality of rows, inclusive of first via holes on odd numbered rows, and second via holes on even numbered rows, wherein the first via holes are arranged to straddle the second via holes, and bridges formed between the first via holes, and between the second via holes, thereby improving an aperture.

Abstract: Anti-howling device in a cathode ray tube including anti-howling means having contact members each in contact with a shadow mask for receiving, and dispersing a vibration, and connecting members for connecting adjacent contact members, and fixing means for actually bringing the contact members in the anti-howling means into contact with the shadow mask, wherein the contact members receive the vibration of the shadow mask, to disperse the vibration by impact and friction between the contact members and the shadow mask.

Abstract: Each of the flat surfaces of the pin-seal portions is formed such that the width thereof in the second direction gradually increases as far as the portion upper than the stud pin in the direction from the side of the face portion to the side of the seal end surface, and forms the symmetrical shape about the center portion in the second direction. Namely, the flat surface is formed so as to have the substantially half ellipse shape which has the major axis in the second direction, and protrudes toward the face portion.

Abstract: A color picture tube has a compliant tension mask frame assembly mounted within said tube. The tension mask frame assembly includes a peripheral frame including opposing side support frame members and a pair of parallel intermediate members. Each of the intermediate members is attached to the peripheral frame at a single location and the mask is attached to longitudinal edges of the intermediate members. Further included are clips that serve as guides for holding the intermediate members to the frame while permitting expansion of the frame relative to the intermediate members and permitting compliance.

Abstract: A color selection apparatus for a cathode ray tube includes a tension mask including a plurality of electron beam passage apertures; and a frame including a pair of support members provided along opposite sides of the tension mask and applying a tensile force to the mask, and a pair of elastic members extending from one support member to the other at ends of the same, the elastic members maintaining a predetermined distance between the support members. Each of the elastic members is hollow and includes a base that is substantially parallel to the tension mask, with extensions formed substantially perpendicular to the base at both ends thereof, and bending portions integrally formed between the base and the extensions. Reinforcing elements are formed in proximity to the bending portions to increase the strength of the elastic members in the area of the bending portions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a shadow mask having an improved resistance to an impact such as vibration or dropping so as to keep a constant quality of a color cathode-ray tube.

Abstract: A shadow mask is arranged to face a phosphor screen formed on an inner surface of a panel. A plurality of aperture columns are formed in parallel in the shadow mask. Each aperture column includes a plurality of apertures arranged in line at a predetermined interval. On both sides of each aperture column on the surface of the shadow mask facing the electron gun, stripe-shaped dielectric layers for acting on electron beams toward the apertures are formed respectively, and extend in substantial parallel with the aperture columns. The shadow mask is manufactured in such a manner that stripe-shaped insulating material layers are formed on the surface of a mask base material facing the electron gun, the mask base material is thereafter shaped into a predetermined shape, and the insulating material layers on the shaped mask are sintered.

Abstract: A subject of the present invention is to provide for a shadow mask material for a color picture tube with excellent tensile strength and excellent high temperature creep strength, a shadow mask made of the shadow mask material and a color picture tube with the shadow mask. Material for a shadow mask is made from low carbon steel containing manganese of equal or more than 0.60 wt % and aluminum of 0.002 to 0.12 wt %. A shadow mask is made of the material and the shadow mask is installed in a picture image tube.

Abstract: A tension mask for a color cathode-ray tube includes a plurality of strips separated by a predetermined distance and connected by real bridges. The strips define slots, through which an electron beam passes, together with the real bridges. The slots are formed such that the width of middle portions of the slots is narrower than the width of upper and lower portions of the slots in order to compensate for contraction of the strips arising when tension is applied to the strips.

Abstract: A frame for supporting a tension-type shadow mask of a color CRT, which can increase the contact force of a damper wire at the peripheral portion of the shadow mask thus to improve the howling phenomenon is disclosed. The frame comprises a pair of first frames, each having a portion for supporting a shadow mask, respectively; and a pair of second frames combined with the first frames for applying elastic force to the shadow mask, wherein each of the portions for supporting in the first frames has inflection points where the curvature of the portions for supporting is increased at peripheral portions thereof after the first frames are compressed, for supporting the shadow mask and increasing a friction force for a damper wire at the periphery of the shadow mask.

Abstract: Dynamic vibration absorber in a CRT having a shadow mask fastened to an inside surface of a panel by main frames, including a base part to be fitted to a non-effective surface of the shadow mask, and a vibration absorbing part having one end connected to the base part and the other end designed to make no contact with the shadow mask and the main frame, thereby attenuating vibration of the shadow mask.

Abstract: Color cathode-ray tube comprising a color selection mask (16) held under tension between a first pair of opposed long sides (30) of an approximately rectangular metal frame (21), a main magnetic screen (22) placed at the rear of the frame in the funnel-shaped part (11) of the tube's envelope, and additional means (50) for forming a screen against the Earth's magnetic field in the part lying along the second pair of opposed short sides of the frame.

Abstract: The present invention provides a color cathode ray tube having a shadow mask for selecting colors, wherein the shadow mask satisfies the relation: 5.5 < Rh ( H 2 ) < 8.0 , where Rh is a mean curvature radius in the direction of the long axis of the shadow mask, H is a distance between both ends in a direction of a long axis of an effective surface of the shadow mask, and a mean curvature radius in the direction of the long axis satisfies the condition: Rh = ( H 2 ) 2 + Zh 2 2 * Zh where Zh is a recess amount in a direction of a tube axis at an end of the long axis of the effective surface with respect to a center of the effective surface.