Abstract: A tension mask frame assembly for a color cathode ray tube (CRT) includes a frame and a tension mask installed to apply tension to the support members, and wherein a plurality of electron beam passing holes are formed. The frame includes; a pair of first and second support members separated by a predetermined distance; first and second elastic members installed between the first and second support members, and supporting the first and second support members; and first, second, third, and fourth holder units installed on the first and second support members and the first and second elastic members, and respectively including first, second, third, and fourth holders and first, second, third, and fourth springs fixed to the first, second, third, and fourth holders. The thermal expansion coefficient of the material forming the third and fourth holders is no more than that of the material forming the first and second elastic members.

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 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: 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: A mask-frame assembly for a color cathode-ray tube comprising a first and second support members spaced out a predetermined distance; first and second resilient support members installed between the first and second support members supporting the first and second support members, each at the first and second resilient support members comprising supports fixed to the first and second support members and a connecting portion connecting the supports; a mask installed at the first and second support members such that tension is applied thereto, the mask comprising a plurality of electron beam through holes; and a compensating unit connected between the first and second support members or the supports of the resilient support members between each connecting portion and the mask, the compensating unit being formed of a material having a lower thermal expansion coefficient than the first and second resilient support members.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube comprises a panel; a funnel engaged to the panel for forming a vacuous space; and a shadow mask supported in the cathode ray tube by being fixed to a mask frame and including an effective surface having a plurality of electron beam passing holes at a center thereof, an ineffective surface formed at a periphery of the effective surface and not having the electron beam passing holes and a skirt portion extended from the ineffective surface towards a vertical direction thereof and welded to the mask frame. In the cathode ray tube, a slot of a predetermined size is formed between welding points by which the skirt portion is welded to the mask frame, and a height of the slot from an end of the skirt portion is higher than a height of the welding points, thereby reducing a doming effect of the shadow mask, reducing a mis-landing which the electron beam does not land to a precise landing point, and thus preventing a color purity of a screen from being deteriorated.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for retaining a damper wire used in a cathode ray tube to reduce vibration in the grill type mask assembly of a cathode ray tube. The damper wire is retained across a grill type mask by a bimetal damper spring having a first end and an opposing second end. The second end is coupled to the frame of the grill type mask assembly. A tab located proximate the first end of the damper spring is adapted to accept the damper wire that traverses the mask.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube comprises a panel having a fluorescent formed on an inner surface thereof; a funnel fastened to the panel; an electron gun housed in the funnel, emitting electron beams; a shadow mask for selecting colors of the electron beams; a mask frame for supporting the shadow mask; and a mask spring for coupling the mask frame to the panel, wherein the mask spring is comprised of an fastening portion welded to the mask frame, a attaching portion attached to the panel, and a connecting portion for connecting the fastening portion with the attaching portion, and elongated embossments are formed on a bending portion formed between the fastening portion and the connecting portion.

Abstract: This invention provides a mask frame for a color CRT made from a steel composition consisting essentially of, in mass %, C: 0.03-0.30%, Si: at most 0.30%, Mn: 0.05-1.5%, P: at most 0.05%, S: at most 0.02%, Mo: 0.02-0.50%, V: 0.02-0.20%, Al: at most 0.10%, N: 0.0040-0.0200%, Cu: at most 1.0%, Ni: at most 1.0%, Cr: at most 2.0%, W: at most 1.0%, B: at most 0.003%, Ti: at most 0.030%, and Nb: at most 0.030%, and a balance of iron and unavoidable impurities, with Al≦(7.0)N, and having a metal structure in which the ferrite grain size is at most 15 micrometers and the ferrite volume ratio is at most 90%.

Abstract: A mask for a color cathode ray tube (CRT) and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. This mask includes a plurality of strips isolated from each other at predetermined intervals in parallel, and a plurality of bridges for forming slots through which electron beams pass by connecting adjacent strips to each other. In this mask, each of the bridges between adjacent strips has a first curved portion formed on the side from which electron beams come out, and a second curved portion formed on the side upon which electron beams are incident. The first curved portion has a first width in the direction perpendicular to the length direction of the strips, and extends in the length direction of the strips. The second curved portion has a second width that is smaller than the first width in the length direction of the adjacent strips.

Abstract: A tension mask frame assembly for use in a cathode ray tube is provided. The tension mask frame assembly includes a substantially rectangular mask support frame, having a first coefficient of thermal expansion. The frame is formed of a pair of opposing long sides being joined to a pair of opposing short sides wherein one of these pairs has an attachment zone. The tension mask, having a second coefficient of thermal expansion, is supported by the frame at the attachment zones along the opposing sides. The attachment zones are formed of a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion which is approximately the same as the second coefficient of thermal expansion in order to be matched with the tension mask.

Abstract: In a color cathode ray tube in which a shadow mask and an inner magnetic shield are supported by a mask frame and an electron shield is provided in the mask frame, at least a part of the electron shield is made to have a smaller anhysteretic magnetic permeability than the shadow mask, the mask frame and the inner magnetic shield when an applied magnetic field is 800 A/m (10 Oe). Since the magnetic resistance of the electron shield increases, it is possible to reduce a leakage magnetic field from a tube-axis-side edge of the electron shield. Thus, a color cathode ray tube that reduces mis-landing due to a terrestrial magnetism and has no color displacement can be provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a color cathode ray tube having a spring structure capable of compensating for the displacement of a shadow mask frame, thereby suppressing the degradation of the color purity according to the mislanding of electron beams. The spring according to the present invention includes a stud pin coupling part, a frame welding part and an inclined part as an elastic support body having a predetermined inclination angle between the stud pin coupling part and the frame welding part. Further, the spring is bonded to a plurality of metal members that have different thermal expansion coefficients, while being separated from each other in a length direction of the spring relative to a tube shaft.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube comprises a color selection electrode with a shadow mask fixed to a frame and put under tension. The frame comprises a bimetal element (or bimetal elements) which are constructed such that at a raised temperature the tension is released by reducing the distance between sides of the frame to which the mask is attached. The reduction in distance at the center of the sides exceeds, preferably by a factor 1.5 to 3, the reduction in distance at the corners of said sides.

Abstract: A color selection apparatus for a cathode ray tube, having a panel as a front glass that is formed to be flat, including a pair of supporting members disposed to be separated by a predetermined distance, a pair of elastic members disposed between the supporting members to be coupled with the supporting members, and a mask coupled with the supporting members and formed with a plurality of electron beam passing apertures, the elastic members having a plurality of overlapped plate members, so that it becomes possible to maintain a tension of the mask formed with the plurality of electron beam passing apertures optimally by varying the shapes of the elastic members.

Abstract: To realize a press mask having a large radius of curvature by making the press mask correct a doming by itself, as material which constitutes a shadow mask, a single plate body which is formed of a composite gradient alloy plate having a concentration gradient of an alloy element which is continuously and gradually decreased from a phosphor-screen-side surface to an electron-gun-side surface is used.

Abstract: A color display tube (1) is disclosed, which comprises an improved suspension system of the color selection electrode (12). The color display tube has suspension means that are constructed so as to be self-locking. The suspension means (20) are provided with an additional flat portion (31). This plate has an aperture (32) that is shaped such that it has at least three surfaces of engagement (42, 43) for the free end portion (22) of the supporting elements (17) connected to the inside of the upright edge (18) of the display window (3). When the color display tube is exposed to shock loading, the construction of the flat portion (31) is capable of absorbing this shock without the color selection electrode (12) becoming detached from the supporting elements (17). The action is based on the friction between the surfaces of engagement (42) and the free end portion (22).

Abstract: There is provided a hook assembly attached to a shadow mask frame including a base and a spring with a hole in one end thereof and the other end attached to said base, wherein a middle portion of said base is arched such that the arched portion takes the shape of a tunnel.

Abstract: A detensioning mask frame assembly for a cathode-ray tube including a subframe constructed of support members that provide a support structure for mask holding blades is disclosed. The support members have different temperature coefficients of expansion, such that when heated, the support members are deflected with different thermal expansion rates causing the mask holding blades to move toward each other, and as such, relieve tension from the mask.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improvement in a color picture tube having a tension mask supported by a support frame mounted within said tube. The mask has a significantly lower coefficient of thermal expansion than the frame. The frame has two substantially parallel cantilevered members, each member has a distal edge to which the tension mask is attached. At least one of the distal edges has two sections separated by a gap therebetween. The two sections include an inner section and an outer section. The mask is glued to the inner section and is welded to the outer section.

Abstract: A shadow mask spring for a color cathode ray tube having a generally rectangular shadow mask structure including a shadow mask and a support frame for holding the shadow mask. Shadow mask springs serve for holding the support frame inside a panel having a phosphor screen adjacent thereto and engage with panel pins for holding the shadow mask structure. Each of the shadow mask springs includes L-shaped base plate and a joined plate secured to one end of the base plate. The base plate has a phosphor screen side metal portion and an electron gun side metal portion with the phosphor screen side metal portion having a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than that of the electron gun side metal portion. An other end of the base plate is secured to a side of the support frame.

Abstract: A color selecting electrode of a cathode ray tube is prevented from being twisted to thereby suppress an electron beam from a mislanding. A metal thin plate (6) having vertically striped opening portions (6a) is supported by frame members (7a), (7b) under a proper tension. The frame member (7a) welded to the metal thin plate (6) is joined with a supporting member (8) extended in the longitudinal direction and the frame member (7b) welded to the frame member (7a) is joined with a supporting member (9) extended in the direction (Z-axis direction) perpendicular to a plane formed of the frame members (7a, 7b). The supporting member (9) is fixed to substantially a central portion of the frame member (7b).

Abstract: A color cathode ray tube, having a panel portion including a shadow mask structure, a neck portion housing an electron gun and a funnel portion connecting the panel portion and neck portion. The shadow mask structure having a plurality of electron beam passing holes, a substantially rectangular support frame for holding the shadow mask, and at least three of mask springs which are fixed outside wall of side of the substantially rectangular support frame. The mask springs have holding hole to the panel pins, respectively, the portion of the holding hole of the mask spring shift from the fixed portion on outside wall of said rectangular support frame. The mask spring has a value of coefficient of thermal expansion which is from 1.2 to 2.0 times as great as the coefficient of thermal expansion of the support frame.

Abstract: A shadow mask in a color CRT, of an Fe—Ni series invar alloy of which alloy composition, crystal grain size, and concentration of {100} crystal planes are adjusted so as to have an excellent etchability and formability, for forming uniform electron beam pass-through holes with a less etching deviation and better roundness by etching; and method for fabricating the same, the shadow mask consisting essentially of 35˜38% Ni, 0.1˜1.0% Mn, 0.05˜0.5% Cr, 0.05˜0.01% B, below 0.02% C, 0.001˜8.0% Co, 0.001˜0.01% N, below 0.008% O, below 0.

Abstract: A high thermal expansion member consisting substantially of Fe—Ni—Cr based alloy, a low thermal expansion member consisting substantially of an Fe—Ni based alloy, and an intermediary member, which comprises one kind of metal selected from Fe, Al and Cu or an alloy comprising these metals, possesses a thermal expansion coefficient &agr;3 which has a value between those of the high thermal expansion member (thermal expansion coefficient &agr;1) and the low thermal expansion member (thermal expansion coefficient &agr;2) (&agr;1>&agr;3>&agr;2), and is interposed therebetween, are laminated to form a thermal deformation member for an electron tube or a thermal deformation member for electric control. The intermediary member, without adversely affecting strength or long term reliability of the thermal deformation member, contributes to manufacturing cost reductions and improvement of workability.

Abstract: A spring used in a CRT interconnects a stud pin embedded into a CRT panel and a mask frame mounting a shadow mask thereon so that the spring removably mounts the shadow mask within the CRT panel. In order to minimize or interrupt a vibration energy transmitted to the shadow mask, the spring is formed with a composite metal plate having a laminated structure of more than two materials capable of converting the vibration energy applied thereto into a thermal energy by an internal or interfacial friction. The composite metal plate is preferably composed of a first steel, a zinc alloy, and a second steel. A method of making the spring includes the steps of plating two or more metallic materials in sequence, rolling the plated metallic materials into an integrated composite metal plate, and forming the composite metal plate into a spring shape.

Abstract: Device (8) for suspending the shadow mask (1) of a cathode ray display tube, of the type comprising a thermostatic bimetal (10) whose deflection between 60.degree. C. and 130.degree. C. is less than the deflection between 20.degree. C. and 60.degree. C. Bimetal whose deflection between 60.degree. C. and 130.degree. C. is less than its deflection between 20.degree. C. and 60.degree. C.

Abstract: A panel assembly for a cathode ray tube includes a panel having an inner phosphor screen and a side-wall, and a shadow mask having a plurality of beam-guide apertures. The shadow mask is placed behind the phosphor screen at a predetermined distance. A shadow mask frame is attached under the shadow mask to suspend it in the panel. The panel assembly further includes a plurality of stud pins embedded into the side-wall of the panel, a spring positioned between the shadow mask frame and the stud pins to interconnect them, and a vibration damping member for damping vibration of the shadow mask by converting mechanical stress applied to the shadow mask into electrical energy. The vibration damping member is formed with piezoelectric material layers provided on at least one of an outer periphery of the stud pin and between the spring and mask frame.

Abstract: A high thermal expansion member consisting of such as an Fe--Ni--Cr based alloy, a low thermal expansion member consisting of such as an Fe--Ni based alloy, and an intermediary member, which comprises one kind of metal selected from Fe, Al and Cu or an alloy comprising these metals, possesses a thermal expansion coefficient .alpha..sub.3 which is located between those of the high thermal expansion member (thermal expansion coefficient .alpha..sub.1) and the low thermal expansion member (thermal expansion coefficient .alpha..sub.2) (.alpha..sub.1 >.alpha..sub.3 >.alpha..sub.2), and is interposed therebetween, are laminated to form a thermal deformation member for an electron tube or a thermal deformation member for electric control. The intermediary member, without adversely affecting strength or long term reliability of the thermal deformation member, contributes to manufacturing cost reduction and improvement of workability.

Abstract: A color cathode ray tube includes a shadow mask structure with its mask spring having 1.2-2.0 times the coefficient of thermal expansion of its support frame. This structure serves to reduce the difference in thermal expansion between the mask spring and the support frame, so that the beam landing shift is reduced to prevent the deterioration of color purity. Therefore, the color cathode ray tube can constantly maintain color purity regardless of the temperature variation in the set.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improvement in a CRT (10) having a tension mask (24) and support frame assembly (35). The support frame assembly (35) is rectangular and has two long sides that parallel a central major axis thereof and two short sides that parallel a central minor axis thereof The mask (24) has a substantially cylindrical contour, being curved along the major axis and straight along the minor axis. The frame assembly (35) includes two first members (36, 38; 136, 138) that parallel the major axis and two second members (40, 42), attached to the ends of the first members, that parallel the minor axis. Each of the first members (36, 38; 136, 138) includes a rigid section (50; 150) and a compliant section (52; 152) cantilevered from the rigid section (50; 150). The compliant sections (52; 152) have a distal end (54; 154) and a proximal end (56; 156). The mask (24) is attached to the distal ends (54; 154) of the compliant sections (52; 152).

Abstract: A positional relation between a fluorescent film 11 and a shadow mask 2 is maintained in the optimal state with respect to the thermal expansion of a face panel 10 by providing hook springs 5 of stainless steel on minor side wall portions 3a of a rectangular frame 3 for fixedly supporting the shadow mask and a hook spring 6 of bimetal on a major side lower wall portion 3b of the frame 3.

Abstract: A cathode-ray tube includes a tension mask attached to a rectangular support frame assembly that has two long sides paralleling a central major axis thereof and two short sides paralleling a central minor axis thereof. The frame assembly includes two first members, having oppositely disposed ends, paralleling the major axis, and two resilient U-shaped second members, having a first leg and a second leg attached to the oppositely disposed ends of the first members, paralleling the minor axis. Each of the first members has a compliant portion and a base portion. The mask is attached to the distal ends of the compliant portion. A detensioning rod assembly is disposed between the first and second legs of each of the second members to facilitate varying the tension of the mask.

Abstract: A shadow mask opposed to a phosphor screen of a panel has a rectangular mask body and a rectangular mask frame fixed to the periphery of the mask body. The mask body has a pair of long side edges and a pair of short side edges, and the long side edges are respectively welded to long side walls of the mask frame while the short side edges are respectively welded to short side walls of the mask frame. The long and short side walls of the mask frame are respectively supported on the panel by mask holders. Each mask holder has a fixed portion welded to the mask frame and an engaging portion engaged with a stud pin of the panel. Welding positions between the long side edges of the mask body and the long side walls of the mask frame are shifted from the short axis, and welding positions between the short side edges of the mask body and the short side walls of the mask frame are shifted from the long axis.

Abstract: A holder elastically supporting a mask frame of a shadow mask has a holder body and a bimetal plate. The holder body is formed by bending an elongate metal plate in two opposite directions along first and second bending lines inclined at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the holder body, and has an engaging portion in engagement with a stud pin, a fixed portion fixed to the mask frame, and a slope portion extending aslant between the engaging portion and the fixed portion. The holder body moves the mask frame toward a phosphor screen along the central axis, when the mask frame is thermally expanded. The bimetal plate includes a first metal plate on the mask-frame side and a second metal plate on the holder-body side, the first and second metal plates having different thermal expansion coefficients and being stuck together. The bimetal plate is located between the fixed portion and the mask frame, for moving the mask frame away from the phosphor screen along the central axis of the face panel when heated.

Abstract: The present invention provides both inner shield materials and its manufacturing method with superior magnetic characteristics and rust protection, which does not require conventional blackening process. Another object of the present invention is to provide the inner-shield manufacturing method, by which steel sheet or strip passing is smoothed in the plating process and Ni-plated steel sheet or strip is prevented from sticking in the annealing process.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a shadow mask of the nickel-iron type, in which an aperture-patterned sheet of a nickel-iron alloy comprising 35-37% by weight of Ni and less than 0.1% by weight of each constituent of the group of Mn, Cr and Si and at most 0.9% by weight of Co is given a thermal treatment for obtaining an ASTM grain number of .gtoreq.7, and the sheet thus obtained is given the desired shape of a shadow mask having a thermal expansion coefficient of .ltoreq.0.9.times.10.sup.-6 /.degree.C.

Abstract: A color-selecting apparatus of a color display device which can effectively suppress vibration generated in a color-selecting electrode system, wherein one side of a supporting plate spring is fixed to a frame via a holder, and the other side of the supporting plate spring is fixed to the frame. The supporting plate spring is constituted by laminating flat plate springs, and the flat plate springs relatively move by deformation accompanying the vibration from the outside. The vibrational energy is consumed by the frictional energy generated between them.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube has a contact spring 30 which is fixed at one end to a shield cup 27 provided on an anode electrode 26 of an electron gun assembly and is pressed at the other end against an electrically conductive coating 3a applied to an inner wall of a funnel portion 3, so as to provide a reliable electrical connection between the anode electrode 26 and the electric conductive coating 3a and to hold the electron gun assembly coaxially in the neck portion 2. The contact spring 30 is made of an alloy material which is composed of 30-35 wt % nickel (Ni), 19-23 wt % chromium (Cr) and the balance of which is substantially iron (Fe), and which has a micro Vickers hardness of 250-400.

Abstract: In a color cathode ray tube apparatus, a shadow mask is fixed on a frame with a predetermined tension for cancelling a thermal expansion of the shadow mask during normal operation of the color cathode ray tube apparatus. The mechanical strength of the longer sides on the frame is higher than that of the shorter sides of the frame by fixing reinforcing plates or ribs on the longer sides in order that the tension of the shadow mask not become uneven.

Abstract: A hook spring of a shadow mask frame assembly for a cathode ray tube is formed by joining two metals having different thermal expansion coefficients over a predetermined range of temperatures. One ends of the hook spring is coupled with a stud pin installed at the inner side of a panel and the other end is coupled with a circumferential surface of a frame. The two metals are stainless steel and N48, and a volume ratio of the stainless steel and N48 is 5:5 to 6:4. Excessive compensation for thermal expansion of the shadow mask frame assembly can be reduced in the range of 80.degree..about.120.degree. C.

Abstract: An improved color picture tube includes an evacuated glass envelope having a rectangular faceplate panel. The panel includes a shadow mask assembly mounted therein. The shadow mask assembly includes a shadow mask formed from a first metal having first coefficient of thermal expansion and a frame formed from a second metal having a second coefficient of thermal expansion. The first coefficient of thermal expansion is substantially lower than the second coefficient of thermal expansion. The improvement comprises the shadow mask being interconnected with the frame by a plurality of bimetallic elements, each of the elements having a first end attached to the frame and a second end attached to the mask. Each bimetallic element is formed of materials that cause a bending of the element an amount related to the thermal expansion of the frame.

Abstract: According to the prior art, springs (11/18) of a combination mask/frame (10) of picture tubes are joined to the frame by resistance welding. This welding technique is also customary when one of the springs (18) has a centering washer (20) at its free end. When combination mask/frames (10) designed in this manner are snapped repeatedly into and out of the shielding case (15), and when the shielding case (15) is stabilized or fritted to the neck of the picture tube, it can happen that the expansion characteristics of the combination mask/frame (10) are not homogeneous at the fourth spring (18) as compared to the other springs (11) under the picture tube's operating conditions.

Abstract: In the bulb of a color cathode ray tube, a flat glass panel having a substantially uniform thickness is used. The flat glass panel has a glass wall which extends in a substantially vertical direction from the flat glass panel. The glass wall adheres to a funnel, which includes a neck portion in which an electron gun is disposed, by means of a glass adhesive so as to form the bulb. A shadow mask on which a number of apertures are formed is fixed to a frame with an appropriate tensile stress and the frame is mounted on the glass wall. The shadow mask is disposed at a position close to the phosphor screen formed on the inner surface of the flat glass panel, facing thereto. On the outer surface of the flat glass panel, a resin film comprising at least one layer is attached by means of an adhesive. The resin film has appropriate mechanical, optical and electrical properties with which the flat glass panel should have. Thus, various properties of the flat glass panel can be controlled.

Abstract: An improved IMS-anode coating spring contactor for a cathode ray tube (CRT) has a base with a semi-dart clip configuration and a tail extending from the base, which base and tail are interlocked in a set of two adjacent apertures in the IMS of the CRT. When assembled into a CRT, the body of the contactor is flexed, urging the head against the anode coating, and urging the base and tail against the edges of the apertures, thereby to achieve good electrical contact between the IMS and the anode coating.

Abstract: There is disclosed a shadow mask support member for supporting a shadow mask of a Braun tube which member comprises a parallel bonded-type bimetal, and has a high strength and an excellent resistance to thermal resistance. There is also disclosed a method of producing such a support member. The shadow mask support member includes a high-strength, low-expansion alloy plate, and a high-expansion alloy plate which are bonded together on their marginal surfaces, the low-expansion alloy plate having an excellent resistance to thermal deformation, the low-expansion alloy plate consisting essentially, by weight, of 0.1-0.5% C, not more than 1.0% Si, not more than 2.0% Mn, 30-40% Ni, 1.0-5.0% Mo and the balance Fe and incidental impurities, the low-expansion alloy plate having an average thermal expansion coefficient of not more than 6 .times.10.sup.-6 /.degree. C. at 30.degree.-100.degree. C. and a tensile strength of not less than 100 kgf/mm.sup.

Abstract: A shadow mask frame assembly includes hook springs made of a plate-like bimetal member whose outer side is a high-expansion side and inner side is a low-expansion side, is fixed on a frame in the direction of an electron beam proceeding axis, and is nearly L-shaped to have a fixing portion welded to the base of the frame and a fitting portion having a fitting hole into which a stud pin on the inner side of a panel is fitted. The shadow mask frame assembly is not distorted or rotated with respect to the panel during the thermal expansion of a shadow mask due to electron beam collision, and is sufficiently compensated only in the direction of the electron beam's proceeding axis.

Abstract: The present elastic supporting member for use in a shadow mask frame has a fixing plate attached to the shadow mask frame; a supporting plate suspended from a conventional stud pin; a spring member interposed between the fixing plate and supporting plate; a pin by which a bracket of the fixing plate and the bracket of the supporting plate are hinged on each other; and stoppers to define the disposing distance between the fixing and supporting plates.

Abstract: A color CRT with a first bimetal correction means provided between the inner wall of the screen panel and the shadow mask for correcting the mislanding of the electron beams due to the thermal expansion of the shadow mask, and a second bimetal correction means provided between the lower end portion of the skirt of the shadow mask and the inner wall of the mask frame for quickly correcting the initial doming of the shadow mask, thereby correcting the mislanding occurring in the beginning stage of operating the color CRT.

Abstract: A color cathode ray tube shadow mask assembly includes a panel having a screen; a shadow mask positioned within the panel; a frame supporting the shadow mask; and a self-compensating hook spring which is fixed to the frame within the panel, suspending the shadow mask assembly within the panel, the hook spring including a fixed planar portion welded to the frame, a coupling part for receiving a stud pin, and a connecting part connecting the coupling part with the fixed planar portion, wherein the distance between the planar portion and the coupling part increases with the distance from the connecting part whereby the fixed planar portion of the hook spring welded to the frame is inclined at a predetermined angle relative to the coupling part.