Abstract: An exposure method and apparatus for forming phosphor stripes or black matrix stripes on the inner surface of a face plate of a stripe phosphor screen type color picture tube or CRT (cathode-ray tube), in which a single linear light source is used as the exposure light source, and a prism device including many juxtaposed prisms is disposed between the linear light source and the face plate. The taper angle of the prisms is continuously changed so that the single linear light source can be observed as a plurality of discontinuous virtual linear light sources at whatever point on the inner surface of the face plate, and the virtual linear light sources have a most suitable center-to-center distance at individual positions on the face plate.

Abstract: A method of forming a stripe type phosphor screen on inner surface of a face plate of a color picture tube or CRT through the irradiation with light stripes. A single linear light source is employed in combination with a plurality of juxtaposed prisms between the face plate and the linear light source with the taper angles of the prisms being continuously varied so that a plurality of virtual linear light sources may be observed from any points on the inner surface of the face plate with the distances between mid-points of the virtual linear light sources taking optimum values at respective positions on the inner surface of the face plate. With such arrangement, an improved phosphor screen composed of phosphor stripes of three colors having uniform stripe width can be formed over the whole inner surface of the face plate by using a single linear light source without requiring driving apparatus for moving the light source to different positions.

Abstract: The correcting lens comprises a plurality of regions which are formed at at least one portion of the effective surfaces on both sides of the lens by means of a plurality of border lines which are discontinuous in only one direction. The regions on one side are inclined in a direction different from that of the regions on the opposite side of the lens.

Abstract: In light exposure apparatus wherein the face plate of a color picture tube is exposed to the light from a light source through a swinging illumination intensity correcting filter, a correction lens and a color selection electrode, the effective surface of the illumination intensity correcting filter comprises a plurality of regions having different light transmitting ability, and the effect of the optical characteristics at the interfaces between the regions is arranged and substantially eliminated by the swinging motion of the illumination intensity correcting filter.

Abstract: In a correction lens wherein the effective surface thereof has at least a lens member having no island shaped portion, said member being defined by the step shaped border line never closing by themselves to form an island shaped lens segment on said correction lens surface.