Abstract: A shadow mask of a color cathode ray tube has a large number of electron beam apertures through which electron beams emitted from the electron gun pass. Bach of the electron beam apertures has a larger opening open to a surface of the shadow mask on a phosphor screen side, and a smaller opening open to a surface of the shadow mask on an electron gun side and communicating with the larger opening. The smaller opening of each of the electron beam apertures located at a peripheral portion of the shadow mask is defined by a wall surface of the shadow mask. The wall surface includes an outward portion which is located outward in a radial direction with respect to a center of the shadow mask and a central-side portion which is located on a central side of the shadow mask. An angle defined by the outward portion and a central axis of the smaller opening is larger than an angle defined by the central-side portion and the central axis of the smaller opening.

Abstract: A coating apparatus for coating a sensitizing solution onto a surface of an elongated metal plate includes a transfer roller and a coating nozzle for coating the sensitizing solution on a circumferential surface of the roller. The circumferential surface of the transfer roller is in contact with the surface of the metal plate running in the longitudinal direction under a predetermined tension. The transfer roller is rotated in a direction opposite to that in which the metal plate is run, so that the coated sensitizing solution is transferred from the circumferential surface of the transfer roller on the surface of the metal plate.