Abstract: A vacuum envelope of a cathode ray tube comprises a faceplate and a rear envelope bonded to the faceplate. The rear envelope includes a rear plate opposed to the faceplate, a side wall, a plurality of funnels extending from the rear plate, partition walls set up on the rear plate, and necks bonded individually to the funnels. The rear envelope is formed by connecting a plurality of miniature envelopes to one another. Each miniature envelope includes at least one funnel, and is molded by pressing.

Abstract: Fluorescent tube type discharge lamp has end sealed in base with terminal pins connected to lead wires passing through stem press and supporting an electrode in the form of a coil having an emitter. Bimetal strip has a first end welded to one of the leads and a second end proximate to a thin walled portion of the stem. When electrode fails and an arc discharge operates directly off the leads, the bimetal strip heats up so that second end contacts thin walled portion and arcs through to admit air for passive failure of lamp.

Abstract: An image-forming apparatus comprises a rear plate on which an electron-emitting device is provided, a face plate having an image-forming member and arranged to be opposed to the rear plate, and a spacer provided between the face plate and the rear plate. The spacer comprises a spacer base plate and a coating layer including organic resin and carbon. At least part of the carbon is exposed from the surface of the coating layer. The image-forming apparatus displays an image with a high luminance and a high color saturation over a prolonged time.

Abstract: A process for fabricating a face plate for a flat panel display such as a field emission cathode type display, the face plate having integral spacer support structures is disclosed. Also disclosed is a product made by the aforesaid process. The support structures are designed to be load bearing so as to prevent implosion of a planar, transparent face plate toward a parallel spaced-apart base plate when the space between the face plate and the base plate is sealed at the edges of the display to form a chamber, and the chamber is evacuated in the presence of atmospheric pressure outside the chamber. Unlike most spacer support structures proposed for such flat panel displays, the support structures are made from the same material as the substrate from which the face plate is fabricated. For a preferred embodiment of the process, a perforated laminar template is sealably sandwiched between a laminar silicate glass substrate and a manifold block to form a temporary sandwich assembly.

Abstract: A flat panel display (12) includes a backplate (14) and a faceplate (16) attached to the backplate (14) defining a vacuum enclosure (18) therebetween. A spacer (46, 62, 64, 78, 80, 90) is positioned between the backplate (14) and the faceplate (16). The spacer geometry is anti-symmetrical and non-integral with respect to an array of electron emitters (30, 48, 76) on a cathode plate (22) overlying the backplate (14). The spacers have a curved surface (52, 78, 82) that is characterized by a radius r, or by a length d.sub.3 of a unit shape having bend angles .alpha. and .beta., whereas the electron emitter arrays are characterized by orthogonally arranged rows (32) and columns (34). The anti-symmetrical and non-integral relationship between the spacers (46, 62, 64, 78, 80, 90) and the electron emitters reduces the number of electron emitters and pixels (49, 77, 86) that are occluded by the spacers.

Abstract: A heat-shrink band for a cathode ray tube (CRT) has a light weight, corrects the deformation of an object, such as a panel of a CRT due to the air pressure, effectively prevents implosion of the CRT, can suppress the color deviation, and in addition is excellent in formability. The method of fabricating the heat-shrink band includes a composition of cold rolled steel sheet such that the heat-shrink band offers both a high elongation characteristic at an ambient temperature and a high stress of yielding point characteristic after the heat-shrink process. The reduction of the weight of the heat-shrink band contributes to an overall reduction of the weight of the CRT.

Abstract: After adhesive resin is applied to a surface of a flat panel, a front panel is glued thereto. One side of the front panel is contacted to the adhesive resin layer with the front panel tilted toward the surface of the flat panel. Then, the front panel is moved slowly to be close and parallel to the front panel. Finally, the front panel is pressed to the surface of the flat panel. Afterward, the adhesive resin is hardened. It is preferable that the thickness of the adhesive resin applied to the surface of the flat panel is decreasing from the side to which the side of the front panel is contacted, to the opposite side. By the above-mentioned method, an image display apparatus having multilayer structure comprising of a flat panel for displaying image, an adhesive resin layer and a front panel can be manufactured efficiently.

Abstract: The invention is a spacer method and apparatus for a high-voltage emissive vacuum flat panel display device. The display device has front and rear panels held in place by a supporting frame around the periphery of the panels. The back panel has an array of electron sources that accelerate electrons towards the front panel to bombard and excite a light-emissive material deposited thereon, thereby modulating the screen and displaying desired information patterns. A spacer according to the present invention can be described generally as having a body and N arms extending radially from the body, wherein N is at least three. The body and the N arms physically contact the front and back panels of the display to thereby separate the front panel from the back panel. The arms need not have the same length of extension from the body. Furthermore, the arms may or may not taper as they extend from the body.

Abstract: A color display tube having an in-line electron gun. The in-line electron gun has two elongated supporting elements and is secured to the electrical leadthroughs in the neck by two pairs of supports. The distance between the supports is at least 3 mm. By virtue thereof, one or more supports can be connected to a high-voltage leadthrough without the risk of flashover between the supports.

Abstract: A stand-alone spacer for use in a flat-panel display includes a plurality of members being joined at a common axis. A first one of the members is a load-bearing member; a second one of the members is a stabilizing member. The load bearing member extends into the face plate and backplate of the display to provide standoff of mechanical forces. The load bearing member has an aspect ratio within the range of 2:1 to 20:1. The stand-alone spacer has a tipping angle within the range of 20 to 90 degrees so that, after placement on one of the display plates, the spacer is able to remain upright throughout the subsequent packaging and evacuation steps in the fabrication of the display.

Abstract: A vacuum envelope capable of preventing contamination of an electron source and deterioration of luminous characteristics of a phosphor layer. Electrons emitted from a tip end of emitter cones are accelerated by an anode conductor to which a positive voltage is applied with respect to a gate conductor, to thereby impinge on the phosphor layer, leading to luminescence of the layer. The luminescence is observed through a transparent anode substrate. Spacers are bonded at only one end thereof to a cathode substrate by means of seal glass, to thereby keep the seal glass from being irradiated with electrons.

Abstract: A monitor case assembly includes a front case section to which a cathode ray tube is fixed; a rear case section fastened to the front case section; and an intermediate case section interposed between the front and rear sections for reenforcing the case and preventing distortion in the case due to the weight of the cathode ray tube. The monitor case assembly also providing a more visually appealing exterior appearance.

Abstract: A shadow mask is arranged in an envelope and opposes a phosphor screen formed on an inner surface of a face plate. The shadow mask includes a plurality of mask pieces arranged in series. Each of the mask pieces has effective portions in which a number of electron beam passage apertures are formed. A plurality of mask frames supporting the respective mask pieces are fixed to the inner surface of the face plate. A plurality of stages are provided on the inner surface of the face plate. Each of the stages has a first end in contact with the inner surface of the face plate and a second end in contact with one of the mask piece, so as to define a distance between each of the mask pieces and the phosphor screen and to apply a tensile force to the mask piece.

Abstract: The invention relates to an implosion protection band 26, 126 for a CRT having a plurality of brackets 40, 70, 140 that are disposed between the band and a sidewall 3 of the CRT 1 and detachably attached to the implosion protection band to support either a degaussing coil 9 or to facilitate mounting the CRT within a receiver.

Abstract: A color cathode-ray tube with a vacuum envelope that includes a rectangular, flat face plate and a rectangular, flat rear plate opposing the face plate. A phosphor screen is formed on an inner surface of the face plate, and fixing members are fixed to an inner surface of the rear plate. A shadow mask arranged in the envelope is supported by mask support members to face the phosphor screen at a predetermined distance. Plate support members are arranged in the envelope to support a load of atmospheric pressure acting on the face plate and the rear plate. The mask support members and the plate support members are fixed to the fixing members while being in close contact with the inner surface of the rear plate.

Abstract: A spacer (60) for spacing the screen of a flat panel display from the backplate of the display comprises an extrusion (62) formed from a dielectric inorganic material for supporting the screen relative to the back plate, and a layer (64) of attachment material located at one end of the extrusion (62) for attaching the extrusion (62) to the backplate of the display. The spacer (60) has a cross-shaped cross section providing increased stability, without a significant increase in visibility.

Abstract: An anti-implosion band (4) for a cathode my tube comprises a suspension element (5) on its corners with the suspension element having a suspension aperture (8). The suspension element has a portion (7) in which the suspension aperture (8) is formed. This portion extends transversely to the clamping band. The suspension element further comprises projections (9) which extend on one side of the band (4), transversely to the edge of the band, and, when viewed in projection on the plane of the clamping band, the opposite side (10) of the band falls within the projections of the suspension elements. The projections do not influence the clamping function of the band. The bands can be stacked in a simple manner.

Abstract: A projection cathode ray tube has a liquid coolant coupling apparatus whose structure is improved. The projection cathode ray tube includes a funnel having an electron gun in its neck end and a face plate provided with a screen at the other end, a rectangular radiating plate having a frontal glass corresponding to the face plate having the screen inside thereon, and being firmly attached to the face plate, a liquid coolant layer having a predetermined thickness between the face plate and the frontal glass of the radiating plate, a clamping portion coupled by means of a bolt at each corner of the rectangular radiating plate, and a setting clasp having a contacting surface of a predetermined size in contact with the side of the funnel and a spring both provided over each bolt, whereby the setting clasp settles the funnel while pressing.

Abstract: A projection cathode ray tube has a liquid coolant coupling apparatus whose structure is improved. The projection cathode ray tube includes a funnel having an electron gun in its neck end and a face plate provided with a screen at the other end, a rectangular radiating plate having a frontal glass corresponding to the face plate having the screen inside thereon, and being firmly attached to the face plate, a liquid coolant layer having a predetermined thickness between the face plate and the frontal glass of the radiating plate, a clamping portion coupled by means of a bolt at each corner of the rectangular radiating plate, and a setting clasp having a contacting surface of a predetermined size in contact with the side of the funnel and a spring both provided over each bolt, whereby the setting clasp settles the funnel while pressing.

Abstract: An implosion-resistant band on a screen panel of a cathode-ray tube body has a metallic band element having a plurality of corners, and a plurality of holders mounted respectively on the corners. Each of the holders includes a flange held against and welded to one of the corners, an attachment arm bent from one edge of the flange, and a stack retainer extending from an opposite edge of the flange and offset out of contact with the metallic band element. The retainer has a central recess opening away from the attachment arm.

Abstract: In a cathode ray tube (CRT) having a glass envelope with a neck portion, a funnel portion and a display screen, or front panel, an electron gun disposed in the CRT's neck portion has a plurality of aligned electrodes, including a charged shield cup. The shield cup includes a plurality of contact springs disposed about the outer periphery thereof and engaging a conductive layer on the inner surface of the CRT's neck portion for supporting the electron gun and charging the shield cup to an electron accelerating, or anode, voltage. Also disposed on the outer periphery of the shield cup and engaging the inner conductive layer is a getter support member.

Abstract: A flat, thin picture display device has a transparent face plate and a rear plate and a large number of electron sources and local electron transport ducts cooperating therewith. A selection plate arranged between the face plate and the rear plate has an arrangement of apertures which defines locations for withdrawing electrons from the electron transport ducts and, aligned therewith, a row of apertures defining locations for the electron sources.

Abstract: A cathode-ray tube includes an envelope having a rectangular face plate and a rectangular, flat rear plate opposed to the face plate. A phosphor screen is formed on the inner surface of the face plate and has a number striped phosphor layers extending in parallel to one another, and a plurality of regions which are independently scanned by electron beams. A mask support mechanism for supporting a shadow mask in the envelope comprises first mask support members fixed to the inner surface of the rear plate and situated to face first longitudinal ends of the phosphor layers, second mask support members fixed to the inner surface of the rear plate and situated to face second longitudinal ends of the phosphor layers, and central mask support members fixed to the inner surface of the rear plate and situated between the first and second support portions. The shadow mask is supported on the mask support members while being applied with a tensile force in the longitudinal direction of the phosphor layers.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to display sets wherein the image produced by a cathode-ray tube is displayed on a display screen by means of an optical device. It relates more particularly to means for facilitating the relative positioning between the cathode-ray tube and the optical device. The cathode-ray tube comprises a bulb having one end closed by a transparent plate bearing an cathodoluminescent screen. In one characteristic, the transparent plate is greater than the bulb and comprises a peripheral part that extends beyond the bulb so as to constitute a reference marker of the position of the cathodoluminescent screen. FIG. 1.

Abstract: A support device for a deflection unit (10) for a picture tube comprises pins (17) which in a longitudinal direction carry a thread (19) over part of their circumferences. The pins run in guide bores, which are constructed so as to exhibit a recess of not less than the angular circumference of the thread. Each pin is at first so aligned in relation to the associated guide bore that the thread runs in the above-mentioned recess. In this position (after the deflection unit has been aligned), each pin is pushed until it contacts the tube cone (18.K). Then each pin is turned by 90.degree., thus ensuring that the above-mentioned thread cuts into the non-recessed wall of the guide bore. This ensures that each pin is fixed in position, and simultaneously, due to the lead of the thread, a tension is set between deflection unit and tube. The support device thus constructed has the advantage that the tension force between the deflection unit and the tube cone can be set precisely.

Abstract: A covering for a discontinuity in a mask support frame for a tension mask cathode ray tube comprises a stiff yet flexible (or bendable) metal strip having a first surface for facing a mask frame surface which is proximal to a phosphor screen, and attachment to the mask frame on at least one side of the discontinuity, and a second surface facing the phosphor screen. A portion of the covering may be formed to match the cross-section profile of the mask frame surface to which it is attached. The covering may be formed in a continuous rectangle to form a rectangular frame assembly capable of attachment to a faceplate.

Abstract: An implosion-resistant cathode-ray tube has an evacuated envelope with a faceplate panel which includes a substantially rectangularly-shaped viewing portion that extends to a peripheral sidewall. The sidewall has corners and oppositely disposed flattened portions. An implosion protection band, having a predetermined width, extends around the sidewall. A plurality of mounting loops are formed in the implosion protection band, in the direction of the width, to accommodate mounting bolts. Each of the mounting loops is closed adjacent to the sidewall to ensure the structural integrity of the implosion protection band.

Abstract: A faceplate for a tension mask CRT has a plurality of metallic inlays embedded in the glass of an inner surface of the faceplate. The inlays have a surface substantially coplanar with the faceplate inner surface for receiving and securing thereto a tension mask frame.

Abstract: A flat CRT display tube has a faceplace (11) with a fluorescent pixel screen (33) on its interior face. An area cathode assembly has an orthogonal array of segment electrodes (27) with overlying heater wires (25) spaced above them. A control assembly (38) arrayed between the cathode assembly and the screen includes orthogonal arrays of row electrodes (20) and column electrodes (21) with an overlying anode (19). A frame (18) supports the cathode assembly and the control assembly, and is itself supported by the tube's envelope, preferably by its faceplate (11).

Abstract: An arc suppressing device for a cathode ray tube having an evacuated glass envelope which includes a funnel with a neck and a panel provided with a shadow mask. An electron gun is housed in the neck and includes a cathode and a plurality of electrodes supported by supporting beads. On the outer surface of the focusing electrode, at least one or more projecting metallic pieces pass through the supporting beads so that the ends thereof are exposed to the outside of the supporting bead. Between the ends of the projecting pieces and the inner surface of the neck, an electric field is formed to effectively prevent the occurrence of arcing in the bead channels.

Abstract: A flat display includes a front panel having a fluorescent screen on its rear side, a rear panel defining a flat space with the front panel, linear filament cathodes arranged close to the rear panel, and an address electrode plate having a multiplicity of apertures and disposed close to the front panel. The rear panel is formed on its inner surface with spacer ridges each extending on each side of each filament cathode therealong and having a height to reach the address electrode plate. The spacer ridges give the flat display improved strength against pressure.

Abstract: A flat panel display device includes a face plate made of a transparent material, a back plate positioned parallel to the face plate, and a wall member extending between the face plate and back plate to define an airtight housing. An anode is provided on a inner surface of the face plate, a fluorescent layer is provided in association with the anode, and a cathode is provided in association with an inner surface of the back plate. A plurality of struts, made of an electrically conductive screen printed powdery material, are tightly held between the back plate and the face plate, such that an electric charge accumulated between the anode and cathode is discharged by a leakage current flowing through the struts.

Abstract: A flat panel display of the field emission cathode type having polyimide spacers or pillars separating the emitting surface and display face of the same and a method of forming the spacers by integrated circuit techniques.

Abstract: A color cathode ray tube and an envelope for use with the color cathode ray tube in which a metal plate is interposed between a panel section and a plurality of funnel and neck sections, each of which combination having one electron gun disposed internally. The overall length of the envelope thus constructed can thus be shortened in the direction of the tube axis. The structure of the envelope can also be more simply made and ease of production provided. Further, the envelope can be made lighter in weight.

Abstract: An integrated grid (G1/G2) assembly having enhanced mechanical strength and rigidity is provided for use in an electron gun assembly of a cathode ray tube (CRT). In the integrated grid assembly, the first and second grids (35 and 40, respectively) are fixed in relationship to one another, both axially and radially, by means of an insulating element (50) and a collar element (55). Brazed joints are preferably provided at the interface of the insulating element (50) with the second grid (40) and the collar element (55) to enhance the mechanical strength and rigidity of the assembly. An integrated grid (G1/G2)/anode assembly may be provided by mounting anode assembly (45) fixedly with respect to second grid (40) by means of second insulating element (60) and second collar element (65). Methods for assembling the integrated grid assemblies are also disclosed.

Abstract: A direct heating cathode includes an emitter for emitting electrons and a generally W shaped heater connected at opposite ends to terminals having a flat portion on which the emitter is mounted, bent portions at opposite sides of the flat portion, and an upwardly projected shoulder portion in the vicinity of each of the ends of the heater. Each of the bent portions of the heater includes two oppositely directed bends between the flat portion and the proximate heater end. The cathode structure elevates the temperature of the cathode at the position of the emitter, reducing power consumption and improving start-up speed, operational stability, and life expectancy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electron gun retaining a cathode and a plurality of electrodes with a pair of bead glasses and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein each of the bead glasses are provided with a convex portion at a position where a bead support for an electrode is buried on a side of the electrodes, each of bead bases of a beading apparatus on which the bead glasses are disposed is formed with a concave portion at a position corresponding to the convex portion of the bead glass, the bead glasses disposed on the bead bases are heated and softened, the bead supports for the cathode and the plurality of electrodes are buried and secured in the bead glasses, and the bead glasses each include convex portions on a side opposite to the electrodes.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved cathode-ray tube. The neck of the tube envelope is closed at one end by a stem that includes a plurality of electrically conductive pins extending therethrough. The pins are interconnected to various electrodes of the gun by electrical leads that are welded to respective pins. The improvement comprises at least one of the leads having a bend therein that positions a nonwelded portion of the lead between a lead-to-pin weld location and the neck of the tube.

Abstract: A color cathode ray tube includes a vacuum envelope including a panel having a single glass faceplate including an inner surface and central axis and a skirt extending from the faceplate, a rear metal plate hermetically connected to the skirt through a first connecting member, a plurality of funnels coupled to the rear plate through a second connecting member, and a plurality of necks respectively extending from the funnels. In the vacuum envelope, are provided a plurality of electron gun assemblies respectively received in the necks for emitting a plurality of electron beams, a screen formed on the inner surface of the faceplate for emitting visible light by excitation of the electron beams from the electron gun assemblies, and a mask received in the vacuum envelope so as to face to the screen and having an effective region for allowing passage of the electron beams to impinge on the screen.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube for use as a video display or the like includes a panel, a funnel, and a stress resistant frame having an L-shaped bend and constituted by a metal frame joined to both the panel and the funnel. The stress resistant frame is adapted to reinforce the cathode ray tube against a tensile stress occurring due to a reduction in the internal pressure of the cathode ray tube.

Abstract: A flat configuration CRT has a plurality of line cathodes arrayed with a predetermined pitch, a focus electrode section for focusing respective electron beams which are emitted for the line cathodes, and pairs of deflection plates having opposed deflection electrodes for executing deflection of the focussed electron beams, the deflection electrodes of each deflection plate being divided into at least two parts, and an image display section upon which the electron beams are incident. The length of a region in which deflection is executed by the deflection electrodes is made no greaer than a value which is approximately three times the pitch of the line cathodes.

Abstract: A proximity type image intensifier having an evacuated electrically conductive tube envelope is described. The image intensifier tube includes improved structure for supporting components within the tube envelope. The support structure includes a support ring having a first inwardly extending edge portion which defines a support surface for supporting the component, and a second inwardly extending edge portion which defines a compression surface and component access aperture. The retaining ring includes a planar inner surface and an outer edge surface. The inner surface contacts the component supported in the support ring. The retaining ring is allowed to expand whereupon the outer edge surface engages the support ring compression surface. Radial expansion of the retaining ring creates an axial compression force between the retaining ring inner surface and the support surface about the circumference of the component being supported.

Abstract: In a flat-shaped display apparatus has a face plate, a rear plate, side plates, and necessary electrodes therein, a supporting plate and plural supporting rods which are connected to an edge of the supporting plate at intervals of a certain distance are provided between the face plate and the rear plate. The supporting rods are made of metal and all bonded parts are covered by guide plates so that no adhesive is exposed to the electron beams. Therefore, over-scanning of the electron beams can be made, without the electron beams impinging on the adhesive thereby enabling effective distortion compensation.

Abstract: A reference and support system for a flat CRT tension shadow mask is disclosed which includes a support frame which is frit sealed or shink fitted onto a peripheral surface surrounding a target area of a flat panel. An upper edge of the support frame is finished so as to provide the desired Q-spacing between the target area and the top of the support frame. Alignment holes are drilled in the sidewalls of the support frame at a given distance from the upper edge to form a reference plane relative thereto. A temporary fixture has a tensioned mask initially secured thereto and is provided with a plurality of pins extending through sidewalls thereof at a given distance from an upper reference surface such that the pins engage the holes in the support frame and precisely position the shadow mask in the plane of the top edge of the support surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a cathode-ray tube in which a cone part and a display window are accurately positioned relative to each other, a glass frit is provided between the display window and the cone part, and the positioning thus obtained is fixed by securing locating pins to faces on the display window and in slots in studs on the cone by means of an acrylate adhesive. Subsequently, the display window is permanently secured to the cone by frit sealing.

Abstract: An electron beam device such as a cathode ray tube having an electron gun (15) comprising a profiled tubular body (22) of a vitreous material. At least some of the electrodes (30, 32, 34, 36) of the electron gun comprising cup-shaped drawn metal members which are push fitted against respective engaging surfaces formed in the tubular body (22). Electrical connections to one or more of these cup-shaped members are point contacts made with lead-out wires (38, 40) held captive in the wall of the tubular body (22). In order to ensure a good point contact, at least the area of the wall in the vicinity of the terminal portion of the or each lead-out wire is flat. In consequence thereof a skirted portion of the or each cup-shaped electrode is flattened slightly against the surface of the wall.

Abstract: A method and structure for assembling cathode ray tube electronic equipment is disclosed in which a sheet metal cage is assembled inside the plastic housing to enclose the electronic components. The face of the cathode ray tube is covered with a fine conductive mesh which is engaged by the bezel surrounding the front edges of the cathode ray tube. A projecting lip on the inner edge of the bezel, contoured to match the tube face, engages the mesh to keep it flat and smooth against the face of the tube. Simultaneously, flanges on the front of the cage are attached by self-tapping screws to bosses on the back side of the bezel so as to capture the edges of the mesh in conductive contact against the cage flanges. Conductive gaskets may be used to improve the electrical contact between the parts and thus improve the tightness of the shield.

Abstract: The electrical connection between the shadow mask and screen of a cathode ray tube is provided by a contact spring, one end of which engages one of the metal mask support pins upstanding from the sidewall of the tube's faceplate, and the other end of which contacts the electrically conductive layer overlying the screen. Engagement with the pin occurs at a transition region between the conical base portion and the spherical head of the pin, and produces a simple and reliable electric connection between the shadow mask and the electrically conductive layer.

Abstract: An X-ray television apparatus includes an X-ray image intensifier and an imaging unit. The X-ray image intensifier converts an X-ray image into a visible image. The visible image is transmitted to the imaging unit by optical fiber bundles coupled with each other by a coupling mechanism. The imaging unit converts the visible image into an electrical signal of an image. Bolts are threadably engaged with a flat ring base provided to the X-ray image intensifier. By an elastic pressure of coil springs into which the bolts are inserted, a holding member provided to the coupling mechanism couples the imaging tube to the X-ray image intensifier via the optical fiber bundles. An electrostatic shielding film is formed on a surface of the holding member and prevents a pseudo signal generated by the X-ray image intensifier from entering the imaging unit, thereby reducing the noise components contained in the electrical signal of an image.

Abstract: A front assembly for a color cathode ray tube is disclosed that as having improved means for mounting components for electrical interconnection and magnetic shielding. The assembly comprises a faceplate having on its inner surface a centrally disposed, electrically conductive phosphor screen. A peripheral sealing area is located on the inner surface of the faceplate for receiving a funnel, and the funnel has an internal electrically conductive funnel coating adapted to receive a high electrical potential. A metallic shadow mask support structure is secured to the inner surface of the faceplate between the screen and the peripheral sealing area, and encloses the screen and is in contact with the screen. The structure supports in electrical union therewith a tensed foil shadow mask. The structure has a side adjacent to the sealing area essentially perpendicular to the screen which has secured thereto by weldments an internal magnetic shield.