Cathode-ray tube mounting apparatus
AssigneeThomson Licensing S. A.
InventorsHarry Robert Swank, Stephen Thomas Opresko
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Abstract
The present invention provides an improvement in the mounting of a cathode-ray tube within a bezel. The cathode-ray tube includes a unitary shellbond frame having integral mounting lugs which are positioned at locations either in the corners or off of the corners. The mounting lugs are formed with tapered sections along a depth dimension to allow a tube having the shellbond frame applied to be simply lowered into a bezel having lug receiving recesses of a complimentary shape. The tapered lug and complimentary lug receiving recess provides self-alignment of the tube before it is secured to the bezel.
Claims11
A mounting apparatus for mounting a cathode-ray tube to a cabinet bezel comprising:
- a shellbond frame being dimensioned to surround the tube;
- a plurality of integral mounting lugs being integrally formed with the shellbond frame and extending outward from the shellbond frame, the mounting lugs being profiled to have a tapered surface along a width dimension;
- and,
- the bezel having a plurality of mounting lug receiving recesses each receiving a respective mounting lug, each mounting lug receiving recess having an inner contour which is complementary to the tapered surface profile of each mounting lug.
A shellbond frame for use in mounting a cathode-ray tube to a set bezel comprising:
- a band portion extending around a periphery of the cathode-ray tube;
- and,
- at least one mounting lug being integrally formed with the band portion and extending outward from the band portion, the mounting lug being profiled to have a tapered surface along a width dimension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.