Floating vanes for flat panel display system
AssigneeCorning Glass Works
InventorsRoger A. Allaire, Wendell S. Blanding
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Abstract
In a flat panel display system including a polyhedral enclosing housing structure having opposed front and back panels, which structure requires a subatmospheric or evacuated environment for the performance of the electronic components contained therein, a plurality of substantially parallel transversely spaced apart and longitudinally extending supporting vanes are fixtured within said housing between said front and back panels for limited movement within said housing prior to evacuating the interior thereof and for engagably supporting said front and back panels against the forces generated by atmospheric pressure when said interior is evacuated.
Claims5
An evacuated flat panel device comprising an enclosing sealed vitreous housing structure having opposed front and back panels, supporting means in the form of glass sheets positioned within said housing extending between said front and back panels for supporting central portions of said panels, and means for mounting said supporting means within said housing between said front and back panels in spaced relation with at least one of said panels and with limited movement with respect to said panels prior to evacuating air from the interior of said housing and for firmly engaging and supporting said front and back panels against the forces generated by atmospheric pressure when said interior is at least partially evacuated.
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