# US 5,350,970 A · Display tube having a detachable getter

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- Number: US 5,350,970 A
- Document ID: US5350970A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/976,825
- Filed: 1992-11-16
- Granted: 1994-09-27
- Earliest claimed: 1991-11-18
- Assignees: U.S. Philips Corporation
- Inventors: Johannus A. Vennix; Johannes J. M. Overbeek
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5350970A

## CPC

- H01J 29/94: Selection of substances for gas fillings; Means for obtaining or maintaining the desired pressure within the tube, e.g. by gettering {(exhausting, degassing, gettering of electric discharge tubes in general H01J9/38)}
- H01J 7/186: {Getter supports}
- H01J: ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; electric arc lamps H05B31/00; particle accelerators H05H)

## Abstract

A display tube has a getter structure which is clamped in an aperture of the magnetic shield. The getter structure and the screening cap may be of a simple construction and the getter structure can be replaced in a simple manner so that the display tube can be easily repaired. The getter structure is supported by the cone and the inner wall of the shield.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A display tube comprising
(a) an envelope including a neck, a cone and a display window;
(b) an electron gun accommodated in the neck;
(c) an internal magnetic shield arranged between said electron gun and said display window, said magnetic shield including an inwardly extending portion at an end facing said neck, said inwardly extending portion having an aperture;
(d) an electrically conductive layer present on an inner wall of said cone; and
(e) a detachable getter structure electrically contacting said conductive layer,
said getter structure having a first portion projecting through said aperture and being clamped therein, said getter structure having a second portion electrically contacting said electrically conductive layer by pressing against said inner wall of said cone, and said getter structure having a third portion pressing against an inner wall of said magnetic shield,
wherein said aperture is situated between said second and third portions.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A display tube according to claim 1, wherein said getter structure has resilient elements clamped in said aperture, said resilient elements being movable toward each other.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A display tube according to claim 2, wherein said internal magnetic shield includes a conical portion from which said inwardly extending portion extends as a flat portion parallel to said display window, and wherein said aperture is disposed in said flat portion near a transition between said conical portion and said flat portion.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A display tube according to claim 3, wherein said magnetic shield includes guide means for guiding said getter structure to said aperture.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

A display tube according to claim 2, wherein said resilient elements are parts of a resilient bracket and are provided with indentations for clamping in said aperture.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

A display tube according to claim 2, wherein said magnetic shield includes guide means for guiding said getter structure to said aperture.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A display tube according to claim 1, wherein said internal magnetic shield includes a conical portion from which said inwardly extending portion extends as a flat portion parallel to said display window, and wherein said aperture is disposed in said flat portion near a transition between said conical portion and said flat portion.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A display tube according to claim 1, wherein said magnetic shield includes guide means for guiding said getter structure to said aperture.