Uniaxial tension focus mask for a color CRT with electrical connection means

In a color cathode-ray tube comprising an evacuated envelope having therein an electron gun for generating at least one electron beam, a faceplate panel having a luminescent screen with phosphor lines on an interior surface thereof, and a uniaxial tension focus mask, wherein the improvement comprising

• said uniaxial tension focus mask having a plurality of spaced-apart first metal strands which are adjacent to an effective picture area of said screen and define a plurality of slots substantially parallel to said phosphor lines, said first metal strands being formed from a thin metal sheet having imperforate top and bottom portions, said right and left first metal end strands each having top and bottom ends separated from said top and bottom portions of said metal sheet by gaps to electrically isolate said right and left first metal end strands;
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• a plurality of second metal strands oriented substantially perpendicular to said first metal strands and insulated therefrom across said effective picture area, said second metal strands being attached by a glass conductor layer to said right and left first metal end strands outside of said effective picture area to form busbars.