Cathode ray tube having a small-diameter neck and method of manufacture thereof

A cathode ray tube having a vacuum envelope comprising a panel supporting a phosphor film on an inner surface thereof, a neck housing an electron gun, a funnel joining said panel and said neck, and a stem sealing an open end of said neck and mounting said electron gun via a plurality of pins extending through said stem, only inside diameters in vicinities of said open end of said neck sealed by said stem becoming gradually larger toward said open end of said neck.

A cathode ray tube having a vacuum envelope comprising a panel supporting a phosphor film on an inner surface thereof, a neck housing an electron gun comprising at least a cathode, a control grid, an accelerating electrode, a focus electrode, an anode and a heater for heating said cathode for generating and directing an electron beam toward said phosphor film, a funnel joining said panel and said neck, and a stem sealing an open end of said neck, mounting said electron gun via a plurality of pins extending through said stem, and applying required voltages to said cathode, said grid, said electrodes, said anode and said heater, a diameter of a circular array of said plurality of pins is not smaller than 12.2 mm, but not larger than 15.3 mm, and an inside diameter of said neck housing said electron gun is not smaller than 19.1 mm, but smaller than 23.1 mm.

A method of manufacturing a cathode ray tube having a vacuum envelope comprising a panel supporting a phosphor film on an inner surface thereof, a neck housing an electron gun, a funnel joining said panel and said neck, and a stem sealing an open end of said neck and mounting said electron gun via a plurality of pins extending through said stem, said method comprising the steps of making inside diameters of said open end to be sealed by said stem and vicinities thereof gradually larger toward said open end or to retain at least a value substantially equal to an inside diameter of a major portion of said neck, and sealing said stem to said open end of said neck.

A method of manufacturing a cathode ray tube having a vacuum envelope comprising a panel supporting a phosphor film on an inner surface thereof, a neck housing an electron gun, a funnel portion joining said panel and said neck, and a stem sealing an open end of said neck and mounting said electron gun via a plurality of pins extending through said stem, said method comprising the steps of making inside and outside diameters of said open end to be sealed by at said open end thinner than that of a major portion of said neck, preparing a stem with a diameter of its flange being larger than a maximum inside diameter of said inside diameters of said open end and vicinities thereof and sealing said stem to said open end of said neck.

A method of manufacturing a cathode ray tube having a vacuum envelope comprising a panel supporting a phosphor film on an inner surface thereof, a neck housing an electron gun, a funnel joining said panel and said neck, and a stem sealing an open end of said neck and mounting said electron gun via a plurality of pins extending through said stem, said method comprising the steps of making only inside diameters of said open end to be sealed by said stem and vicinities thereof gradually larger toward said open end and sealing said stem to said open end of said neck.

A cathode ray tube having a vacuum envelope comprising a panel supporting a phosphor film on an inner surface thereof, a neck housing an electron gun, a funnel joining said panel and said neck, said neck having an inside diameter at a major portion thereof which is less than 23.1 mm, and a stem having at least nine pins arranged on a circumference of a circle and extending therethrough sealing an open end of said neck and for mounting said electron gun, inside diameters in vicinities of said open end of said neck sealed by said stem retaining at least a value substantially equal to the inside diameter of the major portion of said neck, and a wall of said neck being thinner in said vicinities than that of the major portion of said neck.

A cathode ray tube having a vacuum envelope comprising a panel supporting a phosphor film on an inner surface thereof, a neck housing an electron gun, a funnel joining said panel and said neck, said neck having an inside diameter at a major portion thereof which is less than 23.1 mm, and a stem having at least nine pins arranged on a circumference of a circle and extending therethrough sealing an open end of said neck and for mounting said electron gun, inside diameters in vicinities of said open end of said neck sealed by said stem retaining at least a value substantially equal to the inside diameter of the major portion of said neck, the inside diameter of the major portion of said neck being not smaller than 19.1 mm and a diameter of a circular array of said at least nine pins being not smaller than 12.2 mm and not larger than 15.3 mm.

A cathode ray tube having a vacuum envelope comprising a panel supporting a phosphor film on an inner surface thereof, a neck housing an electron gun, a funnel joining said panel and said neck, said neck having an inside diameter at a major portion thereof which is less than 23.1 mm, and a stem having at least nine pins arranged on a circumference of a circle and extending therethrough sealing an open end of said neck and for mounting said electron gun, inside diameters in vicinities of said open end of said neck sealed by said stem retaining at least a value substantially equal to the inside diameter of the major portion of said neck, and outside diameters of said neck in said vicinities of said open end of said neck becoming gradually larger toward said open end of said neck.

A cathode ray tube having a vacuum envelope comprising a panel supporting a phosphor film on an inner surface thereof, a neck housing an electron gun, a funnel joining said panel and said neck, said neck having an inside diameter at a major portion thereof which is less than 23.1 mm, and a stem having at least nine pins arranged on a circumference of a circle and extending therethrough sealing an open end of said neck and for mounting said electron gun, inside diameters in vicinities of said open end of said neck sealed by said stem retaining at least a value substantially equal to the inside diameter of the major portion of said neck, and an outside diameter of a major portion of said neck being about 24.3 mm and a diameter of a circular array of said at least nine pins being not smaller than 12.2 mm and not larger than 15.3 mm.

A cathode ray tube having a vacuum envelope comprising a panel supporting a phosphor film on an inner surface thereof, a neck housing an electron gun, a funnel joining said panel and said neck, said neck having an inside diameter at a major portion thereof which is less than 23.1 mm, and a stem having at least nine pins arranged on a circumference of a circle and extending therethrough sealing an open end of said neck and for mounting said electron gun, only inside diameters in vicinities of said open end of said neck sealed by said stem retaining at least a value substantially equal to the inside diameter of the major portion of said neck, the inside diameter of a major portion of said neck portion being not smaller than 19.1 mm, and a diameter of a circular array of said at least nine pins being not smaller than 12.2 mm and not larger than 15.3 mm.

A cathode ray tube having a vacuum envelope comprising a panel supporting a phosphor film on an inner surface thereof, a neck housing an electron gun, a funnel joining said panel and said neck, said neck having an inside diameter at a major portion thereof which is less than 23.1 mm, and a stem having at least nine pins arranged on a circumference of a circle and extending therethrough sealing an open end of said neck and for mounting said electron gun, only inside diameters in vicinities of said open end of said neck sealed by said stem retaining at least a value substantially equal to the inside diameter of the major portion of said neck, and outside diameters of said neck in said vicinities of said open end of said neck becoming gradually larger toward said open end of said neck.

A cathode ray tube having a vacuum envelope comprising a panel supporting a phosphor film on an inner surface thereof, a neck housing an electron gun, a funnel joining said panel and said neck, said neck having an inside diameter at a major portion thereof which is less than 23.1 mm, and a stem having at least nine pins arranged on a circumference of a circle and extending therethrough sealing an open end of said neck and for mounting said electron gun, only inside diameters in vicinities of said open end of said neck sealed by said stem retaining at least a value substantially equal to the inside diameter of the major portion of said neck, and an outside diameter of the major portion of said neck being about 24.3 mm, and a diameter of a circular array of said at least nine pins being not smaller than 12.2 mm and not larger than 15.3 mm.