# US 6,294,863 B1 · Color cathode ray tube having a shadow mask with a plurality of strip shaped reinforcing beads > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 6,294,863 B1 - Document ID: US6294863B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 09/210,795 - Filed: 1998-12-15 - Granted: 2001-09-25 - Earliest claimed: 1997-12-18 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Inventors: Norio Shimizu; Shinichiro Nakagawa; Masatsugu Inoue - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6294863B1 ## CPC - H01J 29/07: Shadow masks for colour television tubes - H01J 2229/0727: Aperture plate - H01J: ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; electric arc lamps H05B31/00; particle accelerators H05H) ## Abstract A color cathode ray tube is provided with a shadow mask having a mask body including a substantially rectangular effective surface in which a large number of electron beam passage apertures are formed. A plurality of reinforcing beads are formed on the effective surface, and project therefrom to have heights which varies in accordance with positions such that in at least a part of an area for provision of the reinforcing beads, the heights of the reinforcing beads satisfy the following relationship: dx1>dx2, dy1>dy2 where dx1 is the height measured at a first position which is apart from a longer axis of the effective surface and a distance x1 apart from a shorter axis thereof, dx2 is the height measured at a second position which is further apart from the longer axis than the first position and a distance x2 apart from the shorter axis, dy1 is the height measured at a third position which is located on the shorter axis and a distance y1 apart from the longer axis, dy2 is the height measured at a fourth position which is a distance apart from the shorter axis and a distance y2 apart from the longer axis, and the distances x1, x2, y1 and y2 satisfy the following relationship: x1=x2=y1=y2. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A color cathode ray tube comprising: an envelope including a panel and a funnel joined to the panel, the panel having a substantially rectangular effective portion and a phosphor screen formed on an inner surface of the effective portion; a shadow mask arranged to oppose the phosphor screen; and an electron gun provided within a neck of the funnel, for emitting electron beams onto the phosphor screen through the shadow mask; the shadow mask including: a substantially rectangular effective surface having a large number of electron beam passage apertures formed therein, for allowing the electron beams to pass therethrough, the effective surface having a center located on a tube axis, and a longer axis and a shorter axis extending perpendicular to each other through the center; and a plurality of reinforcing beads formed on the effective surface to reinforce the effective surface, the reinforcing beads projecting the effective surface and having heights which vary in accordance with positions such that the heights of the reinforcing beads decrease successively or in stages by a predetermined distance away from the longer axis, and the heights of the reinforcing beads decreases successively or in stages by a predetermined distance away from the shorter axis. ### Claim 2 A color cathode ray tube comprising: an envelope including a panel and a funnel joined to the panel, the panel having a substantially rectangular effective portion and a phosphor screen formed on an inner surface of the effective portion; a shadow mask arranged to oppose the phosphor screen; and an electron gun provided within a neck of the funnel, for emitting electron beams onto the phosphor screen through the shadow mask; the shadow mask comprises: a substantially rectangular effective surface having a large number of electron beam passage apertures formed therein, for allowing the electron beams to pass therethrough, the effective surface having a center located on a tube axis, and a longer axis and a shorter axis extending perpendicular to each other through the center; and a plurality of reinforcing beads formed on the effective surface to reinforce the effective surface, the reinforcing beads projecting from the effective surface and having heights which vary in accordance with positions such that in at least a part of that area of the effective surface on which the reinforcing beads are provided, the heights of the reinforcing beads satisfy the following relationship: dx1>dx2, dy1>dy2 where dx1 denotes the height measured at a first position which is apart from the longer axis, and which is a distance x1 apart from the shorter axis, dx2 denotes the height measured at a second position which is further apart from the longer axis than the first position, and which is a distance x2 apart from the shorter axis, dy1 denotes the height measured at a third position which is located on the shorter axis, and which is a distance y1 apart from the longer axis, and dy2 denotes the height measured at a fourth position which is apart from the shorter axis, and which is a distance y2 apart from the longer axis, and the distances x1, x2, y1 and y2 satisfy the following relationship: x1=x2=y1=y2. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A color cathode ray tube according to claim 2, wherein the reinforcing beads have a strip-shape and extend substantially in parallel to the longer axis. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) A color cathode ray tube according to claim 2, wherein the reinforcing beads has a strip-shape and extend substantially in parallel to the shorter axis. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) A color cathode ray tube according to claim 2, wherein the reinforcing beads are formed to satisfy the following relationship: dy1≧dx1. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) A color cathode ray tube according to claim 2, wherein the effective surface is formed as a curved surface, and has a curvature which varies such that the curvature of a peripheral portion of the effective surface is greater than that of a central portion thereof. ### Claim 7 A color cathode ray tube comprising: an envelope including a panel and a funnel joined to the panel, the panel having a substantially rectangular effective portion and a phosphor screen formed on an inner surface of the effective surface; a shadow mask arranged to oppose the phosphor screen; and an electron gun provided within a neck of the funnel, for emitting electron beams onto the phosphor screen through the shadow mask; the shadow mask including: a substantially rectangular effective surface having a large number of electron beam passage apertures formed therein, for allowing the electron beams to pass there through, the effective surface having a center located on a tube axis, and a longer axis and a shorter axis extending perpendicular to each other through the center; and a plurality of reinforcing beads formed on the effective surface to project therefrom and reinforcing the effective surface, the reinforcing beads extending in parallel with the longer axis, and being provided in a region having a width of dL/3, where dL is a distance between long sides of the effective surface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A color cathode ray tube according to claim 7, wherein the reinforcing beads have projecting heights which vary in accordance with positions such that the heights of the reinforcing beads decrease successively or in stages by a predetermined distance away from the longer axis, and the heights of the reinforcing beads decreases successively or in stages by a predetermined distance away from the shorter axis. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) A color cathode ray tube according to claim 7, wherein the reinforcing beads have projecting heights which vary in accordance with positions such that in at least a part of that region of the effective surface on which the reinforcing beads are provided, the heights of the reinforcing beads satisfy the following relationship: dx1>dx2, dy1>dy2 where dx1 denotes the height measured at a first position which is apart from the longer axis, and which is a distance x1 apart from the shorter axis, dx2 denotes the height measured at a second position which is further apart from the longer axis than the first position, and which is a distance x2 apart from the shorter axis, dy1 denotes the height measured at a third position which is located on the shorter axis, and which is a distance y1 apart from the longer axis, and dy2 denotes the height measured at a fourth position which is apart from the shorter axis, and which is a distance y2 apart from the longer axis, and the distances x1, x2, y1 and y2 satisfy the following relationship: x1=x2=y1=y2. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) A color cathode ray tube according to claim 7, wherein the effective surface is formed as a curved surface, and a curvature of a peripheral portion of the effective surface is greater than that of a central portion thereof. ### Claim 11 A color cathode ray tube comprising: an envelope comprising a panel and a funnel joined to the panel, the panel having a substantially rectangular effective portion and a phosphor screen formed on an inner surface of the effective portion; a shadow mask arranged to oppose the phosphor screen; and an electron gun provided within a neck of the funnel, for emitting electron beams onto the phosphor screen through the shadow mask; the shadow mask including: a substantially rectangular effective surface having a large number of electron beam passage apertures formed therein, for allowing the electron beams to pass therethrough, the effective surface having a center located on a tube axis, and a longer axis and a shorter axis extending perpendicular to each other through the center; and a plurality of reinforcing beads formed on the effective surface to project therefrom and reinforcing the effective surface, the reinforcing beads extending in parallel with the short axis, and being provided in a region having a width of dS/3, where dS is a distance between short sides of the effective surface. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A color cathode ray tube according to claim 11, wherein the reinforcing beads have projecting heights which vary in accordance with positions such that the heights of the reinforcing beads decrease successively or in stages by a predetermined distance away from the longer axis, and the heights of the reinforcing beads decreases successively or in stages by a predetermined distance away from the shorter axis. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) A color cathode ray tube according to claim 11, wherein the reinforcing beads have projecting heights which vary in accordance with positions such that in at least a part of that region of the effective surface on which the reinforcing beads are provided, the heights of the reinforcing beads satisfy the following relationship: dx1>dx2, dy1>dy2 where dx1 denotes the height measured at a first position which is apart from the longer axis, and which is a distance x1 apart from the shorter axis, dx2 denotes the height measured at a second position which is further apart from the longer axis than the first position, and which is a distance x2 apart from the shorter axis, dy1 denotes the height measured at a third position which is located on the shorter axis, and which is a distance y1 apart from the longer axis, and dy2 denotes the height measured at a fourth position which is apart from the shorter axis, and which is a distance y2 apart from the longer axis, and the distances x1, x2, y1 and y2 satisfy the following relationship: x1=x2=y1=y2. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) A color cathode ray tube according to claim 11, wherein the effective surface is formed as a curved surface, and a curvature of a peripheral portion of the effective surface is greater than that of a central portion thereof.