Implosion-resistant cathode ray tube envelope
AssigneesCorning Incorporated, Philips Electronic North America Corporation
InventorsAsish Ghosh, Suresh T. Gulati
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Abstract
A glass envelope for a cathode ray tube (10) and a method of production. The envelope comprises (12) a panel member having a thickness (t) that is defined by an equation which involves net tensile stress; wherein the panel having a net tensile stress not exceeding 1150 psi, having a surface compression induced during panel manufacture, and having an implosion protection band (30) shrink-fitted around a skirt (20) on the panel that augments surface compression in the panel (12), whereby the panel thickness is substantially less than that of a corresponding untreated tube envelope.
Claims11
A glass envelope for a cathode ray tube comprising a panel member having a thickness (t) defined by the equation:
- (σ)P=kP(a/t)2
- wherein (σ)P is the net tensile stress in the panel,
- (a) is one half the length of the minor axis in inches,
- (t) is the panel thickness in inches,
- (P) is atmospheric pressure in psi,
- (k) is a structural constant based on tube geometry,
- the panel having a net tensile stress not exceeding 1150 psi, having a surface compression induced during panel manufacture, and having an implosion protection band shrink-fitted around a skirt on the panel that augments surface compression in the panel, whereby the panel thickness is substantially less than that of a corresponding untreated tube envelope.
A method of reducing the thickness of a panel member in a cathode ray tube glass envelope wherein the thickness (t) is defined by the equation (σ)P=kP(a/t)2 wherein (σ)P is the net tensile stress in the panel,
- (a) is one half the length of the minor axis in inches,
- (t) is the panel thickness in inches,
- (P) is atmospheric pressure in psi,
- (k) is a structural constant based on tube geometry,
- the method comprising imparting compression in the panel surface by treatment of the surface, and augmenting this compression by shrink-fitting an implosion protecting band about a skirt on the panel, while maintaining the value of (σ)P at not over 1150 psi, thereby permitting a reduction in panel thickness from that in an untreated panel.
A method of producing a panel for a cathode ray tube which comprises pressing a glass panel having a desired shape and a thickness (t) defined by the equation
- (σ)P=kP(a/t)2
- wherein (σ)P is the net tensile stress in the panel,
- (a) is one half the length of the minor axis in inches,
- (t) is the panel thickness in inches,
- (P) is atmospheric pressure in psi,
- (k) is a structural constant based on tube geometry,
- the thickness being such that net tensile stress in the panel does not exceed 1150 psi under one atmosphere pressure, chilling the exterior surface of the panel as it cools or controlling the release of forming stresses to impart compression in the surface, and shrink-fitting an implosion protecting band about a skirt on the panel to augment the compression level in the panel, the combined compression levels decreasing the net tensile stress in the panel when the CRT is placed under one atmosphere of pressure to not over 1150 psi.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.