Color picture tube having a low expansion tensioned mask attached to a higher expansion frame
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsRein Roman Mutso, Edward Richard Garrity, Jr., Christopher Lee French
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Abstract
A color picture tube having a tensioned mask supported by a frame mounted within the tube. The frame is constructed of a carbon steel material, and the mask is constructed of a nickel alloy material that expands substantially less per unit length than does the frame in the normal operating temperature range of the tube, and expands substantially the same per unit length as the frame in the higher thermal cycling temperature range used during tube processing.
Claims10
A color picture tube having a tensioned mask supported by a support frame mounted within said tube, including
- said frame constructed of a carbon or alloy steel, and
- said mask being of a nickel alloy that expands substantially less per unit length than does said frame in the normal operating temperature range of said tube, and expands substantially the same per unit length as said frame in the higher thermal cycling temperature range used during tube processing.
A color picture tube having a tensioned mask supported by a support frame mounted within said tube, including
- said frame being of a first material having a first average coefficient of thermal expansion at a first temperature and a second average coefficient of thermal expansion at a second temperature, said second temperature being substantially higher than said first temperature, and
- said mask being of a second material having a third average coefficient of thermal expansion at said first temperature that is substantially less than is said first average coefficient of said first material, and said second material having a fourth average coefficient of thermal expansion at said second temperature that is relatively close to said second average coefficient of said first material.
A color picture tube having a tensioned mask supported by a frame mounted within said tube, including
- said frame being constructed of carbon or alloy steel, and said mask being constructed of a nickel alloy having a nickel content of from about 32% to about 33%.
A color picture tube comprising:
- a screen formed on an inner surface of the color picture tube;
- a frame constructed of a carbon or alloy steel removably mounted in a spaced relationship to said screen;
- a tensioned mask supported by said frame, said mask being constructed of a nickel alloy that expands substantially less per unit length than does said frame in the normal operating temperature range of said tube, and expands substantially the same per unit length as said frame in the higher thermal cycling temperature range used during tube processing.
A color picture tube having a tensioned mask attached to a frame mounted within said tube, including
- said frame being constructed of carbon or alloy steel, and said mask being constructed of a nickel alloy having a composition providing thermal expansion of said mask between 25° C. and 500° C. such that stress produced in the mask by the frame does not exceed the elastic limit of the mask.
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