Vacuum container and method for manufacturing the same, and image display apparatus and method for manufacturing the same

An image display apparatus comprising:

• a first substrate having a planar surface;
• a second substrate having a planar surface arranged to face the planar surface said first substrate;
• a plate-like spacer disposed between said first substrate and said second substrate, with said spacer extending in a longitudinal direction substantially parallel with the planar surfaces;
• supporting members fixed to both ends of said plate-like spacer in the longitudinal direction such that a gap is provided between said supporting members and the planar surface of said first substrate or a member disposed on the planar surface of said first substrate and such that surfaces of the supporting members which face the planar surface of said first substrate or the member disposed on the planar surface of said first substrate are positioned further away from the planar surface of said first substrate or the member disposed on the planar surface of said first substrate than a surface of said plate-like spacer which faces the planar surface of said first substrate or the member disposed on the planar surface of said first substrate;
• connecting members for connecting each of said supporting members to the surface of said first substrate or to said member disposed on the surface of said first substrate;
• peripheral side walls disposed between the first and second substrates;
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• an image display member.

A vacuum container comprising:

• a first substrate having a planar surface;
• a second substrate arranged to face the planar surface of said first substrate;
• a plate-like spacer disposed between said first substrate and said second substrate, with said spacer extending in a longitudinal direction substantially parallel with the planar surface of said first substrate;
• supporting members fixed to both ends of said plate-like spacer in the longitudinal direction such that a gap is provided between said supporting members and the planar surface of said first substrate and such that said supporting members are positioned further away from the planar surface of said first substrate than said plate-like spacer,
• connecting members for connecting each of said supporting members to the surface of said first substrate, and
• peripheral side walls disposed between said first and second substrates.