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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1989
Frank R Ragland, Jr, Lancaster, PA (US);
RCA Licensing Corporation, Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
An improved color picture tube includes an evacuated glass envelope having a rectangular faceplate panel. The panel includes a shadow mask assembly mounted therein by support means located at peripherally spaced positions within the panel. The support means at each of the spaced positions includes a stud, attached to the glass envelope, and a spring, having an aperture therein that engages the stud. The spring is interconnected with the shadow mask assembly. The improvement comprises the spring including a first portion interconnected with the shadow mask assembly, an elongated second portion extending from the first portion toward the stud, a third portion interconnected with the second portion and including an aperture engaging the stud, and an offset section that positions the center of the aperture on a central longitudinal plane passing through the second portion.