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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1998
Shinji Ogawa, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyuki Shimamoto, Forrest City, AR (US);
Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd., Moriguchi, JP;
Abstract
A picture tube housed in a cabinet is disposed above a circuit board provided inside the cabinet. The cabinet is provided on the rear surface thereof with a protective wall for preventing waterdrops adhering to the front surface of the picture tube from falling onto the circuit board upon ingressing into the cabinet. Arranged above the protective wall and inside the cabinet are a plurality of projections projecting into a clearance M between the cabinet and the front surface of the picture tube and extending in the direction of fall of the waterdrops from the tube for permitting the waterdrops to flow along the rear surface of the cabinet.