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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1998
Hiroshi Ito, Mobara, JP;
Nobuhiko Hosotani, Mobara, JP;
Masahiro Ito, Mobara, JP;
Koji Hagiwara, Mobara, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Electronic Device Co., Ltd., Chiba-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A color cathode ray tube includes a generally rectangular shadow mask having a curved apertured portion having a multiplicity of electron-transmissive apertures, a curved imperforate portion surrounding and integral with the apertured portion and a skirt portion bent back from a periphery of the curved imperforate portion, and a generally rectangular support frame for suspending the shadow mask by spot welding the skirt portion thereto, within a panel portion of the color cathode ray tube. The skirt portion is provided with a plurality of slits extending in a direction of a height of the skirt portion and a plurality of embossments extending in the direction of the height of the skirt portion, and the slits and the embossments are juxtaposed around a circumference of the skirt portion.