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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Arthur Reed, York, PA (US);
Anthony Socrates Poulos, Leola, PA (US);
Frank Rowland Ragland, Jr., Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing S.A., Boulogne Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 2/980 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 2/980 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an improvement in a color picture tube having a tension mask supported by a support frame mounted within the tube. The mask includes an active apertured portion formed by a plurality of parallel vertically extending strands, between which are elongated operational apertures through which electron beams pass during operation of the tube. Top and bottom border portions, outside the active apertured portion of the mask, have additional apertures therein that are aligned with the longitudinal centerlines of the strands.