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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Kyungki-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 2/907 ; H01J 2/981 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 2/907 ; H01J 2/981 ;
Abstract
A tensioned shadow mask for a cathode ray tube (CRT), including: a series of parallel strips separated by slits having a predetermined interval; a plurality of tie bars interconnecting adjacent strips to define a plurality of slits at predetermined intervals; and a plurality of dummy bridges disposed between adjacent tie bars, extending from one of the strips to the other but not interconnecting the adjacent strips, wherein a length of the dummy bridges is greater than a length of the tie bars in the longitudinal direction of the strips.