CA1080788A - Method for adhering components platform to cathode-ray tube and product thereof - Google Patents

Method for adhering components platform to cathode-ray tube and product thereof

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CA1080788A
CA1080788A CA278,426A CA278426A CA1080788A CA 1080788 A CA1080788 A CA 1080788A CA 278426 A CA278426 A CA 278426A CA 1080788 A CA1080788 A CA 1080788A
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Donald W. Bartch
Samuel B. Deal
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Abstract

METHOD FOR ADHERING COMPONENTS PLATFORM
TO CATHODE-RAY TUBE AND PRODUCT THEREOF

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

A cathode-ray tube with a platform adhered to the external surface of the tube by at least one mass of solidified thermoplastic adhesive and at least one mass of irreversibly-hardened adhesive. The method includes apply-ing masses of liquid thermoplastic and liquid irreversibly-hardenable masses between the platform and the tube surface, and then solidifying each of the adhesive masses.

Description

This invention relates to a novel and improved method for adhering a platform to the external surface of a cathode-ray tube, and to the novel product of this method.
The platform is employed for mounting one or more components in prescribed positions with respect to the tube.
U. S. patent No. 3,786,185,issued January 15, 1974 to T. M. Shrader,describes a cathode-ray tube having a -platLorm adhered directly to the external surface of thè
funnel portion of the tube. The platform is used to mount the deflection yoke in a desired position with respect to the tube. The patent suggests that the plat~orm may be adhered to the tube surface with either a solidified thermoplastic adhesive,such as paraffin or a commercially-available hot-melt adhesive; or an irreversibly-hardened or cured adhesive,such-as an e~oxy resin. As used herein a thermoplastic adhesive is one that is reversibly hardened by physical action; that is, solidified by cooling and liquified by heating. ~ cured adhesive is one that is irreversibly solidified by chemical reaction.
A thermoplastic adhesive has the advantage that it can be cooled and solidified rapidly,permitting rela-tively fast rates of assembly. However, a thermoplastic adhesive has the disadvantage of slight plastic flow over relatively long periods of tube operation. Also, it is temperature sensitive,requiring special considerations during assembly oL the platform to the tube and during subsequent handling and usage. An irreversibly-hardened or cured adhesive has the advantages of greater strength and rigidity after curing and relative temperature insensitivity during
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assembly of the platform to the tube and during subsequent handling and usage. However, an irreversibly-hardened adhesive takes a relatively long time to cure, requiring considerable s~orage space and handling durinq assembly.
In accordance with the invention, the novel method ~ollows the prior method except that at least one liquid thermoplastic mass and at lease one liquid irreversibly-hardenable mass are applied between the platform and the tube.
The thermoplastic mass is solidified rapidly by cooling, providing temporary but~adequate adherence and rigidity for the platform. After the thermoplastic mass has solidified, components such as the yoke may be mounted on the platform.
After the component has been mounted, the irreversibly-hardenable mass cures over a relatively long time period, developing the desired strength, rigidity and temperature insensitivity.

The novel article is the cathode-ray tube with a platform adhered to the external surface of the tube by separate masses of both solidified thermoplastic and irreversibly-hardened adhesive. In preferred embodiments an annular platform is adhered to the tube with equal pluralities of each adhesive type alternately positioned around the platform.

By using one or more masses of solidified, thermoplastic adhesive9 the advantages of rapid cooling and solidification may be reaiized, permitting fast assembly rates. By using one or more masses of irreversibly-hardened adhesive, the advantages of temperature insensitivity and greater rigidity are realized, imparting greater stability
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FIG~RE 1 is an enlarged broken-away view of a portion of an embodiment of the novel article.
FIGURE 2 is a sectional view of ~he novel article shown in FIGURE l along section lines 2-2.
FIGURE 3 is a partially-sectional, paxtially-elevational view of the funnel ring which is adhered to the funnel in the novel article shown in FIGURES 1 and 2.
The preferred embodiment is described with respect to FIGURES 1 and 2. Briefly, FI~,URES 1 and 2 show a portion of the funnel 23 of an operative cathode-ray tube whose longitudinal axis is designated by the numeral 35. A
platform 51 is positioned against the external surface of the funnel 23. The left side of FIGURE l shows the structure with the funnel 23 removed. The platform 51, which is shown in FIGURES 1, 2 and 3, comprises generally annular ring or base 53 having four upstanding lugs 62a, 62b, 62c, 62d extending qenerally parallel to the tube axis 35 when assembled. The platform 51 is preferably of a plastic, such as Noryl No. SEO-225 or S~-l mar~eted by General *trademark _4_ ~ .
-, 1 Electric Com~any, Schenectady, N. Y.
The annular ring or base 53 includes two annular - forward inner surfaces 52a and 52b generally contoured to conform substantially to thc contour of the outer surface of the funnel 23. The ring 53 is positioned on the funnel 23 in a position generally concen~ric with the neck. The ring 53 has an annular recess 54 between the two inner surfaces. The recess 54 is about 25.4 mm tl.00 inch) wide and varies in depth but is mostly about 1.59 mm (0.063 inch) deep. When ~ositioned on the funnel 23, the recess 54 and the funnel surface form a chamber 60 for liquid adhesive.
The annular inner surfaces 52a and 52b contact the ~unnel surface forming ring seals for containing the adhesive.
The four lugs 62a-d are substantially equally spaced apart from each other on the ring 53. The lengths of the lugs are tailored to the particular application. In one embodiment, each lug is about 8.71 mm tO.343 inch) in diameter and about 18.72 mm (0.737 inch) long. A passageway 59 about 5.08 mm (0.200 inch) in diameter extends through each lug 62a-d into the recess 54. Between each adjacent pair of lugs 62a-d are two weep holes 71 dividing the distance therebetween into three about-equal parts. The weep holes 71 extend through the wall of the ring into the recess 54.
The platform 51 is positioned against the funnel with the lug 62a in the 12 o'clock position and the lug 62c in the 6 o'clock position; that is, these lugs correspond to the center of the upper and lower margins of the viewing screen. The recess 54 forms a chamber 60 between the funnel 2`3 and ring 53. Masses 73a and 73c of a first irreversibly-I hardened or cured adhesive fill the passageways 59a and 59cof the 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock lugs 62a and 62c and the chamber 60 adjacent thereto out to just beyond the closest weep holes 71. Masses 73b and 73d of a second solidified thermoplastic adhesive fill the passageways 59b and 59d of the 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock lugs 62b and 62d and the chamber 60 adjacent thereto ou~ to just beyond the closest weep holes 71.
The platform 51 may be adhered to the funnel 23 in several simple steps. The inner surfaces 52a and 52b of the ring 53 of the platform 51 are pressed against the surface of the funnel 23 with the ring 53 about concentric with the neck. The lugs 62b, 62c, 62d and 62a are opposite the 3, 6, 9 and 12 o'clock positions of the viewing screen of the tube. This -forms the chamber 60 for the adhe5ive.
- With the platform held in position, irreversibly-hardenable (uncured) adhesive in liquid form is injected through the passageways 59a and 59c of the 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock lugs 62a and 62c filling the chamber 60 adjacent thereto with masses 73a and 73c. The injection is continued until a small amount of adhesive is seen protruding from the two weep holes 71 nearest the lug. Curing of the masses 73a and 73c starts immediately and continues for periods of up to 10 days or more.
With the platform still held in position, thermo-plastic adhesive in liquid form is injected through the passageways 59b and 59d of the 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock lugs 62b and 62d filling the chamber 60 adjacent thereto with masses 73b and 73d. The injection is continued until a small amount of adhesive is seen protruding from the two . . , ' 1 weep holes 71 nearest the lug. The thermoplastic masses 73band 73d are permitted to cool and solidify spontaneously and/or they may be stimulated to cool and solidify faster as by blowing cool air against the ring 53 or by other methods.
When the thermoplastic masses 73b and 73d have solidified, which may be of the order of 0.5 to 5.0 minutes, the tube with the platform adhered thereto may be advanced to the next step in manufacture. For example, a yoke may be assembled to the platform by methods and with structures known in the prior art.
One example of a yoke assembly mounted on the pla~form is shown in FIGURES 1 and 2. A yoke 31 is mounted in a housing 63 to form a yoke assembly 64. The housing 63 comprises a ring-shaped member which includes four retainers (not shown) which conform to a portion of the exterior surface of the yoke 31. The yoke 31 is temporarily maintained against the retainers in a fixed position in the housing 63 by ~lexible hooks 66. The yoke 31 is permanently fixed in position in the housing by adhesive material 69 between the lugs 62a-d and the housing 63.
The housing 63 also includes indentations or troughs 67a-d which engage over each of the lugs 62a-d respectively. Trough passageways 68 open into the bottom of each of the troughs 67a-d. The troughs 67a-d are larger than each of their corresponding lugs 62a-d to permit adjustment of the position of the housing 63 with respect to ~he platform 51 prior to injecting a third liquid adhesive material 69 into the troughs 67a-d through trough passageways 68. It is preferred that each of the troughs ~, .

1 67a-d be sufficiently lar~cr than the lugs 62a-d to permit movement of about 3.18 mm ~0.125 inch) in each direction.
The inner surface of the troughs 67 is formed by the outer surface of the yoke 31.
~ third hardened adhesive material 69 substanti-ally fills the troughs 67a-d around each of the lugs 62a-d and also contacts ~he outer surface of the yoke 31 at the inner side of the troughs 67a-d thereby rigidly fixing the yoke 31 in the housing 63.
One advan~age of the novel method is that the platform can be adhered to the funnel in a relatively short period of time, developing sufficient strength from the solidified thermoplastic masses to permit accurate mounting of components thereon. This permits rapid mass-production methods to be used in the assembly. While the yoke-tube assemblies ~ass through further assembly steps up to the time they are placed into television receivers or other chassis, the irreversibly-hardenable masses continue to cure, developing great strength and rigidity. By the time the yoke-tube assembly is placed in a chassis, the yoke is no longer subject to displacement with respect to the tube due to plastic flow of adhesive.
The selection of the two adhesives is important to the novel method~ The thermoplastic adhesive may be any of, or similar to~ the thermoplastic adhesives mentioned in the above-cited United States patent. It is preferred to use hot-melt adhesives which melt above 125C and can be dispensed or injected into the platform at about 190 to 215C.
Preferred hot-melt adhesives are Versalon 1138 and TPX 833 trademark .
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1 polyamide thermoplastics marketed by General Mills Chemicals, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.
The irreversibly-hardenable or curable adhesive may be selected from the large number of known adhesives of this type. Since this adhesive after curing is both strong and rigid, it is desirable to select those adhesives whose dimensional changes so match those of the platform and the funnel that no delamination, or spalling or loss of adher-ence occurs as a result of the curing step. Silicone adhe-sives are preferred. Some preferred silicone adhesives arethe following commercially-available RTV adhesive sealants:
Silastic 732, Silastic 891, and Silastic 3145 each marketed by Dow Corning Corp., Midland, Mich.; and RTV-108 marketed by Silicone Products Dept., General Electric Co., Waterford, N.Y.
~ The irreversibly-hardenable adhesive may be squeezed from a tube in which it is packaged directly into the lug of the platform. Or the adhesive may be mixed and then injected with a syringe or a dispensing nozzle. It may also be applied into the recess of the ring just before the ring is positioned on the funnel. In another embodiment using the platform shown in FIGURE 3, four masses of a very viscous form of irreversibly-hardenable adhesive are applied in the recess 54 between the two weep holes 71 between each .
pair of lugs. The platform 51 is then pressed into position aga~nst the external surface of the funnel. With the plat-form 51 held in this position, liquid thermoplastic adhesive is injected through the passageways 59a-d of each of the four lugs to form four masses of thermoplastic adhesive in ~0 the chamber 60. The thermoplastic adhesive is solidified *trademark g 1 giving temporary but ade~uate strength and rigidity so tha,t subsequent manufacturing operations can be carried out while the irreversibly-hardenable adhesive cures to strong, rigid, adhesive masses.

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Claims (7)

The embodiments of this invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. In a method for mounting an electronic component on an external surface of a cathode-ray tube comprising (a) positioning a platform against said surface of said tube, (b) applying at least one liquid thermoplastic mass between said platform and said surface, (c) applying at least one liquid irreversibly-hardenable mass between said platform and said surface, (d) solidifying said thermoplastic mass, (e) mounting said electronic component on said platform after said thermoplastic mass has hardened, (f) and completing the curing of said permanently-hardenable mass after said electronic component is mounted on said platform.
2. In the method defined in claim 1, the steps of injecting a plurality of liquid thermoplastic masses and an equal plurality of liquid irreversibly-hardenable masses between said platform and surface in alternating positions around said tube.
3. An article of manufacture comprising a cathode-ray tube and a platform adhesively held to the external surface of said tube by at least two masses of adhesive wherein at least one mass is of a solidified thermo-plastic adhesive and at least one mass is an irreversibly-hardened adhesive.
4. The article defined in claim 3 wherein there are a plurality of masses of said solidified thermoplastic adhesive and an equal plurality of masses of said irreversibly-hardened adhesive, said thermoplastic masses alternating with said permanently-hardened masses around said tube.
5. The article defined in claim 3 comprising a cathode-ray tube including a funnel portion and an annular platform adhesively held to the external surface of said funnel portion, a plurality of masses of solidfied thermo-plastic adhesive material between said platform and said surface and an equal plurality of irreversibly-hardened adhesive masses between said platform and said surface, each of said permanently-hardened masses being located between two of said thermoplastic masses.
6. The article defined in claim 3 wherein said plurality is two.
7. The article defined in claim 3 wherein said plurality is four.
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