WO2006044269A1 - Damper for a cathode-ray tube (crt) tension mask - Google Patents
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- WO2006044269A1 WO2006044269A1 PCT/US2005/036250 US2005036250W WO2006044269A1 WO 2006044269 A1 WO2006044269 A1 WO 2006044269A1 US 2005036250 W US2005036250 W US 2005036250W WO 2006044269 A1 WO2006044269 A1 WO 2006044269A1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
- H01J29/00—Details of cathode-ray tubes or of electron-beam tubes of the types covered by group H01J31/00
- H01J29/02—Electrodes; Screens; Mounting, supporting, spacing or insulating thereof
- H01J29/06—Screens for shielding; Masks interposed in the electron stream
- H01J29/07—Shadow masks for colour television tubes
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
- H01J2229/00—Details of cathode ray tubes or electron beam tubes
- H01J2229/07—Shadow masks
- H01J2229/0727—Aperture plate
- H01J2229/0738—Mitigating undesirable mechanical effects
- H01J2229/0744—Vibrations
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- the present invention relates to a color selection mask structure for color cathode-ray tubes (CRTs).
- CRTs color cathode-ray tubes
- the invention finds its application in any type of tube comprising a color selection mask and is more particularly adapted to a tube having a mask therein held under tension by a frame to which it is secured.
- Conventional cathode-ray tubes include a color selection mask situated a precise distance from the inside of the glass front face of the tube, on which front face are deposited grids of red, green and blue luminophores so as to form a screen.
- An electron gun disposed inside the tube, in its rear part, generates three electron beams directed toward the front face.
- An electromagnetic deflection device generally disposed outside the tube and close to the electron gun, has the function of deviating the electron beams so as to make them scan the surface of the panel on which the grids of luminophores are disposed.
- the grids of luminophores allow the reproduction of images on the screen, the mask enabling each specified beam to illuminate only the luminophore of the corresponding color.
- the color selection mask must be disposed and held during the operation of the tube in a precise position inside the tube.
- the mask holding functions are carried out by virtue of a generally rectangular metal frame to which the mask may be conventionally welded.
- the frame/mask assembly is mounted in the front face of the tube by virtue of suspension means which are typically welded to the frame and cooperate with pegs inserted into the glass constituting the front face of the tube.
- the color selection mask typically has either of two structures.
- the vertical strands are connected together in many places with "tiebars", which are part of an etched metallic mask.
- strand vibrations are connected together from strand to strand.
- vibration dampers are typically placed on the mask in the vertical direction near the 3 and 9 o'clock positions where the strand motion for the fundamental frequency is large.
- the vertical strands are connected to a border without "tiebars", so the mask elements vibrate individually.
- one or more wires are positioned perpendicular to the vertical strands. The wires rub against the strands when they vibrate, removing vibrational energy from the mask.
- the present invention relates to a tension mask/frame assembly for a cathode- ray tube (CRT).
- the tension mask/frame assembly includes at least one vibration damper disposed between and contacting both the mask and the frame.
- the at least one vibration damper includes a member with one or more mass attached thereto.
- FIG. 1 represents a cathode ray tube according to the invention, seen partially cut away;
- FIG. 2 illustrates one embodiment of the at least one vibration damper of the present invention
- FIGS. 3A-D illustrate other embodiments of the at least one vibration damper of the present invention.
- a cathode-ray tube 1 comprises a substantially flat faceplate 2 and a peripheral skirt 3.
- the faceplate 2 is connected to the rear part of the tube 1 , having a shape of a funnel 4, by virtue of a sintered glass seal (not shown).
- the end part 5 of the tube 1 surrounds an electron gun 6 which emits electron beams that illuminate a luminescent screen 13 through a color selection mask 8.
- the color selection mask 8 is flat, for example, stretched between long sides 9 of a frame 19.
- Metal supports of the mask/frame assembly hold this assembly inside the tube 1.
- the supports include a part 10 attached to the frame 19 and a part forming a spring 11 , having an aperture for cooperating with a connector 12 incorporated within the glass skirt 3.
- Cathode-ray tubes using tensioned color selection masks 8 have to cope with the problem of the vibration of such mask, in modes which are natural thereto, when the mask is excited by outside vibrations, such as, for example, mechanical shocks on the tube or sound vibrations originating from loudspeakers disposed in proximity to the tube. Since these vibrations are manifested by movements of the mask in a direction perpendicular to its surface, the distance between the apertures of the mask and the screen varies locally as a function of the amplitude of the vibration of the mask. The purity of the colors reproduced on the screen is then no longer guaranteed, the points of touchdown of the beams on the screen being shifted as a function of the amplitude of the vibration.
- outside vibrations such as, for example, mechanical shocks on the tube or sound vibrations originating from loudspeakers disposed in proximity to the tube. Since these vibrations are manifested by movements of the mask in a direction perpendicular to its surface, the distance between the apertures of the mask and the screen varies locally as
- the vibrations of the mask are very slowly damped, the energy communicated to the mask having few means of dissipation, thus increasing the visibility of the visibility of the color purity degradation on the screen when the tube is operating.
- Fig. 2 illustrates one embodiment of the present invention for damping the vibrations of a tensioned mask 8 of a color cathode-ray tube.
- a damping device 55 of the present invention On a peripheral part 20 of the tensioned mask 8, for example, along the horizontal long sides, is disposed at least one damping device 55 of the present invention.
- the damping device 55 includes a stiff member 57 with one or more mass 56 attached thereto.
- the damping device 55 may be formed of rod 57 having a single mass 56, made for example, from metal, attached thereto.
- the mass 56 may be attached to the rod 57 by for example, welding.
- the mass 56 and the rod 57 may be formed of any material compatible with the temperatures used to manufacture the color cathode-ray tube.
- the member may have any other suitable shape, or form.
- the mass 56 may also have any shape, such as for example conical, round, or square, among others.
- the at least one vibration damper 55 is disposed between and contacts both the mask 8 and the frame 9. Each of the at least one vibration dampers 55 contacts the mask 8 through holes 70 formed in the peripheral portion 20 of the mask 8 along the horizontal long sides thereof.
- One side of the member 57 is inserted through the hole 70 thereby contacting at least in part the mask 8.
- the other end of the member 57 contacts the mask frame via a v-shaped plate 25.
- the v-shaped plate has a hole 27 therethrough through which the member is inserted and then bent in such a manner that it can not fall out easily or move in the z-direction.
- the friction with which the vibration damper 55 contacts the mask 8 for removing vibrations therefrom depends on the weight of the mass 56, and may be easily increased or decreased by increasing or decreasing the weight of the mass 56 attached to the member 57.
- the frictional force required to remove the vibrations from the mask are dependent upon the stiffness of the mask and the weight required should preferably be modeled.
- the vibration damper 55 should preferably be inserted through the mask 8 at an angle with respect to the mask plane, which provides the optimal vibration damping on the vertically tensioned mask. For example, orienting the vibration damper 55 at an angle of 45 degrees with respect to the mask plane would equally dampen x and z motion on a vertically tensioned mask.
- the one or more vibration dampers 55 may be equally spaced along the horizontal long sides of the mask 8. Alternatively, the distance between adjacent vibration dampers 55 along the horizontal long sides of the mask 8 may be different.
- FIGS. 3A-3D depict several illustrative embodiments for the one or more vibration dampers 55 of the present invention.
- FIGS. 3A-3D show the mass including two or more portions 56A, 56B, 56C.
- the portions shown in FIGS. 3A-3D may have any shape such as for example, conical round, or square, among others may be used. Additionally, the two or more portions may be formed of the same material or different materials.
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US4827179A (en) * | 1987-06-09 | 1989-05-02 | Zenith Electronics Corporation | Mask vibration damping in cathode ray tubes |
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