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Color cathode ray tube having smooth screen edges

US4631440A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 29, 1985
Grant dateDec 23, 1986
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J29/076
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a color cathode ray tube having a vertically striped screen and a vertically slotted aperture mask, the top and bottom screen edges are made smooth by varying the vertical pitch between mask apertures while keeping the number of apertures per vertical column constant, so that every other column terminates in a full length slot.

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