WO2006044326A1 - Dispositif amortisseur pour masque a fils tendus de tube cathodique (crt) - Google Patents

Dispositif amortisseur pour masque a fils tendus de tube cathodique (crt) Download PDF

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WO2006044326A1
WO2006044326A1 PCT/US2005/036402 US2005036402W WO2006044326A1 WO 2006044326 A1 WO2006044326 A1 WO 2006044326A1 US 2005036402 W US2005036402 W US 2005036402W WO 2006044326 A1 WO2006044326 A1 WO 2006044326A1
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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
    • 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. Under the influence of three electron beams each corresponding to a specified primary color, 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 is 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 consists of a metal foil of very small thickness, its tensioning can give rise to unwanted phenomenon of setting the mask into vibration while the tube is operating.
  • the mask Under the influence of shock or outside mechanical vibrations, for example acoustic vibrations due to the loudspeakers of the television set into which the tube is inserted, the mask can start to vibrate at its natural resonant frequency.
  • the vibrations of the mask consequently modify the zone of landing of the electron beams on the screen of the tube.
  • the points of impact of each beam are then shifted with respect to the associated luminophore grid, thus creating a decoloration of the image reproduced on the screen.
  • U. S. Patent No. 6,614,152 B1 proposes a damper that is attached to the face of the mask for damping the vibration of the mask at a single resonant frequency. This provides a narrow window for high forced-vibration response.
  • the present invention relates to a tension mask for a cathode-ray tube (CRT).
  • the tension mask includes a damper.
  • the damper has at least a first portion and at least a second portion. The first portion and the second portion each have different resonant frequencies. Having two (or more) portions of the damper tuned differently provides a broader range of frequencies for which the damper has a forced-vibration response. This allows the damper to accommodate variations in mask edge frequency from mask/frame assembly to mask/frame assembly.
  • FIG. 1 represents a cathode ray tube according to the invention, seen partially cut away;
  • FIG. 2 shows a prior art frame/mask assembly without a vibration damper
  • FIG. 3 shows a frame/mask assembly with a prior art vibration damper
  • FIG. 4 illustrates one embodiment of the vibration damper of the present invention
  • FIG. 5 illustrates another embodiment of the vibration damper of the present invention
  • FIG. 6 illustrates yet another embodiment of the vibration damper of the present invention
  • FIG. 7 depicts a perspective view of the vibration damper of the present invention
  • FIG. 8 shows, in perspective view, the detail of an end portion of the vibration damper of the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates a positioning means for positioning the vibration damper on the mask.
  • 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.
  • the frame 19" includes a pair of long sides 9 1 and a pair of short sides T.
  • the long sides 9' and the short sides 7' have an L cross-section.
  • the mask 8 1 having a substantially rectangular shape, is tensioned, and is held under tension, for example, by being welded to the ends 20' of the long sides 9' of the frame 19'.
  • the mask 8' comprises a metal foil, made for example of steel or Invar, that has a small thickness, of the order of about 100 ⁇ m.
  • the mask 8' has a central zone 30' with apertures therethrough, generally disposed in columns and a peripheral zone 28' surrounding the central zone 30', with horizontal edges 31' and vertical edges 32'.
  • Cathode-ray tubes using tensioned color selection masks 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.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates one prior art solution for damping the vibrations of a tensioned mask 8, as described in U. S. Patent No. 6,614,152 B1.
  • a damping device 55 On a peripheral part 28 of the mask 8, for example, along the vertical short sides 32, is disposed a damping device 55 in the form of a strip having a central part 51 , that is secured to the surface of the edge 28 of the mask 8 with two identical wings 50 extending on either side of the central part 51.
  • the damping device 55 is comprised, for example of a metal strip that is stamped to form the two identical wings 50.
  • the damping device 55 damps the vibrations of the mask at a single resonant frequency.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates one embodiment of the present invention for damping the vibrations of a tensioned mask 8'.
  • a damping device 55' of the present invention On a peripheral part of the tensioned mask 8', for example, along the vertical short sides, is disposed a damping device 55' of the present invention.
  • the damping device 55' has at least a first portion 5OA and at least a second portion 5OB.
  • the first portion and the second portion each have different resonant frequencies.
  • the damping device 55' may be formed of a single material, such as, for example a metal strip.
  • first portion 5OA and the second portion 5OB may be tuned to have different resonant frequencies by varying the lengths thereof.
  • the first portion 5OA has a first length 53A
  • the second portion 5OB has a second length 53B that is different from the first length 53A.
  • Mathematical modeling was performing using ANSYSTM software for the embodiment in which the first portion 50A and the second portion 5OB have different lengths. For such example, when the first length 53A and the second length 53B of the first portion 5OA and the second portion 5OB, respectively were selected to be about 8.5 % different, the resonant frequencies for the first portion 5OA and the second portion 5OB were about 9.4 % different.
  • the damping device 55' may be formed of two different materials.
  • first portion 5OA and the second portion 5OB may be tuned to have different resonant frequencies by varying the materials from which it is formed.
  • the first portion 5OA is formed of a first material 54A
  • the second portion 5OB is formed of a second material 54B that is different from the first material 54A.
  • the damping device 55' may be formed of a single material but with different thicknesses.
  • first portion 5OA and the second portion 5OB may be tuned to have different resonant frequencies by varying the thicknesses of the material of which it is formed.
  • the first portion 5OA is formed of a material having a first thickness 55A
  • the second portion 5OB is formed of the same material having a second thickness 55B that is different from the first thickness 55A.
  • Mathematical modeling was performing using ANSYSTM software for the embodiment in which the first portion 5OA and the second portion 5OB are formed of a material with different thicknesses.
  • the lengths of the first portion 5OA and the second portion 5OB were kept the same, then when the first thickness 55A and the second thickness 55B of the first portion 5OA and the second portion 5OB, respectively were selected to be about 10 % different, the resonant frequencies for the first portion 5OA and the second portion 5OB were about 12 % different.
  • the damping device 55' will form together with the mask 8' a system of coupled oscillators, the different resonant frequencies for each of the first portion 5OA and the second portion 5OB being chosen to be close to the natural frequency of the mask 8' in such a way that the vibrations of the damping device 55' will be subtracted from the vibrations of the mask 8'. Having two (or more) portions of the damping device 55' tuned differently provides a broader range of frequencies for which the damping device 55' has a forced-vibration response. This allows the damping device 55' to accommodate variations in mask edge frequency from mask/frame assembly to mask/frame assembly.
  • the invention offers a structure for damping the energy communicated to the mask during a shock to the tube or by way of sound waves. Specifically, it is necessary that the vibrations communicated to the mask, even if they are of low amplitude, should not be allowed to last for a long time, since they then become visible during the operation of the tube. Because the mask is located inside the tube in a vacuum, it may be necessary to add energy dissipation means so that the mask is rapidly damped. Referring to FIG. 7, it is advantageous for a part 52 of the first portion 5OA and the second portion 5OB to come in contact with the mask 8' when the latter vibrates. The vibration energy is then dissipated by friction between the parts 52 of the first and second portions 5OA, 5OB of the damper and the mask 8'.
  • the winged shape of the first and second portions 5OA, 5OB of the vibration damper of the present invention makes it possible to obtain maximum energy dissipation by friction because the parts 52 come in contact with the mask 8' near zones of low vibration amplitude, for example in the vicinity of the ends of the wings; the central part of the damper 51 ' being disposed in the zone of maximum amplitude of vibration of the mask.
  • the parts 52 of the vibration damper will then rub on the mask over a zone of sizable length proportional to the height 53 (shown in FIG. 4) of the wing measured with respect to the plane of the mask.
  • FIG. 8 shows, in a perspective view, the detail of an end 52' of a wing 5OA' according to another embodiment.
  • the end 52' sandwiches the edge 32 of the mask in such a way as to increase the surface of rubbing between the end 52' and the surface of the mask so as to dissipate the vibration energy of the mask more rapidly.
  • the wing of the damper 55' may have at least one annulus 60 passing through an orifice 61 in the wing, as illustrated in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7.
  • the annulus may be opened or closed, its cross-section being slightly smaller than the diameter of the orifice 61 so as to be able to move in the orifice and dissipate the energy by friction on the edge of the orifice.
  • rivets may be disposed in such a way as to pass through the orifices in the wings, the heads of the rivets having a greater dimension than that of the orifices whilst the body of the rivet has a smaller cross-section than the diameter of the orifice.
  • the layout of the coupled oscillators along the short sides 32' of the mask 8' is not limiting.
  • Means for positioning the coupled oscillator on the surface of the mask may be added without any complex modification of the structure the oscillator or the mask. These means have the objective of facilitating the positioning of the coupled oscillator on the edge of the mask during the tube manufacturing process. As illustrated in FIG. 7, these positioning means can consist of a tab 65 integral with the vibration damper 55' cooperating with a notch 66' situated on the edge of the mask 8'.
  • the tab 65 can be integral with the mask 8' and the notch situated on the central part 51' of the vibration damper 55'.
  • the positioning means can consist of a boss 67' integral with the vibration damper 55' cooperating with an aperture 68' situated on the mask 8'.
  • the positioning means may consist of a boss intended to be inserted into a suitable aperture. The boss may be disposed either on the mask, and it then cooperates with an aperture disposed on a central part 51' of the vibration damper 55', or on the surface of the vibration damper 55', for example on its central part 51', and it then cooperates with an aperture disposed on the edge of the mask 8'.

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L’invention concerne un masque à fils tendus pour un tube cathodique (CRT). Le masque à fils tendus comporte un dispositif amortisseur. (551). Le dispositif amortisseur comprend au moins une première partie (50A) et au moins une deuxième partie (50B). La première partie et la deuxième partie présentent chacune des fréquences de résonance différentes. L’utilisation d’un dispositif amortisseur comportant deux parties (ou plus) présentant des fréquences de résonance différentes permet d’élargir la plage de fréquences pour lesquelles le dispositif amortisseur produit une réponse aux vibrations forcées.
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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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US4827179A (en) * 1987-06-09 1989-05-02 Zenith Electronics Corporation Mask vibration damping in cathode ray tubes
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