CATHODE RAY TUBE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

摘要

A face panel (12) constituting a part of a vacuum envelope (20) has a substantially rectangular effective area (10), the inner surface of which is formed with a phosphor screen (14). The effective area has a long axis (X) extending in the horizontal direction and a short axis (Y) extending in the vertical direction. The outer surface of the effective area is cylindrically curved with an infinitely large radius of curvature along the long axis and a predetermined radius of curvature along the short axis. The vacuum envelope has arranged therein a shadow mask (15) in opposed relation to the phosphor screen. A mask body of the shadow mask has a substantially rectangular effective surface cylindrically curved with an infinitely large radius of curvature along the long axis and a predetermined radius of curvature along the short axis thereof. In manufacturing the shadow mask, a flat mask is subjected to a plastic deformation into a cylindrical shape curved along the short axis and then subjected to an elastic deformation in such a manner that the radius of curvature thereof is larger than at the time of plastic deformation. The mask body thus formed by elastic deformation is fixed to a rectangular frame. <IMAGE>