Color picture tube having a tensioned mask and compliant support frame assembly

摘要

The present invention provides an improvement in a color picture tube (10) having a tensioned mask (24) and support frame assembly (40). Each of the mask and the support frame is rectangular and has two long sides (32, 34) that parallel a central major axis (X) thereof and two short sides (36, 38) that parallel a central minor axis (Y) thereof. The mask has a substantially cylindrical contour, being curved along the major axis and straight along the minor axis. The improvement comprises the frame including two first members (42, 44) that parallel the major axis and two second members (46, 48), attached to the ends of the first members, that parallel the minor axis. Each of the first members includes a rigid section (50) and a compliant section (52) cantilevered from the rigid section. The mask is attached to the distal ends of the cantilevered compliant sections.