United States Patent (19) 11) Patent Number: 4,484,100 Sato (45) Date of Patent: Nov. 20, 1984

54 CATHODE-RAY TUBE FOR 3,681,637 8/1972 Simpson ...... 313/44 HAVING HEAT CONDUCTION AND RADATING MEANS FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 75) Inventor: Takeo Sato, Fukaya, Japan 1315125 4/1973 United Kingdom ...... 313/362 73) Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki OTHER PUBLICATIONS Kaisha, Kawasaki, Japan McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical 21 Appl. No.: 348,076 Terms, 2nd Edition, pp. 731 and 1180. Primary Examiner-Palmer Demeo 22 Filed: Feb. 11, 1982 Assistant Examiner-Sandra L. O'Shea 30 Foreign Application Priority Data Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Finnegan, Henderson, Feb. 12, 1981 JP Japan ...... 56-18047 Farabow, Garrett & Dunner 51 Int. Cl...... H01J 7/24; H01J 29/86 57 ABSTRACT 52 U.S. C...... 313/44; 313/46; A cathode-ray tube for a projector, wherein a mesh-like 313/477 R. or striped heat conduction member is disposed on an 58 Field of Search ...... 313/477 R, 44, 46, 462; outer surface of a faceplate corresponding to an effec 220/2.3 A tive area of a phosphor screen, and the heat conduction 56) References Cited member is conductively in contact with a heat radiator U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS which is secured on the outer side of the faceplate. 2,832,911 4/1958 Velzer ...... 313/429 5 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures

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4O TEMPERATURE MEASURING POSITION (mm) 4,484,100 2 radiator which is secured on the outer side of the effec CATH ODE-RAYTUBE FOR PROJECTOR HAVING tive area of the faceplate. HEAT CONDUCTION AND RADATING MEANS, BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGs BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 5 FIGS. 1 and 2 are views showing a cathode-ray tube for a projector according to one embodiment of the The present invention relates to a cathode-ray tube present invention in which FIG. 1 is a sectional view for a projector, the heat dissipation characteristic of thereof and FIG. 2 is a plan view of a heat radiating which is improved. assembly thereof; and In the cathode-ray tube for a projector, a phosphor O FIGS. 3 and 4 are graphs for comparing the charac screen formed on the inner surface of a faceplate is teristics of a conventional cathode-ray tube for a projec scanned with an electron beam from an electron gun. tor and a cathode-ray tube for a projector of one em An image of an effective surface is thus obtained. The bodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 3 is a image of the effective surface is focused on a projection graph for explaining the relation between the running screen by an optical system arranged outside or inside 15 period and the temperature rise at the central outer the tube. The cathode-ray tube for a projector surface of a faceplate, and FIG. 4 is a graph for explain must be activated at a final anode potential, that is, a ing the relation between a predetermined temperature potential of +25 kV to +30 kV on the phosphor measuring position on the outer surface of the faceplate screen. The phosphor screen of the cathode-ray tube for and the temperature rise on the outer surface thereof. a video projector must be scanned with an electron 20 beam in which the current density is a multiple of ten DETALEED DESCRIPTION OF THE time the density of the electron beam used for a cath PREFERRED EMBODIMENT ode-ray tube for . 90% of the input power of A cathode-ray tube for a projector according to one 0.05 to 1.0 W/cm2 will vanish as heat loss. The heat loss embodiment of the present invention will be described causes the temperature of the phosphor to rise in the 25 in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. effective area which is scanned with the electron beam A phosphor screen 14 and a metal back layer 15 are and in the temperature of the outer surface of the face formed on an inner surface of a faceplate 11 of an enve plate corresponding to the effective area. Therefore, the lope comprising the faceplate 11, a funnel 12 and a neck following problems are presented. 13. An electron gun 17 which emits an electron beam 16 (l) Luminous efficiency is degraded owing to the rise 30 for scanning an effective surface of the phosphor screen of temperature of the phosphor. 14 is disposed in the neck 13. A deflection yoke 18 is (2) The faceplate may be cracked by a stress which is mounted on an outer wall portion extending from the caused by a difference between the temperature rise on funnel 12 to the neck 13. The above structure is substan the outer surface corresponding to the effective area tially the same as that in the conventional cathode-ray and the temperature rise on the peripheral outer surface 35 tube. Further, in the present invention, a number of thin which surrounds the outer surface corresponding to the wires 22 made of a good heat conduction material such effective area. as copper are meshed or arranged in a stripe pattern. The thin wires 22 are arranged in contact with the outer In order to solve the first problem, a cooling mecha surface of the faceplate 11 corresponding to the effec nism on the inner surface of the faceplate may be tive area of the phosphor screen 14. Further, the ends of adopted. However, such a cooling mechanism is not the thin wires 22 are conductively in contact with a proposed in practice. In fact, a cooling mechanism frame-like heat plate 21 extending outward from the which cools the phosphor indirectly from the outer edge portion of the faceplate 11. The thin wires 22 are surface of the faceplate is currently used. Further, in sealed in a transparent sealing member layer 23 of a thin order to solve the second problem, it is very effective to 45 . Further, a transparent plate 24 for mechanically reduce the temperature difference between the outer reinforcing and preventing damage of the transparent surface corresponding to the effective area and the sealing member layer 23 is formed. peripheral outer surface by conducting heat on the After the heat radiating plate 21 is formed, a copper outer surface of the faceplate corresponding to the ef wire of 0.1 to 0.2 mm in diameter is wound around the fective area to the peripheral outer surface and the 50 plate 21 at a pitch of 1 to 3 mm. Alternatively, a heat peripheral part of the faceplate. For this purpose, con conductive member may be printed on a portion of the ventionally, various structures have been proposed. transparent plate 24 corresponding to the faceplate 11. However, these cooling devices are large in size, result In this case, the heat radiation plate 21 preferably ex ing in low relative luminance. Thus, the satisfactory tends from the periphery of the transparent plate 24 in cathode-ray tube for a projector cannot be obtained. 55 consideration of heat radiation. The connection be tween the thin wires 22 and the heat radiating plate 21 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION shape may be preferably established by adhesion under It is an object of the present invention to provide a pressure, soldering or welding. Further, it is effective to cathode-ray tube for a projector which is relatively increase heat absorption and radiation by subjecting the simple in construction and low in cost and which elimi 60 heat radiating plate 21 and the thin wires 22 to the nates or reduces the above problems. blackening treatment. A transparent synthetic resin, In order to achieve the above and other objects of the especially, an addition reaction type transparent silicone present invention, there is provided a cathode-ray tube is preferable as the transparent sealing member layer 23. for a projector characterized in that a mesh-like or According to a method for manufacturing a cathode striped heat conduction member is disposed on the 65 ray tube for a projector of the present invention, a heat outer surface of the faceplate corresponding to the ef radiating assembly comprising the heat dissipating plate fective area of the phosphor screen, and the heat con 21 and the thin wires 22 is placed on the outer surface of duction member is conductively in contact with a heat the faceplate 11. Transparent silicone which is hardened 4,484, 100 3 4. by the addition reaction is poured. Further, the trans transparent silicone and of the transparent plate, the parent plate 24 is placed on poured transparent silicone. total luminous efficacy is improved by 5%. The heat radiating assembly is sandwiched between the Therefore, in order to minimize the decrease in lumi transparent plate 24 and the outer surface of the face nous efficacy due to the temperature rise of the phos plate 11 and adhered under pressure. phor, the size of the opening must be further enlarged Various characteristics of a conventional cathode-ray and heat conductivity of the thin wires 22 must be in tube for a projector and a cathode-ray tube of one em creased. bodiment of the present invention will be described The distribution of heat on the outer surface of the with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. faceplate will be described with reference to FIG. 4. FIG. 3 shows a curve 31 indicating the relation be 10 In the same conditions as described above, the con tween the temperature rise at the central outer surface ventional cathode-ray tube for a projector and the cath of the faceplate corresponding to the effective area of ode-ray tube of the present invention are activated. the phosphor screen when a coventional cathode-ray Temperatures at the central portion of the faceplate, at tube which has a reactangular faceplate of 10 mm thick the portion corresponding to the edge of the outer sur ness is activated at an input power per unit area on the 15 face corresponding to the effective area, and at the phosphor screen of 0.18 W/cm2. This temperature rise peripheral portion of the faceplate have been measured. is given by a difference between the measured tempera Further, a temperature of the heat dissipating plate of ture and room temperature. In this condition, the tem the present invention has been also measured. The re perature rise at the central outer surface of the faceplate sults are shown by a curve 33 for the conventional reaches 75 to 77 C. 20 cathode-ray tube for a projector and by a curve 34 for On the other hand, according to the present inven the cathode-ray tube for a projector of the embodiment tion, a non-coated copper wire 22 of 0.2 mm in diameter of the present invention. is wound around the heat radiating plate 21 of the The temperate of the outer surface of the faceplate frame-like shape which is made of an aluminum plate of corresponding to the central portion of the phosphor 0.5 mm thickness, 180 mm length and 145 mm width 25 screen in the conventional cathode-ray tube for a pro and which has a rectangular opening of 120 mm length jector is measured to be at a temperature of about 76° C. and 75 mm width at the center of the aluminum plate. The temperature at the peripheral portion of the face The heat radiating plate 21 is wrapped by the copper plate is about 20° C., resulting in a temperature differ wire at a pitch of about 2.5 mm. This heat radiating ence of 56" C. On the other hand, according to the plate is placed on the rectangular faceplate of 10 mm 30 cathode-ray tube for a projector of the present inven thickness of the cathode-ray tube for a projector so as to tion, the temperature of the outer surface of the face align the opening with the outer surface corresponding plate corresponding to the central portion of the phos to the effective area. Compositions A and B of the addi phor screen is measured to be at about 50 C. The tem tion reaction type transparent silicone YE5822 manu perature at the peripheral portion of the heat radiating factured by Toshiba Silicone KK are mixed in a ratio of 35 plate is about 23°C. Thus, the temperature difference is 10:1. The mixture is filled in the opening. The transpar only about 27 C. Stress acting on the peripheral portion ent plate 24 of glass of 2 mm thickness is placed on the of the faceplate is thus reduced to about to , facilitat mixture. The mixture is then cured under proper pres ing the prevention of cracking of the faceplate. sure at a temperature of about 50 C. for 30 minutes to In the above embodiment, the frame-like heat radiat 1 hour. When the cathode-ray tube thus prepared is 40 ing plate and the metal wires having a a striped pattern used under substantially the same conditions as in the are used. However, the present invention is not limited conventional one, the temperature rise at the central to this combination. A heat conduction member of a portion of the faceplate 11 is indicated by a curve 32. mesh-like pattern (including lattice and net-like pat The temperature rise saturates at 50 C. terns) may be used. Further, the mesh-like or striped The temperature rise at the central portion of the 45 heat conduction member may be printed on the trans faceplate according to the present invention is 60% the parent plate or on the faceplate. It is apparent that the temperature rise of the conventional faceplate. Further, transparent plate and the transparent sealing member the cooling effect of the faceplate according to the layer may be eliminated. However, in this case, it is present invention is improved by about 34%. desired that the decrease in the luminous efficacy of the The above comparison is performed when the thin 50 effective area be minimized. copper wires 22 are not blackened. Further, the above According to the present invention, the temperature embodiment of the present invention does not provide a rise of the outer surface of the faceplate corresponding tight contact between the heat radiating plate 21 and the to the effective area is minimized. The heat radiating copper wires 22. When these procedures are completely body is preferably in tight contact with the peripheral performed, the effects shown in FIG. 3 are further 55 portion of the faceplate and adhered so as to reduce loss improved. in heat conduction. Heat conducted from the central When the effects indicated by the curves 31 and 32 of portion of the faceplate through the heat conduction FIG.3 are applied to a case wherein an input power per member is used for raising the temperature at the pe unit area on the phosphor screen is 0.08 W/cm2, the riphery of the faceplate so as to reduce a temperature temperature rise is reduced by about 15 to 17 C. under 60 difference, thereby to reduce the stress acting on the natural convection on the outer surface of the faceplate. peripheral portion of the faceplate. Thus, the cathode For example, when a phosphor screen made of a phos ray tube of high luminance and high reliability is phor P43 (Gd2O2S: Tb) is used, luminance is increased achieved according to the present invention. by 13% as compared with the conventional sample. Further, in the conventional cathode-ray tube for a However, in consideration of the size of an opening 65 projector, the outer surface of the faceplate is electri which may be determined by the diameter of the copper cally charged, thus resulting in deposition of dust or the wire and the pitch of the turns, and transmission loss of like. However, since the heat conduction member is the transparent sealing member layer composed of made of an electrical conduction material, the heat 4,484,100 5 6 conduction member may be grounded to the GND a mesh-like or striped heat conduction member dis terminal of the power source of the cathode-ray tube posed on said outer surface of said faceplate corre for a projector. Thus, the electrostatic attraction on the sponding to said effective area of said phosphor outer surface of the faceplate or the transparent plate screen; and becomes substantially zero, thus eliminating the deposi 5 a heat radiator secured on an outer side of said face tion of dust or the like thereon. plate, said heat radiator being conductively in In summary, the cathode-ray tube for a projector contact with said heat conduction member. according to the present invention is of high luminance 2. A cathode-ray tube for a projector according to and high reliability. Further, various expensive addi claim 1, wherein said heat conduction member com tional elements which are conventionally used for in O prises thin copper wires having a diameter ranging proving the luminance and image quality which may be between 0.1-0.2 mm. degraded by contamination of the outer surface of the 3. A cathode-ray tube for a projector according to faceplate can be eliminated, thus facilitating the great claim 1, wherein said heat conduction member is em industrial applicability. bedded in a transparent sealing member layer. What is claimed is: 15 4. A cathode-ray tube for a projector according to 1. A cathode-ray tube for a projector comprising: claim 3, wherein a transparent protecting plate is fur a tube envelope including a faceplate having an inner ther secured on said transparent sealing member layer. surface and an outer surface; 5. A cathode-ray tube for a projector according to a phosphor screen provided on said inner surface of claim 4, wherein said heat radiator extends from a pe said faceplate, said phosphor screen having an ef 20 ripheral portion of said transparent protecting plate. fective area to be scanned by an electron beam; k sk k k :

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