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US3003874A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Optical correction in manufacture of color image reproducers

Assignee: Zenith Electronics LLC
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Filing: 1956-10-26
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Granted: 1961-10-10
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Expires: 1976-10-26
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Sam H Kaplan

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 08:09
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J9/00; H01J9/20; H01J9/22; H01J9/227; H01J9/2271; H01J9/2272

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 219 words
IN THE ART OF MANUFACTURING A CATHODE-RAY TUBE OF THE TYPE WHICH REQUIRED DYNAMIC CONVERGENCE CORRECTION AND CONTAINS A COLOR-SELECTION ELECTRODE HAVING A MULTIPLICITY OF SYSTEMATICALLY ARRANGE APPARATUS THROUGH WHICH A PLURALITY OF ELECTRON-BEAM COMPONENTS PASS ALONG DIFFERENT ANGULARLY RELATED PATHS, IN TRANSIT FROM RESPECTIVE COLOR-CENTERS LOCATED AT RESPECTIVE PREDETERMINED POINTS WHICH ARE RADIALLY SPACED FROM THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID TUBE AND DISPOSED IN A PLANE-OF-DEFLECTION SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID TUBE AXIS, TO IMPINGE UPON RESPECTIVE SUB-ELEMENTAL AREAS OF RESPECTIVELY DIFFERENT COLOR-RESPONSIVE CHARACTERISTICS ON THE MOSAIC SURFACE OF A NEARBY FLUORESCENT SCREEN, THE PROCESS OF PRODUCING A FLUORESCENT SCREEN COMPRISING SUCH SUB-ELEMENTAL AREAS ARRANGED ON A SUPPORT IN A SELECTIVELY DISTORTED PATTERN TO COMPENSATE FOR AN EFFECTIVE SHIFT OF POSITION OF SAID PLANE-OF-DEFLECTION ALONG SAID AXIS, SAID SHIFT VARYING IN AMOUNT WITH DEFLECTION OF SAID ELECTRON-BEAM COMPONENTS AND BEING OF A MAXIMUM AMOUNT $C, AND ADDITIONALLY TO COMPENSATE SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR AN EFFECTIVE CHANGE OF POSITION OF SAID COLOR CENTERS IN A DIRECTION RADIALLY OF SAID AXIS, SAID CHARGE VARYING IN AMOUNT WITH SAID DYNAMIC CONVERGENCE AND BEING OF A MAXIMUM AMOUNT $A, WHEREBY SAID ELECTRON-BEAM COMPONENTS CENTRALLY IMPINGE UPON THEIR RESPECTIVE SUB-ELEMENTAL AREAS OVER SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE AREA OF SAID FLUORESCENT SCREEN, SAID PROCESS COMPRISING: PROVIDING SAID SUPPORT WITH A COATING OF MATERIAL SENSITIVE TO LIGHT ENERGY, PRO-
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 219 words
IN THE ART OF MANUFACTURING A CATHODE-RAY TUBE OF THE TYPE WHICH REQUIRED DYNAMIC CONVERGENCE CORRECTION AND CONTAINS A COLOR-SELECTION ELECTRODE HAVING A MULTIPLICITY OF SYSTEMATICALLY ARRANGE APPARATUS THROUGH WHICH A PLURALITY OF ELECTRON-BEAM COMPONENTS PASS ALONG DIFFERENT ANGULARLY RELATED PATHS, IN TRANSIT FROM RESPECTIVE COLOR-CENTERS LOCATED AT RESPECTIVE PREDETERMINED POINTS WHICH ARE RADIALLY SPACED FROM THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID TUBE AND DISPOSED IN A PLANE-OF-DEFLECTION SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID TUBE AXIS, TO IMPINGE UPON RESPECTIVE SUB-ELEMENTAL AREAS OF RESPECTIVELY DIFFERENT COLOR-RESPONSIVE CHARACTERISTICS ON THE MOSAIC SURFACE OF A NEARBY FLUORESCENT SCREEN, THE PROCESS OF PRODUCING A FLUORESCENT SCREEN COMPRISING SUCH SUB-ELEMENTAL AREAS ARRANGED ON A SUPPORT IN A SELECTIVELY DISTORTED PATTERN TO COMPENSATE FOR AN EFFECTIVE SHIFT OF POSITION OF SAID PLANE-OF-DEFLECTION ALONG SAID AXIS, SAID SHIFT VARYING IN AMOUNT WITH DEFLECTION OF SAID ELECTRON-BEAM COMPONENTS AND BEING OF A MAXIMUM AMOUNT $C, AND ADDITIONALLY TO COMPENSATE SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR AN EFFECTIVE CHANGE OF POSITION OF SAID COLOR CENTERS IN A DIRECTION RADIALLY OF SAID AXIS, SAID CHARGE VARYING IN AMOUNT WITH SAID DYNAMIC CONVERGENCE AND BEING OF A MAXIMUM AMOUNT $A, WHEREBY SAID ELECTRON-BEAM COMPONENTS CENTRALLY IMPINGE UPON THEIR RESPECTIVE SUB-ELEMENTAL AREAS OVER SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE AREA OF SAID FLUORESCENT SCREEN, SAID PROCESS COMPRISING: PROVIDING SAID SUPPORT WITH A COATING OF MATERIAL SENSITIVE TO LIGHT ENERGY, PRO-

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1964-10-09 1965-04-10 1965-10-10 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1968-10-09 1969-04-10 1969-10-10 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1972-10-09 1973-04-10 1973-10-10 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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