Storage display tube with a shield separator between the writing gun and the flood gun

Claim 1

A STORAGE TUBE COMPRISING AN ENVELOPE AND INCLUDING A STORAGE TARGET THEREIN, AN ELECTRON GUN ASSEMBLY DISPOSED AT THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID ENVELOPE WITH RESPECT TO SAID STORAGE TARGET, SAID ELECTRON GUN ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AT LEAT A WRITE GUN AND A FLOOD GUN, SAID WRITE GUN INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF DEFLECTION ELECTRODES, A MEMBER TRANSVERSE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID TUBE AND POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID ELECTRON GUNS AND SAID STORAGE TARGET AND MECHANICALLY ASSEMBLED TO SAID ELECTRON GUN ASSEMBLY, SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBER INCLUDING A FIRST OPENING THROUGH WHICH THE ELECTRONS FROM SAID WRITE GUN ARE DIRECTED TOWARD SAID STORAGE TARGET AND A SECOND OPENING SMALLER THAN SAID FIRST OPENING CENTRALLY LOCATED IN SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBER THROUGH WHICH THE FLOOD ELECTRON BEAM ELECTRONS LEAVE SAID ELECTRON GUN ASSEMBLY AND ARE DIRECTED ONTO SAID STORAGE TARGET, A MESH ELECTRODE PROVIDED BETWEEN SAID SECOND APERTURE IN SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBER AND THE DEFLECTION PLATES OF SAID WRITE GUN TO PREVENT ELECTRONS FROM SAID FLOOD GUN BEING COLLECTED ON SAID DEFLECTION PLATES.