Pyramidal gun array having resilient member contacting corresponding supports of each of three guns

Claim 1

An electron gun assembly for a color picture tube comprising three multi-electrode electron guns arranged in the form of a trigonal pyramid, a conductive support member for each of said electron guns having an arcuate electrode receiving portion at the middle thereof and respective angularly extending end portions, one corresponding electrode of each electron gun being secured to the arcuate middle portion of a respective support member, the extending end portions of said support members being held in pairs by respective insulating holder members so that the support members for supporting the corresponding electrodes are positioned in said trigonal pyramid configuration and angularly displaced by 120* from each other with the convex surfaces of said arcuate portions being inwardly directed around the center axis of said pyramid configuration thereby having an interior space between said support members, and a conductive resilient member for electrically connecting and placing said support members at the same potential; said conductive resilient member being attached within said interior space to the convex surface of one of said support members at the middle portion thereof and biased in an arcuate shape between said convex surface and the extending end portions of the other two support members nearest said one support member thereby to physically press against said end portions of the support members in the vicinity of the insulating holder members.