Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
173 words
FOR USE IN A COLOR CATHODE RAY TUBE A CURVED, LAYERED MASK HAVING ELECTRON-TRANSMISSIVE APERTURES ETCHED ONLY FROM ITS CONCAVE SIDE, SAID MASK COMPRISING: A CURVED, RELATIVELY THIN NICKEL APERTURE-DEFINING LAYER SUSCEPTIBLE OF BEING ETCHED BY A FIRST ETCHMENT, AT LEAST ONE INTERMEDIATE LAYER COMPOSED OF AN IRON-NICKEL ALLOY BONDED TO THE CONVEX SURFACE OF THE APERTURE-DEFINING LAYER AND BEING MORE EASLY ETCHED BY THE FIRST ETCHANT THAN THE APERTURE-DEFINING LAYER AND A RELAVATIVELY THICK STEEL SUBSTRATE LAYER BONDED TO THE CONVEX SURFACE OF THE INTERMEDIATE LAYER AND SUSCEPTIBLE OF BEING ETCHED BY A SECOND ETCHANT TO WHICH THE IMTERMEDIATE LAYER AND THE APERTURE-DEFINING LAYER ARE RELATIVELY RESISTANT ALL LAYERS ARE ETCHED THROUGH, AT SELECTED LOCATIONS, WITH A PATTERN OF APERTURES WHOSE WALLS HAVE A ONE-SIDED DOUBLE-ETCHED PROFILE AS WOULD BE FORMED BY ETCHING FROM THE CONCAVE SID OF THE MASK FIRST THROUGH THE APERTURE-DEFINING LAYER AND THE INTERMEDIATE LAYER WITH SAID FIRST ETCHANT AND THEN THROUGH THE SUBSTRATE LAYER WITH SAID SECOND ETCHANT AT THE LOCATIONS PREVIOUSLY ETCHED BY SAID FIRST ETCHANT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
173 words
FOR USE IN A COLOR CATHODE RAY TUBE A CURVED, LAYERED MASK HAVING ELECTRON-TRANSMISSIVE APERTURES ETCHED ONLY FROM ITS CONCAVE SIDE, SAID MASK COMPRISING: A CURVED, RELATIVELY THIN NICKEL APERTURE-DEFINING LAYER SUSCEPTIBLE OF BEING ETCHED BY A FIRST ETCHMENT, AT LEAST ONE INTERMEDIATE LAYER COMPOSED OF AN IRON-NICKEL ALLOY BONDED TO THE CONVEX SURFACE OF THE APERTURE-DEFINING LAYER AND BEING MORE EASLY ETCHED BY THE FIRST ETCHANT THAN THE APERTURE-DEFINING LAYER AND A RELAVATIVELY THICK STEEL SUBSTRATE LAYER BONDED TO THE CONVEX SURFACE OF THE INTERMEDIATE LAYER AND SUSCEPTIBLE OF BEING ETCHED BY A SECOND ETCHANT TO WHICH THE IMTERMEDIATE LAYER AND THE APERTURE-DEFINING LAYER ARE RELATIVELY RESISTANT ALL LAYERS ARE ETCHED THROUGH, AT SELECTED LOCATIONS, WITH A PATTERN OF APERTURES WHOSE WALLS HAVE A ONE-SIDED DOUBLE-ETCHED PROFILE AS WOULD BE FORMED BY ETCHING FROM THE CONCAVE SID OF THE MASK FIRST THROUGH THE APERTURE-DEFINING LAYER AND THE INTERMEDIATE LAYER WITH SAID FIRST ETCHANT AND THEN THROUGH THE SUBSTRATE LAYER WITH SAID SECOND ETCHANT AT THE LOCATIONS PREVIOUSLY ETCHED BY SAID FIRST ETCHANT.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
A mask as set forth in claim 1 having three layers wherein the aperture-defining layer is at least ten times as resistant to the first etchant as is the intermediate layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
A mask as set forth in claim 1 wherein said aperture-defining layer has a thickness of from approximately 0.25 to 0.5 mils and the thickness of the entire mask is within the range of from 4 to 8 mils.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
164 words
For use in a color cathode ray tube, a two-dimensionally curved, three-layered slot mask etched from only its concave side and having narrow but relatively strong tie bars, comprising: a curved, relatively thick steel substrate layer; an intermediate layer composed of an iron alloy bonded to the concave surface of the substrate layer; and a relatively thin, nickel slot-defining layer bonded to the concave surface of the intermediate layer, the material composition of the three layers being such that the slot-defining layer and the intermediate layer are both etchable by a first chemical etchant, but with the slot-defining layer being at least ten times as resistant to said first etchant as the intermediate layer, and with the substrate layer being etchable by a second etchant to which both the slot-defining layer and the intermediate layer are relatively highly resistant, thereby permitting slots to be etched through the three layers by successive application of said first and second etchants without severely undercutting the aperture walls.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
164 words
For use in a color cathode ray tube, a two-dimensionally curved, three-layered slot mask etched from only its concave side and having narrow but relatively strong tie bars, comprising: a curved, relatively thick steel substrate layer; an intermediate layer composed of an iron alloy bonded to the concave surface of the substrate layer; and a relatively thin, nickel slot-defining layer bonded to the concave surface of the intermediate layer, the material composition of the three layers being such that the slot-defining layer and the intermediate layer are both etchable by a first chemical etchant, but with the slot-defining layer being at least ten times as resistant to said first etchant as the intermediate layer, and with the substrate layer being etchable by a second etchant to which both the slot-defining layer and the intermediate layer are relatively highly resistant, thereby permitting slots to be etched through the three layers by successive application of said first and second etchants without severely undercutting the aperture walls.