Method for terminating an electrical resistor for a television CRT

Claim 1

For use in the manufacture of a television CRT electron gun which includes an improved strap-type getter assembly, a method of mounting as part of said getter assembly an elongate cylindrical arc suppression resistor rod of predetermined outside diameter which comprises an insulative cylindrical core having a conductive termination coating on each end, said core being covered by a resistive coating which overlaps a marginal portion of said termination coatings on each end of said rod, said method comprising: providing an electrically conductive coil spring whose unstressed inside diameter is slightly less than the said outside diameter of said resistor rod; enlarging the diameter of said spring by imposing a torsional stress thereon; inserting an end of said resistor rod into the opened spring until said spring is disposed on said termination coating and extending over said overlapped marginal portion thereof; releasing the spring to permit it to tightly constrict upon said rod and thereby make a sound electrical and mechanical engagement with said rod and said coatings; similarly applying a second coil to the opposed end of said rod; welding to one of said springs an electrically conductive getter strap for supporting a getter pan on the distal end of said resistor rod; and welding to the other of said springs an electrically conductive bracket for supporting said getter assembly on the gun and for serving as an electrical terminal for the getter assembly, said bracket and said strap mechanically joining a number of turns of the respectively attached spring to prevent said spring from being torsionally stressed open and thereby releasing said rod.