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Ambient light trapping filter for cathode ray tubes

  • US 3,215,777 A
  • Filed: 10/15/1963
  • Issued: 11/02/1965
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1963
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. THE COMBINATION OF A CATHODE RAY TUBE HAVING A VIEWING SCREEN FROM WHICH IMAGE LIGHT EMNATES WITH A SPACE LATTICE TYPE AMBIENT LIGHT TRAPPING FILTER MOUNTED IN FRONT OF AND IN PROXIMITY TO SAID SCREEN, THE GENERAL PLANES OF SID SCREEN AND SAID FILTER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL;

  • SAID SCREEN, WHEN ACTIVATED, PRESENTING A SERIES OF ALTERNATING LIGHT AND DARK HORIZONTAL LINES CONSTITUTING A HORIZONTAL RASTER;

    SAID FILTER COMPRISING A THIN, TRANSPARENT PANEL BEARING, THROUGHOUT ITS THICKNESS, A PLURALITY OF DEPTHWISE SPACED TIERS OF FILTER ELEMENTS, EACH IN THE FORM OF A LIGHT TRAPPING GRID PATTERN OF HIGHLY LIGHT ABSORBENT MATERIAL;

    SAID GRID PATTERN CONSISTING OF NARROW LINES ARRANGED TO FORM A MULTIPLICITY OF ADJOINING HEXAGONAL FRAMES, EACH ENCLOSING A TRANSPARENT AREA SERVING

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