Removable conforming video display terminal filter

• US 4,788,597 A
• Filed: 02/23/1988
• Issued: 11/29/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sun-Flex Company
• Original Assignee: Sun-Flex Company
• Inventors: Glaser, Robert P., Gart, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Coles, Sr., Edward L.
• Application Number:
  US07/159,242
• Time in Patent Office: 280 Days
• Field of Search: 358/252, 358/253, 358/245, 358/247, 361/220, 174/35 MS
• US Class Current: 348/819
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 2229/8633 Meshes and patterns
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 2229/8922 Apparatus attached to vessel and not integral therewith
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 29/868 Screens covering the input or output face of the vessel, e.g. transparent anti-static coatings, X-ray absorbing layers
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 29/896 Anti-reflection means, e.g. eliminating glare due to ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/65 Holding-devices for protective discs or for picture masks

Abstract

A removable conforming video display terminal filter is disclosed. The combination of a filter element and a filter bezel is adapted to be added to a video display terminal that does not have an installed filter. The filter and bezel are adapted to be mounted to the terminal without opening the enclosure of the terminal. The filter conforms to the face of the cathode ray tube and the bezel presses the filter against the face. The filter bezel may be adapted with hanger means that permit the filter and bezel to be removably attached to the terminal. The filter is capable of reducing or eliminating both glare and radiation from the terminal and the filter is adapted to be grounded to a suitable ground circuit.

Claims

1. A device adapted to be added to the face of a video display terminal for reducing glare and radiation from the face of said terminal, said terminal having a cathode ray tube and an enclosure for said cathode ray tube including a terminal bezel enclosing the face of said cathode ray tube, said device comprising:

(a) a fine mesh filter having a frame, said frame being formed to conform to the face curvature of said cathode ray tube at least within the enclosure of said terminal bezel.

(b) a filter bezel having complementary curvature and dimensions to the interior dimensions of said terminal bezel of said video display terminal, said filter bezel having an inner surface for engagement with the outer surface of said interior dimensions of said terminal bezel and an outer surface complementary to said enclosure of said video display terminal,

(c) hanger means attached to the inner surface of said filter bezel, said hanger means including

(i) a portion fixed to said inner surface of said filter bezel

(ii) a removable portion removably secured to said fixed portion,

(iii) and an adhesive surface on said removable portion at the surface thereof away from said inner surface,

(d) and means for releasably securing said frame of said filter to the inside surface of said filter bezel,

whereby

(e) said hanger means may be placed on said video display terminal by pressing said adhesive surface of said hanger means onto the outer surface of said terminal bezel by pressing said filter bezel against said terminal bezel,

(f) said filter bezel may be removed from said removable portion of said hanger means leaving said removable portion attached to said terminal bezel,

(g) said frame of said filter may be placed next to the face of said cathode ray tube of said video display terminal by pressing said frame said face of said cathode ray tube,

(h) and said filter bezel may be attached to said terminal bezel by reconnecting said removable connection of said two portions of said hanger means and pressing said filter bezel against said terminal bezel, said filter bezel being operative to press said filter against said face of said cathode ray tube to establish a conforming contact between said filter and said face.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said hanger means is any suitable removable connectable device.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein said hanger means is a two part velcro means.

4. The device of claim 1 with the addition of an electrically conductive element connected to said filter and means for connecting said element to a suitable electrical ground for said video display terminal.

5. The device of claim 1 with the addition of a compressible adhesive liner on the perimeter lip of the interior of said filter bezel, said compressible adhesive liner being adapted to cooperate with said frame of said filter to press said filter against the face of said cathode ray tube.

6. The device of claim 4 with the addition of an indentation along said filter bezel to provided a passageway for said electrically conductive element to permit said connection to said electrical ground.

7. The device of claim 1 wherein the interior perimeter configuration of said terminal bezel includes a flange portion at least as large as the perimeter of said frame of said filter, said flange portion of said filter bezel having a compressible adhesive liner attached thereto whereby said filter bezel, when reconnected to said removable connections of said hanger, compresses said adhesive liner on said flange portion against said frame of said filter and presses said filter firmly against the face of said cathode ray tube.

8. The device of claim 1 wherein said hanger means are located on at least the top and bottom of said filter bezel to firmly attach said filter bezel to the top and bottom of said terminal bezel.

9. A device adapted to be added to the face of a video display terminal for reducing glare and radiation from the face of said terminal, said terminal having a cathode ray tube and an enclosure for said cathode ray tube including a terminal bezel enclosing the face of said cathode ray tube, said device comprising:

(a) a fine mesh filter having a frame, said frame being formed to conform to the face curvature of said cathode ray tube at least within the enclosure of said terminal bezel,

(b) a filter bezel having complementary curvature and dimensions to the interior dimensions of said terminal bezel of said video display terminal, said filter bezel having an inner surface for engagement with the outer surface of said interior dimensions of said terminal bezel and an outer surface complementary to said enclosure of said video display terminal,

(c) and means for releasably securing said frame of said filter to the inside surface of said filter bezel,

whereby

(d) said frame of said filter may be placed next to the face of said cathode ray tube of said video display terminal by pressing said frame against said face of said cathode ray tube,

(e) and said filter bezel may be attached to said terminal bezel by pressing said filter bezel against said terminal bezel, said filter bezel being operative to press said filter against said face of said cathode ray tube to establish a conforming contact between said filter and said face of said cathode ray tube.