摘要:
A gettering device installed in a picture display tube includes an annular, channel-shaped metal holder containing an evaporable gettering metal and a heat-activated gas releasing material. The gas releasing material is disposed in the holder against a surface which rapidly increases in temperature in response to inductive heating of the holder. This material is covered by the gettering metal to protect it against deterioration by exposure to moist, high temperature air during tube manufacturing processes occurring after installation of the device. During inductive heating, the temperature of the gas releasing material increases faster than that of the gettering metal and begins releasing gas before the gettering metal begins to evaporate.