Abstract:
METHOD COMPRISES (A) PREHEATING TO ABOUT 50 TO 75* C. A VIEWING-SCREEN SUPPORT, A VIEWING SCREEN THEREON AND A LIGHT-RELFECTIVE METAL LAYER ON THE SCREEN, (B) DEPOSITING ON THE PREHEATED METAL LAYER A COATING OF AN ORGANIC, VOLATILIZABLE FILM-FORMING MATERIAL FROM AN AQUEOUS DISPERSION THEREOF, AND (C) DEPOSITION ON THE COATED PREHEATED METAL LAYER AN OVERCOATING OF CARBON PARTICLES FROM A BINDER-FREE SUSPENSION OF CARBON PARTICLES IN A LIQUID. THEN, THE SUPPORT AND STRUCTURES THEREON ARE BAKED IN AIR AT ABOUT 400 TO 450*C. TO REMOVE ORGANIC AND VOLATILE MATTER.
Abstract:
A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GLARE-REDUCING COATING UPON A SURFACE, FOR INSTANCE THE EXTERNAL GLASS SURFACE OF THE VIEWING WINDOW OF AN EVACUATED AND SEALED CATHODE-RAY TUBE, COMPRISING PREPARING A COATING FORMULATION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A SILCEOUS POLYMER, AN ORGANIC POLYMER, AND A VOLATILE ORGANIC LIQUID VEHICLE FOR THE POLYMERS, PRODUCING A SPRAY OF DISCRETE DROPLETS OF THE FORMULATION IN A GASEOUS MEDIUM, INTERCEPTING THE SPRAY UPON THE SURFACE TO PRODUCE A LAYER OF DROPLETS THEREON, FLASHING OFF SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE VEHICLE PRESENT IN THE LAYER LEAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY DRY TEXTURED POLYMERIC LAYER ON THE SURFACE, AND THEN BAKING THE DRY LAYER AT ABOUT 100 TO 200*C. UNTIL THE LAYER IS CURED.
Abstract:
An electron tube, such as a television-picture tube, comprising a sealed envelope having a cathode and an anode therein, a label comprising a dye-stainable backing adhered to the external surface of said envelope, the label and a layer including a solvent-soluble dye contiguous with at least a portion of a surface of the backing.
Abstract:
A cathode-ray tube including, on its viewing surface, a glarereducing coating composed of a lithium silicate material and carbon particles. The novel method comprises: (a) warming the surface of a glass support to about 30* to 100*C, (b) coating the warm surface with an aqueous solution containing about 1 to 10 weight percent of a lithium-stabilized silica sol and a sufficient proportion of carbon particles to produce the desired reduction in light transmission, (c) drying the coating, and then (d) heating the dry coating at about 150*C to 300*C.