Appeal No. 1997-1314
Application No. 08/300,684
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejec-
tion of claims 1, 3 through 7, and 9 through 12, all of the
claims pending in this application.1
The invention relates to a cathode ray tube (CRT)
for color television, and more particularly to the bimetal
springs which support the aperture mask-frame assembly in the
face panel portion of the glass envelope of the CRT.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as
follows:
1. A support spring for an aperture mask-frame
assembly in a cathode ray tube, the spring being an elongate
member of flat spring material comprising a base portion, a
body portion and an apertured portion, the base portion lying
in a first plane and the body and apertured portions lying in
a second plane, the first and second planes intersecting to
form an angle, characterized in that two raised spaced apart
ribs of spring material extend longitudinally along at least a
portion of the body portion of the spring.
The references relied on by the Examiner are as
follows:
Fukuzawa et al. (Fukuzawa) 4,335,329 Jun. 15,
1982
We note the Examiner correctly indicates that claims 9-11 depend from claim 7, not claim 8.1
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