Patent ID: 7332856

Claim:
An image display device comprising: a front substrate having an anode and phosphors on an inner surface thereof; a rear substrate having a plurality of electron sources on an inner surface thereof, and disposed to oppose said front substrate with a specified spacing between said front and rear substrates; a support member which is sandwiched between said front and rear substrates, surrounds a display region formed between said front and rear substrates, and maintains said specified spacing; and a plurality of spacing-maintaining members which are sandwiched between said front and rear substrates in said display region, and are fixed at at least one of end faces of each of said plurality of spacing-maintaining members to a corresponding one of said front and rear substrates via a fixing member, wherein one end face of said support member is hermetically sealed to said rear substrate via a first sealing member, and another end face of said support member is hermetically sealed to said front substrate via a second sealing member; and wherein a height of said spacing-maintaining members is greater than a height of said support member.