Patent ID: 7078851

Claim:
A cathode ray tube including a vacuum envelope comprising: a panel portion having a phosphor screen to which phosphor is applied on an inner surface thereof; a neck portion housing an electron gun which is constituted of an electron beam generating portion which includes an indirectly heated cathode structure, a control electrode and an acceleration electrode, a focusing electrode and an anode electrode and has a main lens portion which focuses and accelerates electron beams; and a funnel portion connecting the panel portion and the neck portion, wherein the indirectly heated cathode structure includes a base metal having a electron emitting material layer, a cylindrical sleeve holding the base metal at one end portion thereof and housing a heating heater in the inside thereof, a cylindrical support having a large-diameter portion at a heater-main-portion side of the heater and a small-diameter portion at a leg-portion-side of the heater and supporting the sleeve, and a cylindrical cathode disc having a large-diameter portion at the leg-portion-side of the heater and having a small-diameter portion at the heater-main-portion side of the heater, wherein an outer surface of another end portion of the sleeve and an inner surface of the small-diameter portion of the support are fixed to each other, and an outer surface of the large-diameter portion of the support and an inner surface of the small-diameter portion of the cathode disc are fixed to each other.