for a better understanding of the present invention , together with other and further objects , advantages and capabilities thereof , reference is made to the following disclosure and appended claims in conjunction with the accompanying drawings . with reference to fig1 a plural beam color cathode ray tube construction 11 is illustrated as having an envelope comprised of an integration of neck 13 , funnel 15 and face panel 17 portions ; the panel and funnel portions being hermetically integrated during tube fabrication along the congruent sealing region 19 . a patterned cathodoluminescent screen 21 , of color - emitting phosphor areas , is disposed on the interior surface of the viewing panel 17 as an array of definitive stripes or dots , in keeping with the state of the art . a multi - apertured structure , in the instance , a shadow mask 23 , having openings discretely shaped in keeping with the pattern of the screen , is oriented within the viewing panel by a plurality of locator means 25 , in spatial relationship to the patterned screen . an exemplary and partially deetailed plural beam electron gun assembly 27 is positioned within the neck portion 13 of the envelope in a manner to project a plurality of electron beams to converge in the region of the shadow mask 23 and thence impinge upon the patterned screen 21 . it has been conventional practice to dispose electrical conductive coatings on both the interior and exterior surfaces of the funnel portion . these coatings in conjunction with the intervening glass of the funnel 15 form a capacitance filtering effect which is utilized in the operational circuitry of the associated television or image display device . the exterior coating 29 on the funnel member is of an electrically conductive material such as a suspension of graphite particles in a coating vehicle , and is disposed on a portion of the external surface extending from substantially the region adjacent the panel funnel seal 19 to a plane 31 substantially rearward of the mid - region of the funnel . an area around the electrical transversal or anode button 12 , and as relates to this invention , a clear or window area 14 , are kept free of such coating . the interiorly applied coating 33 is normally formed of a similar coating material , but also containing particles of an oxide such as iron oxide . such interior coating 33 has the electrical potential for the screen and the terminal electrode member of the electron gun assembly applied thereby by the funnel - disposed anode button 12 . the coating 33 extends from substantially the region adjacent the panel - funnel seal 19 into the neck portion of the envelope to effect an electrical connection between the mask 23 via spring connectors 39 and the terminal electrode 45 of the electron gun assembly 27 , via spring connectors 20 . a high voltage is conventionally applied to the inner coating through the anode button 12 . a getter wand 16 is mounted on an elongated metal spring member or wand 18 in a manner such that diffusion directors 22 and 24 extend in a direction approximately normal to the length of the wand 18 . wand 18 is attached to the top cup or convergence cup 45 of electron gun assembly 27 . referring to fig2 and 3 in greater detail , the getter wand 16 comprises a cylindrical getter cup 26 having an attached cover disc 32 and a wire support member 34 . in this embodiment , the getter cup 26 contains an upraised bottom portion 27 , a sidewall 28 about 2 times greater in height than the height of upraised bottom portion 27 , and an opening 30 created by cutting sidewall 28 and bending two diffusion directors ( tabs ) 22 and 24 outward in opposite directions . diffusion director 24 is located approximately on the centerline of cup 26 and extends approximately to the edge of cover disc 32 . diffusion director 22 is tangential to sidewall 28 of cup 26 and approximately parallel to diffusion director 24 . both diffussion directors 22 and 24 preferably terminate at a line l which is approximately parallel to the length of wand 18 . the closed annular channel 44 contains solid getter material 42 . wand 18 is attached to the bottom of cup 26 . wire support member 34 is also attached to the bottom of receptacle 26 . ends 35 and 36 of wire support member 34 are bent to form two spaced apart curved bases 38 and 40 for contacting the resistive coating 33 on the funnel portion 15 of the tube 11 . when the getter assembly is assembled into the funnel area 15 of a cathode ray tube 11 , as viewed along the rotational or z axis of the tube , it is located about 90 ° from any required clear window area 14 , with diffusion directors 22 and 24 oriented to direct diffusion of gettering material about 180 ° from the clear area 14 . for example , fig4 shows a frontal view of tube 11 , with the face panel removed , in which the top , bottom and sides of the viewing area are conventionally designated at 12 : 00 , 6 : 00 , 3 : 00 and 9 : 00 , corresponding to positions on the face of an analog clock . in the example shown , the getter is oriented in the 6 : 00 position with its diffusion directors positioned to direct getter material to the 9 : 00 position , leaving the window 14 at the 3 : 00 position relatively free of getter material . when the getter is &# 34 ; flashed &# 34 ;, by its design and orientation in funnel 15 , there is also minimal deposition of gettering material in both the mask area and neck area . while there have been shown and described what are at present considered to be the preferred embodiments of the invention , it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims .