A vacuum container comprising: a first and second substrate of relatively
the same dimensions and areas, a peripheral seal positioned about the
outer periphery of each substrate for bonding the first substrate to the
second substrate to form a composite stacked member; and a getter box
having a vacuum aperture in one side with an evacuation tube of a given
diameter opening to enclose the vacuum aperture, the tube joined to the
box about the opening and having a sealed end remote from the box, the
getter box having a getter source in the box hollow to absorb any
residual gasses in the display hollow after the display hollow has been
evacuated to a desired vacuum before sealing the end of the evacuation
tube, wherein the area of the aperture is equal to or greater than
.pi.(D/2).sup.2 where D is the diameter of the evacuation tube opening.