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US 6,294,782 B1Granted
Corona charger with a serpentine strung corona wire
AssigneeNexPress Solutions LLC
InventorAndreas Dickhoff
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Abstract
An apparatus for a corona wire housing comprising a continuous piece of corona wire mounted in a serpentine fashion around multiple pulleys with a single tension spring tensioning the continuous piece of corona wire and fixed terminals supporting the ends of the wire.
Claims14
An apparatus comprising:
- (i) a continuous piece of corona wire forming a serpentine path;
- (ii) a single tension spring tensioning said continuous piece of corona wire;
- (iii) a first fixed terminal securing one end of said wire;
- (iv) a plurality of rotating mounts around which said wire is mounted so as to form and support a plurality of corresponding wire pairs comprising each of said wire pairs comprising two strings of said wire such that tension on said wire in said corresponding pairs is substantially equal;
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- (v) a second fixed terminal securing another end of said wire.
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An apparatus comprising:
- (i) a continuous piece of corona wire forming a serpentine path;
- (ii) a single tension spring tensioning said continuous piece of corona wire;
- (iii) a first fixed terminal securing one end of said wire;
- (iv) a plurality of rotating mounts which said wire passes around so as to form and support corresponding pairs of two strings of said wire such that tension on said wire within said pair of two strings is substantially equal;
- (v) a second fixed terminal securing another end of said wire;
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- (vi) an adjustable sled operatively connected to said wire and to said single tension spring to provided for tensioning adjustment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.