Corona discharge apparatus and method of manufacture
AssigneeIon Systems, Inc.
InventorsGregory Vernitsky, Scott Gehlke, Peter Gefter, Dennis A. Leri
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Abstract
An ionizer bar includes upper and lower housings having aerodynamically-shaped exterior surfaces to support laminar air flow over the structure. The upper housing forms an upper interior chamber for electrical circuitry isolated from a lower chamber within the lower housing that confines fluid under pressure therein. Outlets spaced along the length of the structure include ionizing electrodes that are disposed within fluid conduits and that are connected to a source of ionizing voltage mounted in the upper chamber. Fluid passages at the outlets release fluid under pressure within the lower chamber around associated ionizing electrodes mounted at the outlets.
Claims19
A structure for generating ions, comprising:
- an elongated upper housing for forming an upper chamber substantially between ends thereof for containing electrical apparatus therein;
- an elongated lower housing coextending along the upper housing and attached thereto and including a lower chamber for containing gas under pressure therein, the lower housing including a plurality of outlets therein at selected locations along the length thereof in fluid communication with the lower chamber for releasing gas under pressure therethrough,
- an ionizing electrode disposed at each outlet to extend for electrical connection thereto within the upper chamber;
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- an elongated non-ionizing electrode extending along the lower housing and configured to overlay the lower housing along a portion of the length thereof, said non-ionizing electrode including apertures therein disposed at the selected locations with the ionizing electrodes protruding therethrough for establishing an ionizing electric field between electrodes in response to ionizing potential applied thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.